If they are serious about a sustainable future, they must close loopholes and extend coal policies across clients’ entire value chains, denying new financing to companies using coal unless they have credible, time-bound clean energy plans.
Southeast Asian countries have struggled to stick to their promises to reduce coal use in their energy mix. High-level commitments must be translated into enforceable roadmaps, and private demand unlocked to acceelerate clean energy investments.
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms …