Showing 1 - 4 of 4
SE Asia needs more renewables
Oped, Fabby Tumiwa & Dimitri Pescia, Published on 04/07/2024
» Renewable energy offers Southeast Asia sustainable, affordable, and reliable power, but achieving this requires bold, decisive action. Slowing down coal phase-out ambitions would undermine these efforts.
Ambitious steps to go carbon neutral
Oped, Peter du Pont, Published on 25/11/2021
» To the surprise of many, Thailand announced at the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow that it would increase its long-term ambition on climate action -- pledging to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and to achieve an economy with net-zero GHG emissions by or before 2065.
Trump visit could bolster US Indo-Pacific strategy
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 01/10/2019
» With only four weeks to go before the 35th Asean-related summits kick off at Muangthong Thani, the White House has said nothing to indicate whether President Donald Trump will be coming to Bangkok. Asked about it these past couple of days, Washington movers and shakers have said in unison: Anything can happen. Mr Trump is now facing the threat of impeachment from a Democratic Party-led inquiry. It is pretty common these days to factor in a high level of unpredictability for all transactions with the US, especially when they involve the US presidency.
Time to bridge 'real' digital divide
News, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Published on 13/02/2018
» A group of former Facebook and Google employees last week began a campaign to change the tech companies they had a hand in creating. The initiative, called Truth About Tech, aims to push these companies to make their products less addictive for children -- and it's a good start.