老挝 新闻
Floating solar deals, cross-border energy plans and a new carbon credit framework highlight early progress, but achieving net zero will require rapid capacity expansion and a more resilient, modernised grid.
From Thailand’s elephant plains to the Philippines’ coral sanctuaries, these destinations share one belief: that tourism must give back more than it takes. In Southeast Asia, ecotourism isn’t just about seeing nature – it’s about keeping it alive.
Leaders and scientists are seeking solutions to the health and income problems that extreme heat causes for Global South food stall traders.
The bloc, whose energy demand is expected to nearly double by 2040, has been pursuing power grid integration since 1997 but technical and financial barriers have hampered progress. A new financing pact aims to change this.
老挝 观点
Booming growth in data centres is escalating electricity demand and risks undermining the region’s energy transition goals.
Although artificial intelligence (AI) offers positive benefits for Southeast Asia’s climate battle, the region should not look at its usage through rose-tinted glasses. Without careful consideration, such systems may inadvertently undermine and be counterintuitive to the very climate goals that they aim to achieve.
As Malaysia takes on the Asean Chairmanship in 2025, it has a unique opportunity to champion a bold, legally binding regional framework for environmental rights. Such a framework would protect the people most affected by environmental degradation and hold corporations accountable for transboundary climate harm.
Chinese and American firms are seeking to export their autonomous driving technologies to Southeast Asia. The signal lesson is that their data-driven models require sensitivity and adaptation to the region’s diverse markets.
老挝 视频
Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?
老挝 播客
Southeast Asian energy ministers will meet in October to discuss the future of the region’s power grid. GEAPP’s Kitty Bu tells the Eco-Business podcast what areas they must collaborate on, and how finance and industry can help.
Laos has announced the construction of two new coal plants for this year, despite growing evidence that coal power comes with significant financial risk. What is holding back the country from tapping its rich clean energy resources instead?
老挝 新闻发布稿
Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia
Lao government, international NGOs lead efforts to strengthen climate resilience in health sector
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Navigating trade headwinds: Asia and the Pacific must reinforce trade resilience amid global uncertainty
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Southeast Asia: Foreign investments resilient despite global economic uncertainties
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asean, ESCAP launch regional investment plan to boost sustainable FDI
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Asean celebrates a connected, resilient community on 57th anniversary
老挝 研究
SolAbility
Laos leads the Natural Capital Index 2021
SolAbility - Sustainable Intelligence
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2019
BirdLife International
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
