A move by Singaporean companies to tie-up with Japanese firms to explore the potential for hydrogen in the energy mix may send a strong signal to other Asian energy consumers that it’s time to accelerate the process to embrace the fuel as the region prepares itself for energy transition.

The UN chief on Saturday warned Asia to quit its “addiction” to coal, as climate change threatens hundreds of millions of people vulnerable to rising sea levels across the region. The warning follows fresh research this week predicting that several Asian megacities, including Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Mumbai, are at risk of extreme […]

The region’s solar market is the world’s fastest-growing. But recycling policies are urgently needed to deal with a flood of decommissioned panels in the coming years. Solar power capacity is skyrocketing in Asia but without laws to ensure that decommissioned panels are recycled, the continent risks drowning in hazardous waste as early as 2030. Solar power […]

Asian leaders are heading to Scotland where COP26, the most important global summit on climate change since the one that produced the 2015 Paris agreement, opens this weekend, after being postponed last year by the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK — Malaysia has notched major socio-economic achievements while at the same time managing and sustaining its resources, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday (Sept 26). “Since gaining Independence in 1957, Malaysia has successfully diversified its economy, from one that was initially commodity-based to that which is now more driven by robust manufacturing […]

Australia has vowed to work with Indonesia on tackling climate change and advancing low emission technologies.

Australia has made a joint statement to address climate change with Vietnam, on the sidelines of the UN climate conference in Glasgow, while also agreeing to an economic strategy.

Davos, Switzerland (ANTARA) – Indonesia B20 Chair Shinta Kamdani used the traffic light imagery concept at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 Strategic Outlook on ASEAN to highlight challenges that ASEAN encounters within the geo-economic and political context.

Banpu Next Co, the energy technology arm of Banpu Plc, is helping its parent company move closer to its clean energy goal with the debut of an electric boat for use in the tourism sector.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has prepared several scenarios for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, as part of climate change mitigation efforts, National Development Planning Minister, Suharso Monoarfa, disclosed on Tuesday.