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Adopting renewables and electricity imports adds to security concerns posed by global gas market volatility. Investors’ cold shoulder towards fossil energy could also threaten the longevity of Singapore’s gas plants, analysts say.

EV owners could profit from two-way charging, but many are wary, and the tech is currently expensive

Singapore's DBS Bank is newly listed among the top 60 banks globally which committed US$705 trillion into fossil fuel financing in 2023, a new report shows.

With new subsidies for homeowners, India aims to boost solar power but critics say widespread uptake is still unlikely.

Oleh Z Rahman

Oleh Nidhi Jamwal

Oleh Ayesha Tandon

Oleh Robin Hicks dan Vincent Tan

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Chinese policymakers face difficult choices in setting climate goals. Some appear technical but have significant implications for environmental outcomes. Oleh Li Shuo dan Lauri Myllyvirta

As climate change makes smog and bushfires more common, people will die from air pollution at increasingly high rates – especially in densely populated cities. Oleh Yuming Guo dan Wenhua Yu

Regular stakeholder consultation is needed to address climate change and lessen pollution-related health impacts. Oleh Pinki Chahal dan Durairaj Kumarasamy

India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor (PFBR) and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security. Oleh Kalyani Yeola dan Rudra Prasad Pradhan

Oleh Dr Pieter E. Stek

Oleh Yacob Mulugetta, Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe dan Niclas Hällström

Oleh Shantanu Srivastava

Oleh Stuart P.M. Mackintosh

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Jovie Montajes, founder of Light of Hope PH

After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.

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.

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?

An e-jeepney in the Philippines. A growing movement is underway to electrify Southeast Asia's transport. Image: Eco-Business

In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.

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The oil and gas sector needs to cut operational emissions faster, Charlotte Wolff-Bye tells the Eco-Business podcast. But slashing fuel output won’t do for the Asian supplier, and it welcomes respectful debate at the climate summit.

"We are already at 1.1°C of warming – a matter of life and death for the Global South", says Professor Winston Chow, the recently appointed co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's working group on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.

In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.

Pretending to be an ESG guru while actually knowing little or nothing about environmental or social issues is known as competency greenwash

Former Monetary Authority of Singapore sustainability chief Darian McBain and recruiter Paddy Balfour tell the Eco-Business podcast why people are exaggerating their ESG expertise and why that's a problem in a key region for sustainable development.

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