Myanmar Vows to Slash Carbon Emissions by Hundreds of Millions of Tonnes
YANGON—Myanmar’s State Counselor promised to submit a national climate action plan by the end of the year that includes commitments to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tonnes, in her comments to the international Climate Ambition Summit.
Blueprint for zero-carbon goal underway
Energy authorities and the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) are drafting a Thailand Integrated Energy Blueprint (TIEB) to set up a zero-carbon emission goal in response to the growing trends of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs).
Solar PH lines up 1-GW solar projects
SOLAR Philippines is on schedule to construct solar power plants with a total capacity of more than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2021.
The Role of Energy in Raising the Ambition of Climate Action
The Role of Energy in Raising the Ambition of Climate Action
Cutting carbon a new focus area for Singapore under five-year research masterplan
SINGAPORE – Reducing emissions from human activity will be a new research focus for the country as it takes efforts to survive and combat climate change into higher gear.
The ASEAN Climate and Energy Paradox
This article carries out a multisectoral qualitative analysis (MSQA) and policy integration analysis of six sectors important for climate mitigation in Southeast Asia in order to assess the status of the climate-energy nexus in the region. It concludes that Southeast Asia will be heavily affected by climate change but the mitigation efforts of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are incommensurate with the threat they face. Their nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement are modest, they have a low proportion of renewable energy in their energy mixes, a modest target for raising the share of renewable energy and they are not likely to reach this target. The ASEAN countries have also been slow to adopt electric vehicles and to accede to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), while continuing to burn their forests, channel subsidies to fossil fuels and invest in new coal power plants. If ASEAN accelerated decarbonization, it could seize business opportunities, secure its standing in the international political system and climate justice discussions, and increase its chances of reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
News Highlights (November 2020)
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Companies help the environment by making their offices operate on clean energy
The call for sustainability must be an encompassing one. It is not only enough for eco organizations or passionate individuals to take up the cudgels for the environment, corporate entities must also, in their own way, make their operations and activities environment-friendly, too.
