Eco-Business

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Mining and building on ancestral lands swallows territory and hurts the environment, according to defenders of Indigenous rights.

The decision, made on the basis of additionality, affects nearly a third of all credits currently traded on the voluntary carbon market. Certifiers cautioned against a blanket methodology-level approach.

The new decree is seen as the latter of two policy moves needed to jumpstart the country’s clean energy market. New funding is already flowing, but concerns remain as to whether Vietnam’s power grid can handle more renewables.

Smoke is discharged from chimneys at a coal-fired power plant in China

A new whitepaper funded by the Asia-focused lender proposes retrofitting existing coal assets with viable clean technologies and retaining their transmission infrastructure to improve the bankability of the region’s early phase-out deals.

Oleh Liang Lei dan Gabrielle See

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Oleh Dave Jones

Oleh Rhick Lars Albay

Segala #geothermal Berita →

Non-populist policies pose risks for politicians. Prabowo Subianto, who has claimed victory in the Indonesian presidential elections, is looking at creating five million green jobs, but stops short of pledging to phase out fossil fuels subsidies. Oleh Anissa R. Suharsono dan Yanuar Nugroho

Achieving net zero emissions requires compromise but energy justice for all needs to be at the heart of any decision. For all the talk, it's not happening, yet. Oleh Dr Justin See

To accelerate the net-zero transition and reduce Russia and China's global influence as the world’s leading providers of nuclear projects, shareholder governments must reconsider their outdated stance against the technology. Oleh Håvard Halland dan Jessica Lovering

A laborer hauls crushed rocks pulversied by a diesel-powered crusher in the shadow of a wind turbine.

Ensuring underserved populations have reliable, clean and safe access to electricity is a $1.2 trillion opportunity, says ADB's Yongping Zhai. Oleh Yongping Zhai

Oleh Jay Mariyappan

Oleh Jeffrey D Sachs

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Oleh Stewart Taggart

Segala #geothermal Pendapat →

Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.