The taxonomies of Singapore and Thailand are Southeast Asia’s most robust, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Beyond adapting to new regulations on sustainability and deforestation, the palm oil industry also needs to leverage technology to reduce Scope 3 emissions and enhance product traceability
The Indian government’s efforts to support the petrochemicals industry have resulted in the rampant production of non-essential plastics, which has added to the country’s plastic waste crisis.
After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans have endured daily traumas that will scar them for life.
How the region’s populations view decarbonisation as the energy transition occurs can inform stronger leadership and better policymaking at the elite level.
Climate change is making floods, heatwaves and storms more frequent and more intense; scientists warn emissions must be cut.
Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to extend fossil fuel production in the region, say researchers at Zero Carbon Analytics.
It is risky to assume the many high-level standard-setting initiatives today can provide blanket improvements. Asian businesses all have a part to play to create a trusted carbon market that benefits climate, nature and stakeholders.
Billed as a platform to advance decarbonisation and boosting economic growth, environmentalists say the Asia Zero Emission Community meeting in Jakarta is promoting “false solutions” to the climate crisis, and poses debt risk for Indonesi...