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Policy & Finance

Luang Prabang dam and hydropower pursuits along the Mekong: Should banks finance them as ‘clean energy’ projects?

A closer look at how these ‘energy transition’ deals are backed reveals gaps in the lending policies of banks in the Mekong subregion. A 1,460-MW dam, now under construction near the Luang Prabang UNESCO World Heritage Site, will see all its electricity sold to Thailand, but critics have pointed out that the nation is facing an oversupply of energy.
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Policy & Finance

Theresa Mundita Lim steps down as head of Asean Centre for Biodiversity

Dr Theresa Mundita Lim concludes her six-year tenure as the centre’s first female executive director, where she championed a regional biodiversity fund, among other initiatives.
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Water

Southeast Asia ocean fund launched at COP16 aims to fast-track conservation beyond marine protected areas

The initiative is philanthropy-led and will extend beyond traditional Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to cover conservation of more existing ocean ecosystems. Less than 3 per cent of the region's national waters are under formal protection but a deadline to meet a global conservation target looms.
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Policy & Finance

Asia’s poorest countries owe twice as much in debt as they receive in climate finance: IIED

Ahead of COP29, a study by International Institute for Environment and Development shows that Asia's least developed countries have debt growing at a faster rate than climate support.

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10 October 2024

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Cities

Where are the world's stateless people?

23 September 2024

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Policy & Finance

Just transitions in the Mekong: China’s role in trade and investment

27 August 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia’s highly anticipated environmental rights declaration ‘watered down’, say critics

19 August 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Investors push for carbon pricing mechanisms, but developers resist

30 July 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Malaysia proposes Asean standard for carbon projects as it launches its first nature-based credits

22 July 2024

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Energy

Mapping the future of solar capacity in Southeast Asia

7 June 2024

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Policy & Finance

South Korea accused of modern slavery with seasonal worker scheme

29 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Heat illiteracy in Asia: Are cities prepared for climate-induced heatwaves?

23 May 2024

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Policy & Finance

Diversity, equity and inclusion: Asia urged to look beyond gender

22 May 2024

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Policy & Finance

‘Insignificant’ species threatened by extinction as illicit wildlife trade proliferates

18 April 2024

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Energy

Asean could save up to US$800 billion on decarbonisation costs through fully interconnected grid, study shows

12 April 2024

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Energy

China responsible for 95% of new coal power construction in 2023, report says

11 April 2024

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Water

Mekong’s giant fish threatened by dams and wetland conversions

4 April 2024

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Water

The Salween explained: Asia’s last great undammed river

24 January 2024

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Cities

Civil-backed proposal aims to tackle underlying factors of Thailand’s haze issues

16 January 2024

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Policy & Finance

More cases of China, Asian neighbours repressing critics across borders: Human Rights Watch

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