Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the wake of the world’s first Article 6 transaction between Thailand and Switzerland, Asia may hold the key to reducing the region’s carbon emissions.

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Asia Carbon Policy 23

Eco-Business

APRIL 5, 2024

Southeast Asia's second-largest lender is likely to join rival DBS in backing a managed coal phase-out in line with the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy's criteria. But it remains unclear if the updated coal policy will be 1.5°C-aligned. C-aligned.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Hudson joins the computing firm from McKinsey. His role will involve procuring renewable energy for the firm, which plans to erase its historical carbon footprint by 2050.

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Asia Policy Sustainability Carbon 21

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Bulgaria and Romania are also both applicants to join the OECD.

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altenergymag

JUNE 19, 2023

The Asia Pacific region dominates the market, accounting for over 40% of the global share in 2021, led by China and its supportive policies for zero carbon emissions. Government regulations, incentives, and initiatives are creating lucrative opportunities for market growth.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

Just as its current policies have inspired imitation, it’s likely that these new policies will drive significant changes in the U.S. Several countries in Asia, including China, the world’s largest chemical producer, have developed national chemical regulatory programs strongly influenced by the EU’s design. Policy & Politics.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It has issued more than 35 million policies in Asia and Africa. COVID has spurred a surge in demand for its telehealth consultations and health policies. ImpactAlpha, September 9 – Stockholm-based BIMA provides mobile health, life and accident microinsurance to first-time customers. Existing investors.

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Asia Africa Health Policy 94

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

Broadening to all countries across Southeast Asia, the system identified a total of 966 waste sites—nearly three times the number of publicly recorded sites—that were subsequently confirmed to exist via other methods. These findings, as well as future findings using this system, could help inform waste-management policies and decision-making.

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Waste Waste Plastics Asia 237

Eco-Business

JUNE 14, 2021

Asia consumes about three-quarters of the world's coal, but will an end to new funding for the dirty fuel from G7 nations be enough to catalyse a shift to clean power in the region?

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Asia Policy 19

Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Prior to participation in Elemental, CarbonCure did not have a defined public policy strategy.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For example, states the report, within the growing economies of the Asia-Pacific and Middle East (EMEA) regions, the market’s growth is being propelled by the increasing demand for electricity, with capacity addition in the generation and transmission sectors. billion, accounting for a share of 43.05% in the global HV switchgear market.

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Asia Demand Policy Technology 59

Eco-Business

APRIL 19, 2023

Southeast Asia is highly dependent on a volatile global supply of synthetic fertilisers. Local fertiliser production by natural means, through novel innovations, offer more sustainable alternatives worthy of policy action.

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Asia Policy Innovation Sustainability 17

Eco-Business

MARCH 10, 2022

Rising sea levels will affect many Asian countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia. There needs to be fresh approaches and policies to manage what is termed a 'super wicked problem'.

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Asia Policy 19

Eco-Business

JULY 6, 2022

Renewables like solar, wind and hydropower met only 40 per cent of new electricity demand in Southeast Asia over the past six years. Rapid policy intervention is needed to steer the region towards a net-zero pathway, says a new report.

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Asia Demand Hydropower Policy 19

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Corporate policies promoting gender diversity are a reflection of a well-managed company that realizes diversity’s value in stimulating creativity and increasing productivity, in tandem with employee well-being. It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2021

But far more acute is what’s happening with natural gas, particularly in Europe and Asia. the President of Gas Vista and a non-resident fellow at the Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy. We did an episode of this show trying to figure out how oil prices fell to negative $40 per barrel. Times have changed.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Fuller integration of generation, transmission and distribution technologies to balance electric grids, enhance energy security and reach decarbonisation goals is urgently required in Asia as the region races to expand its variable renewable energy generation to spur the energy transition. Renewable integration remains a priority. Next steps.

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Asia Energy Energy Investment 98

The City Fix

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In Asia, 14 countries — accounting for 26% of global transport emissions in 2019 — have made economy-wide net zero commitments. Momentum towards zero-emission transport is growing with countries enhancing ambition and including transport-related targets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However,

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Transportation Asia Fossil fuels Demand 52

Eco-Business

JANUARY 28, 2024

Clime Capital will raise its financing cap after winning blended finance backing for its regional early-stage funding scheme. But it has to “risk-gate” disbursements to keep clear of regulatory deadlocks.

