Today’s waste is tomorrow’s energy
Global waste is expected to grow to 3.40 billion tonnes by 2050, more than double the population growth over the same period. According to a 2018 World Bank report, ‘What a Waste 2.0’ on solid waste management, the East Asia and Pacific region generates most of the world’s waste, at 23 percent. Landfills have been […]
South-east Asia must phase out coal plants, reduce reliance on fossil fuels to combat climate change: UN
SINGAPORE – As one of the regions with the highest number of coal plants in the pipeline, South-east Asia must work to quickly end its reliance on fossil fuels, with the goal of phasing out all coal plants from 2020, the United Nations (UN) urged on Friday (Aug 2). Speaking to journalists via a teleconference, […]
Asean urged to intensify cooperation in ensuring nuclear safety, security
BANGKOK — Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh urged Asean member states to bolster their partnership in regional nuclear safety and security during a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Minh was in the Thai capital to attend the Meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission, as part of the 52nd […]
ASEAN, Korean youth cooperate on smart cities
More efficient waste and traffic management systems are among the best practices that ASEAN can adopt from Korea. The two areas were among the fields in which policy recommendations were proposed at the recently concluded 2019 ASEAN-Korea Youth Network Workshop which gathered 80 university students from 13 countries for 10 days of lectures, site visits, […]
How can Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition be sped up?
Despite plentiful sun, wind and tidal potential, Southeast Asia has been slow to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy to fuel its fast-growing economies. How can the region quicken the pace of its transition to renewable energy? In Southeast Asia, a region with tremendously diverse economies, resource distribution and population densities, a one-size-fits-all approach will […]
Vulnerable to climate change, ASEAN needs more investment into green infrastructure
MANILA – Over the next five years, ASEAN will need US$157 billion in annual infrastructure investment, but projects need to be “climate-proofed” to mitigate the region’s vulnerability to natural disasters and climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Due to Southeast Asia’s geographical diversity — long coastlines, a large number of archipelagos, and […]
Can venture philanthropy turn on Southeast Asia to clean energy?
Born into one of the world’s richest families, the Rockefellers, whose vast wealth was amassed from the American oil boom in the late 1880s, Eileen Rockefeller Growald is a venture philanthropist focused on using her family’s money to help the world switch to clean energy. The 67 year-old founded the Growald Family Fund with her husband, […]
ASEAN, EU to enhance cooperation on Environment and Climate Change
BANGKOK, 9 July 2019 – At the launch of a High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change in Bangkok yesterday, Senior Officials from ASEAN and the European Union (EU) reaffirmed the commitment to strengthen cooperation between ASEAN and the EU on shared regional and global challenges related to protection of the environment and climate change. […]
