The country is expected to leverage its Asean presidency to drive cooperation in the regional carbon markets. At home, Malaysia is looking to drive down emissions through a climate bill, energy sector reform and fuel subsidy cuts.
An open access grid regime introduced last September has seen enthusiasm from corporate players, but the country's Energy Commission wants to balance freeing up the market to meet growing demand, such as from data centres, with oversight.
With a Singapore central bank-backed utility offering free Scope 1 and 2 disclosure tools, startups in the increasingly crowded space need to “re-rationalise” their business models amid a funding winter, with more consolidation expected.
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Allowing private firms to sell clean power directly to consumers via PLN's networks could help the country meet its targets without burdening the national budget and to let the state-owned electricity utility focus on grid modernisation.
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Mutya Yustika
Since the release of ChatGPT, the world has seen a surge in investment and use of artificial intelligence. The social and economic impacts of this boom have provoked reactions, but the environmental costs have received far less attention.
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Gordon Noble and Fiona Berry
Indonesia's soaring post-pandemic digital economy is being powered mainly by coal. The archipelago needs to find ways to decouple rapid data centre growth from carbon emissions.
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Rafi Adis Subarna
Greater awareness of sustainability coupled with the need to adopt digital solutions during the pandemic has ensured that cities continue to become smarter by the day.
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Tim Rook
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Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.