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Asia Policy Energy Energy 18

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Europe, Asia and beyond. Heating electrification is picking up steam in Europe and parts of Asia as decarbonization and pollution-reduction efforts are tipping the scales. As the 2020s progress, flexible energy portfolios will grow significantly as resources on either side of the meter proliferate in the U.S., gigawatt-hours today.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 218

Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The report, titled The labour force in a changing climate: research and policy needs , explores how heat waves are leading to a reduction in the number of working hours in many countries, which is in turn resulting in reduced labour productivity. hours per worker between 2016 and 2019 as a result of warming. Dasgupta said.

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Climate change Asia Health Global warming 101

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Japan to launch review of coal export policy. Japan looks set to beef up a key plank of its climate policy in the face of mounting calls from allies for the country to strengthen its decarbonisation plans ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. Plus all the top green business news from around the world.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 16, 2023

Electric car makers need alternative sources for battery materials, as deep-sea mining talks stall. The attention is on recycling, but the regional industry outside China is nascent. Experts say political will is needed to get the drive on.

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Recycling Recycling Batteries Asia 19

Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Central to this conundrum is the participation of the region with the highest energy consumption in the world – Asia Pacific. Both green and blue hydrogen will be important for the Asia-Pacific region as nations begin to shift their energy resources away from fossil fuels. China’s entry into Blue H2.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For example Africa and Asia are seen as becoming net exporters of clean electricity with their export revenue offsetting the increased system costs, while the greatest savings are seen in North America with interconnectors between the US and Canada. Rather in sub-Saharan Africa a balance of interconnectors and mini grids is needed.

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Africa Asia North America Europe 59

Charged

AUGUST 18, 2022

It’s common for companies to espouse green policies in public, while privately pursuing opposite goals—but Toyota turns this familiar equation on its head. Source: Nikkei Asia. Other automakers tout their enthusiasm for EVs to the media, while pushing gas-guzzling EVs to their customers.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These numbers are deeply troubling,” Kirk Herbertson, a senior policy advisor at EarthRights International who was not involved in the report, said in an emailed statement. “We With 11 murders in 2022, the Philippines continued to be the deadliest country for environmental defenders in the Asia and Pacific regions, Global Witness found.

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Asia Law Government Africa 111

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a new age of growth for digital transformation, and the world’s reliance on the internet will only continue to rise, writes Jimmy Yam, Vice President of East Asia for Eaton. Jimmy Yam is Vice President, East Asia. And with IDC forecasting a 17.5% Image: Eaton. In 2019, they awarded AU$9.6

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

While Southeast Asia is well acquainted with adverse climate impacts, it is less so with the resilience of energy systems. Climate models developed collaboratively can inform adaptation policies and deepen energy integration in the region.

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Asia Resilience Energy Energy 10

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Kevin Shang, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said: “As major policy developments propel the battery energy storage systems market, the BESS integrator industry is becoming increasingly competitive. Image courtesy Wood Mackenzie Asia Pacific China led the Asia Pacific BESS integrator market, with an 86% market share in 2022.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Strong government policies in overseas markets have started to increase local solar manufacturing, but they are still not cost-competitive compared to Chinese supply. A module made in China is 50% cheaper than that produced in Europe and 65% cheaper than the U.S., according to the report.

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Asia Demand Technology Europe 105

Eco-Business

MARCH 29, 2020

A surge in carbon emissions and failure to comply with hazardous waste policies are hindering Asia's progress towards the sustainable development goals. The degradation of its environmental resources is 'alarming', says lead author.

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Asia Waste Waste Policy 19

altenergymag

APRIL 24, 2020

-Industry associations in Asia, Europe and Italy set out their proposed measures to get solar PV companies back to business post-Covid-19 and stimulate investment in clean power -IRENA says COVID-19 recovery packages that place renewables and solar energy at the heart of policies can set a path towards sustainable growth and prosperity.

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Asia Packaging Europe Policy 62

Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Drinks giant developed new policy in partnership with the Rainforest Action Network and the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) In bid to guard against deforestation and labour rights abuses. Palm oil is one of the world's most widely used ingredients, found in everything from shampoo to chocolate to margarine.

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Asia Policy Organic 84

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

A report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a nonprofit advocacy organisation, claimed the Brazilian company’s targets omit around 90 percent of all their emissions, including those from deforestation to create pastures and feed for livestock. In the U.S. which was funded by a $2.9

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

HSBC has become the latest banking giant to tighten its coal financing policies, today pledging to phase out the financing1 of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in EU and OECD markets, and worldwide by 2040. We want to be at the heart of financing the energy transition, particularly in Asia," he said.

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Fossil fuels Asia Policy Global warming 57

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The legal pressure on governments around the world to deliver more ambitious climate policies is continuing to intensify, according to a major new analysis from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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