This is a new initiative to chronicle the region's clean energy transition, highlighting the opportunities and challenges faced by government, business and society.
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"We have a choice about the speed of sea-level rise." The Eco-Business Podcast talks to climate scientist Professor Ben Horton about how close the world is to reaching crucial climate tipping points, and what can be done to stop runaway climate change.
An independent watchdog has asked the bank’s private sector arm to pay reparations for serious social and environmental impacts from at least 10 new coal-fired power plants it has bankrolled over the past decade.
A US$22 billion project involving 12,000 hectares of solar panels and 3,800km of cabling running from Darwin to Singapore might be the most ambitious renewable energy project ever. How will it work? Eco-Business talked to Fraser Thompson of project developer Sun Cable.
The climate talks in Glasgow could have a major trickle-down effect on Asia's business community. What should the region's businesses expect from COP26? The Eco-Business Podcast asked energy and sustainability expert Malavika Bambawale.
Brunei Darussalam's renewable energy policy is as modest as its hydrocarbon strategy is ambitious. The petrostate is banking on technology to reduce its carbon footprint to preserve its ambitious expansion of oil and gas activities.
In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', Eco-Business speaks to Gogoro chairman and CEO Horace Luke about the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and make battery swapping mainstream.
In Asia Pacific, hiring for sustainability-related jobs is growing, but so is the talent gap. The shift to a greener workforce is unequal too. Globally, more men than women are moving into green jobs.
In one modelled scenario, hydrogen plumes could interact with methane in the air to add 0.4 degrees Celsius to global warming. Minimising leaks should be a policy priority, the study found.
Volatile markets and fierce auctions resulting in thin profit margins are to blame, according to a global industry association. It asked for more government help to quadruple installation rates, to meet the global 2050 net-zero target.
One of the hardest industries to decarbonise is deploying a carbon measurement system that could enable a more reliable path to net-zero.
By
Robin Hicks
Environmental sustainability is top of the bloc’s latest agenda and investors are keen to finance Asean’s climate goals. There is, however, a severe lack of...
By
Ng Wai Mun
Less than one-third of APAC companies reporting to carbon measurement non-profit CDP have committed to science-based targets. CDP's latest report also finds...
By
Robin Hicks
Most believe that emissions have dropped since 2005 — when they have grown by 50 per cent, according to a survey conducted at the recently-concluded Asia...
By
Robin Hicks
Credit Suisse is the sixth major global bank to introduce a policy that rules out funding deep-sea exploration and extraction. Asian banks have yet to form a...
By
Robin Hicks
One of the hardest industries to decarbonise is deploying a carbon measurement system that could enable a more reliable path to net-zero.
By
Robin Hicks
Less than one-third of APAC companies reporting to carbon measurement non-profit CDP have committed to science-based targets. CDP's latest report also finds...
By
Robin Hicks
Most believe that emissions have dropped since 2005 — when they have grown by 50 per cent, according to a survey conducted at the recently-concluded Asia...
By
Robin Hicks
Environmental sustainability is top of the bloc’s latest agenda and investors are keen to finance Asean’s climate goals. There is, however, a severe lack of...
By
Ng Wai Mun
Consumers in Southeast Asia's largest economies are increasingly likely to switch to green products over fears that climate change will impact the lives of...
By
Robin Hicks
Realising it’s now or never, the global gas industry is making a determined push to develop infrastructure across Asia as climate targets tighten and...
By
Tim Ha
Brian Byrne, senior vice president of Siemens Energy in Asia-Pacific speaks to Eco-Business about the importance of improving energy efficiency, the challenges...
By
Gillian Parker
