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Amid escalating climate losses and no net zero goal in sight, a newly proposed Low Carbon Economy Investment Act and ambitious private sector-led initiatives only way for Philippine industries to decarbonise.
Utilising both of these energy storage options is the most cost-effective approach for the country, write three experts.
India's super-polluter Vindhyachal plant experiments with carbon capture, but trial fails to appease local coal concerns.
Bangladesh’s interim government remains dependent on India as a dollar crisis limits its ability to generate its own electricity.
Policy & Finance
Just transitions in the Mekong: China’s role in trade and investment
#hydropower Opinion
Governments in the region must fix their opaque regulatory frameworks and make use of innovative financing models, says analyst Shantanu Srivastava.
Long a source of tension with its neighbours, China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation.
Despite Thailand’s energy surplus, the country continues to support environmentally damaging hydropower in Laos, revealing just how removed financers are from the impacts of their investments.
Policy & Finance
China’s climate diplomacy in a turbulent world
China’s active involvement in climate diplomacy can increase overseas understanding of its climate policies and bring impetus to global climate governance.
Policy & Finance
Financing gender-energy access programmes in Asean
Policy & Finance
Getting to zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030
#hydropower Videos
A British conservation charity has turned to technology thousands of years old – the Archimedes screw − to provide electricity for lighting one of the historic mansion houses it looks after.
#hydropower Podcasts
In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.
Ambitious plans to transmit clean energy from India, China and Australia into Southeast Asia have been proposed in recent years. Eco-Business speaks with two energy experts on the prospects, challenges and ingredients for success.
Laos has announced the construction of two new coal plants for this year, despite growing evidence that coal power comes with significant financial risk. What is holding back the country from tapping its rich clean energy resources instead?
The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.
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