From Waste to Wealth: A Story of Green Coke
According to a report by the International Energy Agency, energy trends in the world over the next 20 years will strongly depend on Southeast Asia’s energy consumption. This is because the growth of energy demand in the region is growing two times faster than the average global growth, which will be accompanied by economic growth as well as challenges for policymakers.
Energy-Climate Nexus #ForNature: Learn, Share, and Act!
Humans and nature are always connected. Just imagine our daily life. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the beauty of nature we see. It should be natural, then, for human being to feel heartbroken upon hearing the catastrophic environmental impacts caused by climate change. Climate change already impacted food production and triggered catastrophic disasters like drought, deluge, and disease. It also seriously threatens biodiversity, the highlighted theme of World Environment Day (WED) 2020. These facts should alarm us to wake up and question ourselves, what actions can we do to strive for a better world?
Dynamic Energy Policies for Growth
In the Philippines like the rest of the ASEAN, energy policy is at the crossroads. To support the economic and infrastructure plans, the country will need to double its power generating capacities over the next several years.
Efforts to develop a roadmap for achieving the mitigation goals under Vietnam's NDC and beyond
Vietnam is considered to be one of the countries severely affected by the adverse effects of climate change and determined to respond to climate change as the responsibility of the entire political system.
Learning from World-frontrunners in Dealing with Climate Change
As the most vulnerable region in the world, Southeast Asia is required to be ready in facing climate change impacts in the future. Some of the impacts like sea-level rise, droughts and floods, also peatland fires already threatened the region. Hence, many scientists echoing decarbonisation to reduce emissions. However, the current situation in Southeast Asia still seems far from the ‘ideal’.
Energy Storage: Unlocking the Full Potential of Renewable Energy
As countries worldwide aim to limit global warming to 2°C from the pre-industrial level, climate change mitigation efforts have become keys to sustainable development. This, of course, includes the implementation of renewable energy to produce clean energy. Amidst the clear role of renewable energy in climate change mitigation, unlocking its full potential would need support from energy storage technologies.
A New Beginning for Electric Vehicle, and How Southeast Asia Could Jump in and Ride the Wave
Electric vehicle (EV) penetration and other transportation manoeuvre in combating climate change continue set the story in transportation sector as huge decarbonisation and energy efficiency potentials could be achieved from them. Not only is EV technology approaching a tipping point as better performing, more affordable, and new model, but also this technology allows us to control the transportation emissions centrally through power plants.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Energy and Climate Change in ASEAN: ACE Survey
COVID-19 is affecting fossil fuels the most, but renewable energy is also considered to be hit. A positive temporary effect on the climate must be used to mainstream the information about climate change mitigation into the society, to infuse a more sustainable economy and environment-friendly activities into our daily lives.
