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  • GENERAL

    Southeast Asia 'woefully off track' on green investment, Bain says

    Published on 15/04/2024

    » SINGAPORE: - Southeast Asia is "woefully off track" on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the global consultancy Bain & Company said on Monday.

  • OPINION

    Southeast Asian banks must stop funding coal

    Oped, Published on 11/04/2024

    » Indonesia is by far a major top producer of dangerous climate emissions -- more than any country in the Southeast Asian region, mainly due to its burning of coal. The country is also feeling the full force of worsening climate disasters, from floods and storms to deadly landslides. My hometown, Jakarta, is sinking -- and this is compounded by regular catastrophic flooding and air pollution that disrupts millions of lives. Indonesia faces huge risks as it currently sits as the second most disaster-prone country in the world, according to the World Risk Report 2023.

  • LIFE

    Towards a greener future

    Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 10/04/2024

    » Plastic pollution has a negative effect on the environment, ecosystems, wildlife and human health. To reduce this scourge, 175 nations agreed to develop a legally binding agreement to address such pollution within the marine environment, known as the Global Plastic Treaty, during the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. A draft of the treaty is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

  • OPINION

    Energy shift calls for open markets, more renewables

    Oped, Published on 03/04/2024

    » The awaited new Power Development Plan (PDP) will be finalised by the second quarter of this year. The PDP -- which is scheduled to be implemented between 2024 and 2037, will focus more on renewable energy.

  • OPINION

    China's hydro generators wait for the rains to come

    News, Published on 27/03/2024

    » China's hydro generation has been essentially flat for the last three years, despite commissioning several large new power plants, as a prolonged drought has sharply reduced river flows in the southwestern part of the country.

  • OPINION

    Taking steps towards climate action

    Oped, Published on 20/03/2024

    » In response to escalating global concerns over climate change, Thailand has taken a stride by drafting its Climate Change Act that, if enacted, will be the country's first climate change law.

  • OPINION

    Going green on catalytic capital

    Oped, Published on 28/02/2024

    » The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) concluded with a landmark agreement to shift away from fossil fuels and triple the world's renewable-energy capacity. While this is a step in the right direction, how can we ensure that emerging economies have the necessary resources to achieve a just clean-energy transition?

  • GENERAL

    State energy firms keen on alternative fuels

    Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/02/2024

    » More state-run energy firms are eager to try alternative fuels to support the campaign against climate change, with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) becoming the latest agency, aiming to replace coal with wood pellets to fuel its power plant.

  • GENERAL

    Chinese solar industry supercharged

    Published on 27/01/2024

    » China installed more solar panels in 2023 than any other country has built in total, adding to a massive renewable energy fleet that is already leading the world by a wide margin.

  • OPINION

    Is COP28 a boon or bane of the world?

    News, Published on 08/01/2024

    » The developments and challenges posed at the 28th annual Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change evoke the words of F Scott Fitzgerald on being "able to see that things are hopeless yet determined to make them otherwise".

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