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…
The 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are home to 615 million people, fast-growing economies and rising energy demand.
SINGAPORE — Southeast Asia is going through an energy transition and there’s opportunity to scale up renewables in the region, according to the chief executive officer of a Philippines-based energy…
A coalition of investors with more than $60 trillion in assets under management is preparing to call on electric utility companies globally to move up their timeline by as much as 15 years to bring…
New York City’s retirement funds pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its investment portfolios by 2040, becoming one of the first cities to do so.
The plans call for doubling…
Top climate official issues strong warning on effect of unchecked greenhouse gases ahead of summit
Global security and stability could break down, with migration crises and food shortages bringing…
Officials from fossil fuel firms may attend fringe events but campaigners hail lack of official role
Fossil fuel firms have been given no official role in the Cop26 climate summit, it can be…
Abstract
While controls over the Earth's climate system have undergone rigorous hypothesis-testing since the 1800s, questions over the scientific consensus of the role of human activities in modern…
The Biden administration has released three reports on security and humanitarian disasters that could strike as world heats up
The climate crisis is likely to intensify cross-border clashes,…
New research on Monday (25 October) revealed dozens of 'revolving-door' cases across some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the EU and their lobbying groups – triggering calls for stricter…
State utility PLN aims to phase out coal from 2028 over several decades
JAKARTA -- Indonesia has announced a new electricity procurement plan that includes up to 500 trillion rupiah ($35 billion)…
Environment minister hopes to get Legco to pass bill to charge residents for removal of trash bags
No concrete figures yet, but city ‘has potential to surpass earlier targets for renewable energy…
The concept of building Hong Kong’s first offshore wind farm was formulated in May 2005, following the release of the first sustainable development strategy for the country. The strategy set an…
The news: Despite pledges to tackle the climate crisis, many countries are still planning to dramatically ramp up their production of oil, gas, and coal in the coming decades, according to a UN-…
While the climate crisis is, unfortunately, a reality, it is all too easy to assume that every aspect of our changing world is a consequence of climate change. Assumptions play no role in key…
When considering the implications of thawing permafrost, our initial worries are likely to turn to the major issue of methane being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming or…
Like other rich nations, the UK is more talk than action on the climate crisis. Something needs to change in Glasgow
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, called the recent IPCC report on the…
PETALING JAYA: Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan has questioned the government’s silence on a key United Nations (UN) report on climate change and its effects.
Released last Monday by the Inter-…