BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will make it mandatory for industrial greenhouse gas emitters to report their carbon footprint from next year, a move towards combating climate change after the country recorded rising temperatures and the highest number of forest fire incidents in 10 years. Mandatory carbon reporting is one of 10 strategies outlined in the […]

SINGAPORE – The carbon tax rate in Singapore will be increased from the current $5 per tonne of emissions to between $50 and $80 by 2030, a move that will help the nation reach new, more ambitious climate goals announced on Friday (Feb 18).

Bursa Malaysia will launch a voluntary carbon market (VCM) by year end, with the aim of increasing transparency and enabling companies to buy carbon credits to offset their emissions.

The government is looking to provide safe access to clean water and adequate sanitation systems to 98 per cent of Malaysians living in rural areas with the help of other stakeholders and the establishment of an Integrated Centre for Water Data, Research and Development.

The government of Cambodia has announced that the country will not develop new hydropower dams on the Mekong River for the next 10 years, putting two planned dams at Sambor and Stung Treng on pause. The decision means that Laos, which has opened two new dams in the past six months, is now the only country on the Lower Mekong Basin […]

PHNOM PENH – Minister of Environment Say Samal called on high-emission countries to show leadership and responsibility by increasing their climate change adaption measures and raising their targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Cambodia on December 30 submitted its Carbon Long-Term Development Strategy (LTS4CN) to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , according to the Ministry of Environment.

Cambodia’s low-carbon energy transition in the Asean region is extremely important as part of the sustainable pathways contributing to abatement of climate change in order to achieve a net zero emission society, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday.

Cambodia submitted its Carbon Long-Term Development Strategy (LTS4CN) to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Cambodia and Australia have convened a meeting to discuss about climate change issues. The meeting took place through a videoconference with the participation of Say Samal, Minister of Environment, James Larsen, Climate Coordinator and Pablo Kang, Australian Ambassador to Cambodia.