Eco-Business

A tree felled for biomass power in Indonesia.

Wood pellets burnt to generate energy drive deforestation in Southeast Asia, emit more CO2 per unit of energy than fossil fuels and support the Ukraine conflict, environmentalists said in an open letter to Korea's trade ministry.

By shifting the meaning of “energy intensity”, China has reduced its overall ambition and made the 2025 carbon-intensity goal harder to achieve.

China’s most important political meetings show balancing act between economic growth and emissions control.

Why China’s clean energy projects, and efforts to green its heavy industry, matter for climate change.

By Anika Patel

By You Xiaoying

By Liang Lei

By Liang Lei and Gabrielle See

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Governments in the region must fix their opaque regulatory frameworks and make use of innovative financing models, says analyst Shantanu Srivastava. By Shantanu Srivastava

China’s decision to ramp up spending could accelerate a shift and help achieve long-term climate goals by bringing forward the peak in fossil-fuel use and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. By Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation. By Fengshi Wu

Moving in the opposite direction from the rest of the world, Indonesia plans to lower its renewable energy ambitions by 2030. The new governing administration needs to make effort to ensure that even the reduced targets are met. By Mutya Yustika

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Le Hong Hiep

By Ravi Venkatesan

By Dr Justin See

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Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.

DONG Energy’s shift to 100 per cent renewable energy marks another important step in the global transition away from fossil fuels.

This new energy source could meet demand both day and night, solving the intermittency problems posed by solar and wind.

Finnish research firm VTT reveals one of its latest inventions - an energy-harvesting tree with leaves made of organic solar panels which can be "infinitely replicated" to become a forest of electricity source. Watch the video here.

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Ambitious plans to transmit clean energy from India, China and Australia into Southeast Asia have been proposed in recent years. Eco-Business speaks with two energy experts on the prospects, challenges and ingredients for success.

The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.

EB Studio [The EB Podcast] In this concluding episode of the Let’s Write the Future series, we explore how the rise of renewable energy, the electrification of transport and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are changing our lives, cities, and the world.

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