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ADB to increase climate finance to US$100 billionThe Asian Development Bank has pledged to elevate climate financing by US$20 billion to US$100 billion by 2030. But the UN's António Guterres said that "much more is needed" as development banks have a crucial role to play in the world's low-carbon transition. -
New gas development threatens Philippine marine protected areaActivists and locals near the Verde Island Passage, a marine biodiversity-rich region in Batangas, protest against San Miguel Corp and Linseed’s gas facilities, which they say will be detrimental to the area and the surrounding community.
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Asia's energy crunch signals volatile path for clean-power transitionAn acute energy supply squeeze in China and India has pushed up global coal and liquefied natural gas prices this week, signalling how volatile Asia's energy transition is likely to be over the next few decades. -
Is Asia's fossil gas push a bridge to nowhere?Realising it’s now or never, the global gas industry is making a determined push to develop infrastructure across Asia as climate targets tighten and renewables become more competitive.
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Moving beyond net zero: How Asia can exhibit climate leadership– We've just celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. If governments want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, they must address a fundamental issue: plans to expand oil and gas extraction. -
Argentina is no climate leader– The South American country wants to expand the role of natural gas in the economy in "supporting transitions towards lower-emission energy systems"—but has ignored the environmental impacts of fracking. -
Why in a post-IPCC world we need more from our energy wins– The Taiwanese government's decision to abandon plans for a new coal-fired power plant should have been a win for civil society. But it only underscored the need to keep fighting for a clean energy revolution, writes Greenpeace's Cony Chang.
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