Southeast Asia regional initiative
The 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are home to 615 million people, fast-growing economies and rising energy demand.
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Commentary: Why the shift to renewable energy in Southeast Asia is patchy
Most of Southeast Asia’s growth in renewable energy has been concentrated in Vietnam and Thailand. NUS’ Philip Andrews-Speed explains why. SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to global climate change.
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When the wind drops and the sun goes down: how can Southeast Asia handle fluctuating clean power supply?
While solar and wind help countries meet energy security and environmental objectives, their variable nature poses challenges to electricity grids that require utilities to rethink operations. The intermittency of some renewables that test the resilience of power grids is often touted a
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Sunseap plans Indonesia solar project to send energy to Singapore
A consortium led by Sunseap Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop 7GWp of PV projects at an Indonesian archipelago that will transmit energy to Singapore via a proposed subsea cable.
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Climate change: UN emissions gap report a 'thundering wake-up call'
National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme.
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Weather whiplash: California’s historic downpour interrupts historic drought
The deluge extinguished smoldering fires – but the west may not get the wet winter it desperately needs.
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I chaired Cop21 when we delivered the Paris agreement. We must go further in Glasgow
This is no time for climate fatalism. We need science, societies and states to be in alignment for our crucial next steps
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We’ve spent a year waiting for this 2050 climate plan and it’s actually just the status quo with some new speculative graphs
To change course radically, the Coalition would have to admit that for a decade it traded the national interest for a handful of regional Queensland seats.
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World faces disastrous 2.7C temperature rise on current climate plans, UN warns
Report says countries must strengthen climate ambitions after wasting chance to build back better after Covid
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Fossil fuel messaging has won over Republican voters, poll reveals
New polling data shows two-thirds of Republicans do not want to hold oil and gas companies accountable for the climate crisis
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A Turning Point for Renewable Energy in Indonesia?
President Jokowi’s administration seems poised to break through the regulatory bottlenecks that have long held back the country’s renewable energy ambitions.
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Innovators in Indonesia are advancing renewable energy
The Indonesian government promises to almost triple the share of renewables in its energy mix in the next three years. That would reverse an investment climate in which fossil fuels saw 3 times more capital than renewable energy between 2016 and 2019.
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Improving investment conditions could make Indonesia a world leader in clean energy, says OECD
Indonesia could become a world leader in clean energy with further reforms to mobilise investment in renewables and energy efficiency, according to a new OECD report.
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Singapore’s Approach to Alternative Energy
As a small, resource-constrained country, Singapore imports almost all its energy needs, and has limited renewable energy options: Commercial wind turbines operate at wind speeds of around above 4.5m/s but the average wind speed in Singapore is only about 2m/s.
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Singapore to launch standards for renewable energy certificates
SINGAPORE: Singapore plans to launch standardised guidelines for renewable energy certificates, part of efforts to decarbonise its power sector and develop a regional grid, said Dr Tan See Leng, Second Minister for Trade and Industry on Tuesday (Oct 26).
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China says fund for poorest countries 'biggest obstacle' in climate talks
BEIJING: Establishing a fund to help poor countries tackle climate change will be "the biggest obstacle" during United Nations talks to try to curb global warming that begin in Glasgow on Oct 31, a Chinese environmental official said on Wednesday (Oct 27).
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In 2020, China’s “new infrastructure” emitted 7.24% less carbon than traditional infrastructure: Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace East Asia calculated emissions across China’s “new infrastructure” industries — ranging from 5G, AI, and data infrastructure to electric vehicles, ultra-high voltage (UHV) power lines, and “smart” solution for cities, such as traffic and education — and found that emi
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Green Gold: the Billion Dollar Question for the Congo Rainforest
On the brink of an unprecedented environmental emergency, EU ambassadors to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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UK unveils Presidency Programme for two-week COP26 summit in Glasgow
UK COP26 Presidency has organised 50 events taking place from 31 October to 12 November that will drive ambitious climate action. Programme for UK Pavilion has been published by the government to highlight UK climate leadership.
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BBC sets out path to net zero by 2030
The BBC has had its plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 approved by the globally-respected Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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