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Sold-out long-term liquified natural gas contracts and project delays may force a rethink for the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand to rely on previously-forecasted LNG growth, according to a report by global think tank IEEFA.

Air conditioning compressors in Bangkok.

A post-Fukushima campaign to pressure Japanese citizens to slash household energy consumption led to a spike in heat-related deaths, according to a new study. As global heating intensifies, could policies to save energy kill people?

A Sembcorp Energy India Limited (SEIL) coal plant in India higher res

Energy firm Sembcorp says the deal to sell an Indian coal subsidiary will help meet a climate target. But a watchdog alleges that the sale should not count as a reduction in its carbon exposure. Sembcorp shareholders vote on the sale today.

Korea Electric Power Corporation suffered from an unprecended deficit in the first half of the year due to high coal and gas prices. Energy analysts say it is unclear who will buy the soon-to-be stranded assets from the utility firm.

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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To accelerate the net-zero transition and reduce Russia and China's global influence as the world’s leading providers of nuclear projects, shareholder governments must reconsider their outdated stance against the technology. By Håvard Halland and Jessica Lovering

Women entrepreneurs entering climate tech now represent the greatest opportunity for women to drive equality in the c-suite and boardroom, writes Marie Cheong. By Marie Cheong

While Singapore's scheme to promote energy-efficient buildings has been improved over the years, it should be critically evaluated to ensure its aims are being realised. By David Berger

Sual 1 coal plant Pangasinan, Philippines

Ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, Eco-Business highlights some of the major issues the Southeast Asian country must address to attain its vision of a low-carbon future. By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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By Rika Safrina, Nella Nabila and Arumdari Nurgianti

By Iain Campbell and Caroline Winslow

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Jovie Montajes, founder of Light of Hope PH

After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.

Pension funds are some of the world's largest investors—holding trillions in assets—billions of which are pumped into fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, and Total.

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.

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China, Japan and Korea have just announced exciting decarbonisation targets. On the Eco-Business podcast, Dr Frank Rijsberman, director general of the Global Green Growth Institute, talks about what these targets mean for the region's development and our climate.

EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In the third episode of the series Tomorrow’s cities: Engineering the energy transition, we explore how the shipping industry is charting a course to a low-carbon future.

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