ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
The European Union (EU) announced today it is preparing to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) with €50 million ($54.9 million) to help governments prepare and catalyze public and private financing for climate-friendly infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia. Launched in April 2019 and managed by the Asian Development […]
World Bank offers to resolve Vietnam’s solar power dilemma
The World Bank has offered solutions for Vietnam to prevent a recurrence of its grid capacity shortage caused by indiscriminate licensing of solar plants. Last year 91 solar farms with a total capacity of 4,550 MW began operations. Most were built before June 30 to take advantage of a price incentive. But the surge in output […]
Malaysia to EU: ‘Don’t forget poor’ in Green Deal
BRUSSELS: Palm oil powerhouse Malaysia urged Europe not to forget the world’s farmers when it strives to meet its Green Deal ambition for carbon neutrality. The European Union in December embarked on an major plan committing member states to build a carbon neutral economy by 2050 along with other climate-friendly measures including a boost in […]
Investing in technology? Think of environment
Experts have warned about the human-initiated threat of climate change for years. In the last few years, that message has been received by more people. Recent extreme climate events have also added immediacy and newsworthiness to the cause. As Eco-Business noted in a report, transitioning to a low carbon economy is gaining momentum in Southeast […]
Electricity reaches 75% of households in 2019
About 92.68 percent, or 13,131 villages of Cambodia’s total villages, had access to electricity by the end of 2019, a Mines and Energy Ministry’s report showed on Tuesday. The report, released during the ministry’s annual conference, indicated that some 2.68 million houses, or 75 percent of the country’s 3.57 million houses, had the electricity connected […]
Cambodia greenlights two coal projects with 965MW capacity
A 700MW plant will be developed by China’s Sinosteel and local company Royal Group. The government of Cambodia has approved the construction of two coal-fired power plants totalling 965 MW. The government has approved a 265 MW coal-fired power project worth US$294m developed by the local company Han Seng Coal Mines in the northwest Oddar […]
Climate change: Teaching them young
When it comes to teaching young learners about issues on climate change, reading from a textbook probably won’t be as impactful as other methods. Youth now need to learn about the importance of climate change as it will determine their future survival. However, it is still a complex issue with so much information to digest. […]
How climate change is putting people with disabilities at greater risk
Following a decade of record-breaking temperatures worldwide, the global fight against climate change has taken on greater urgency. The UN Human Rights Council says severe weather is putting people with disabilities at greater risk. Correspondent Jason Strother traveled to Tacloban, the Philippine city destroyed by a super typhoon in 2013, and reports on how disabled […]
