More investors urged to allocate investments for SRI
KUALA LUMPUR: More institutional investors have been urged to allocate their investments for sustainable and responsible investment (SRI). Launching the SRI for the Malaysian capital market today, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the roadmap would provide clarity for the industry in mobilising private investments to fund Malaysia’s development and environmental commitments. “The issuance of […]
Reducing the carbon footprint of Singapore
Like most cities around the world, Singapore is short on land. But with rising awareness over the need to address climate change, the country finds itself facing a daunting new challenge in slashing its carbon emissions. Measuring just 721 square kilometers, Singapore is half the size of metropolitan London, and is densely populated to boot […]
Is ASEAN losing its battle with climate change?
A series of key reports released over the past month have proven just how ineffective global efforts to address climate change have been. Greenhouse gases (GHG) keep on rising, and the planned production of fossil fuels provides countries with no chance of achieving the 2015 Paris Agreement – a treaty ratified by 184 countries which […]
Vietnamese PM demands solar auctions in place of subsidies
Vietnam’s second-round solar feed-in tariff (FiT) could be cut short in favour of an auction model after the prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued an order highlighting shortcomings in the way the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has handled the roll-out of solar power. The shock move, which still needs to be released in […]
Energy and climate education still missing in Southeast Asian universities
University curriculum in Southeast Asian varsities generally creates silos between energy and climate. Imparting energy-climate knowledge to our youth is integral to transforming the present state into a low-carbon future. The first net-zero energy building on National University of Singapore’s Kent Ridge campus is located within the School of Design & Environment, and was designed in […]
How hydroelectricity will help power Asia’s future in 21st century
It’s tempting to imagine hydropower as a relatively modern phenomenon – born in the 1950s and really taking root only in the 21st century. Yet, that would ignore the fact that humans have been harnessing the power of water for well over 2,000 years, ever since the ancient Greeks used running streams to move wheels […]
Another solar farm eyed in Currimao town
LAOAG CITY — Ilocos Norte continues to attract more investors on renewable energy as a 72-megawatt solar farm is being eyed in Currimao, Ilocos Norte. If plans push through, this will add to the existing 20-megawatt solar project in Barangay Paguludan-Salindeg which was inaugurated in 2016. The area covers 24 hectares of forestland. In a […]
AC Energy taps BPI Capital for global green notes offer
MANILA, Philippines — AC Energy Inc., the energy platform of the Ayala conglomerate, has appointed BPI Capital as the sole global coordinator for its proposed green notes offering. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AC Energy said it is proposing the offering of fixed for life (non-deferrable) senior perpetual non-call three-year green notes. […]
