To mitigate climate change, UN member states must redouble efforts: PM Lee
NEW YORK: Member states of the United Nations need to redouble their efforts to mitigate climate change, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Sep 23), calling climate change the “ultimate global commons challenge”. Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lee-hsien-loong-climate-change-united-nations-summit-11935504
Singapore to do its full part to tackle climate change: PM Lee
NEW YORK – Singapore will do its full part to mitigate climate change, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pledged on Monday (Sept 23) at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, where dozens of world leaders outlined what their countries were doing to confront global warming.
Thailand calls on developed countries to act on climate commitments
Delivering a statement on behalf of Asean member states to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York in his role as Asean Chair, General Chan-o-cha said that the increased impacts of climate change have increasingly threatened the region’s economic and social progress.
We hear you Greta Thunberg: Kalla blames climate change for worsening forest fires
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has blamed climate change as a contributor to the worsening forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, which have caused deteriorating air quality not only in Indonesia but also in neighboring countries. Speaking at the Climate Action Summit at the United Nations in New York on Monday, Kalla said the world was […]
ASEAN Resiliency in Reaching the 23% Renewable Energy Target by 2025
Da Nang, Vietnam – The 26th Renewable Energy Sub-Sector Network (RE-SSN) Meeting was held at Green Plaza Hotel, Da Nang, Vietnam on the 24 May 2019 and attended by delegates from ASEAN Member States except Philippines, ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), International Organizations (IOs), and Dialogue Partners (DPs) such as International Energy Agency (IEA), USAID Clean Power Asia, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Hangzhou Regional Centre (HRC), and Asian Photovoltaic Industry Association (APVIA). During the meeting, the RE-SSN focal points addressed issues related to action plans in order to achieve 23% RE target by 2025 with regard to the ASEAN Plan of Action on Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2016-2025. Whereby the APAEC is an energy blueprint, which the impacts of the outcomes are focused on four dimensions – energy security, affordability, accessibility and sustainability.
Shaping the New Directives on Developing Energy Outlook Scenarios
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – The 2nd workshop on the development of the 6th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO6) was held in March 2019. The workshop mainly discussed the scenarios that need to be developed in order to establish the ASEAN future energy trend. Several International Organizations (IOs) have participated in this workshop to support the development of AEO6 scenarios.
