PM Lee: S’pore will work to ‘push the envelope on climate ambition’
Singapore will continue to “push the envelope on climate ambition, so that we minimise the risk of a climate catastrophe destroying our children’s world,” said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Laos – the ‘battery’ of Asia and a ticking environmental time bomb
Number of power plants soon to be completed by the end of 2020:53 hydropower plants under construction or in the planning stage, including those set to be completed this year; there will be more than 90 hydropower plants in Laos with a combined installed capacity of almost 14,000MW.
Initiative to spur on green energy
The Vietnam Corporate Energy Leaders (VCEL) initiative has been announced at the Vietnam Corporate Sustainability Forum 2020, promoting the use of renewable energy in driving greener production and sustainable growth in a globally competitive Vietnam.
Focus on low-carbon alternatives to position industries for the future
As Singapore steps up its efforts to combat and survive climate change, research in the sustaina-bility space will now focus on reducing emissions from human activity.
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.
AC Energy’s stock rights offering plan cleared
AC Energy Philippines (Acen) takes a step further along its overhaul as the Ayala group’s domestic and international power generation platform following confirmation by regulators that the planned stock rights offering (SRO) that would raise up to P5.4 billion need not be registered.
Waste-to-energy projects see official support, villager resistance
A plan to call for bids for new waste-to-energy (WTE) projects next year is giving hope to local officials worried about the growing volume of garbage in their neighbourhoods.
Thai govt threatens to veto new Lao dam
LOEI: Thai authorities are not happy with the potential environmental impact of the planned Sanakham hydroelectric dam in Laos and have hinted they may exercise a section of the Mekong River Agreement to halt the scheme, according to Somkiat Prajamwong, secretary-general of the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).
