As Southeast Asia eyes regional power trading to accelerate decarbonisation, veteran solar entrepreneur Frank Phuan unpacks the political, economic and logistical hurdles of moving clean energy across borders.
Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.
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