A Bright Spot for Southeast Asia Energy Security
Climate change and energy security are two main concerns in the current era of civilization.
Climate Change. Dependence on fossil energy in driving the economy has a negative impact on human and environmental health globally. In reducing further costs and resulting damage, the world together responds to climate change through the Paris Agreement in limiting the rise in global temperatures to the 1.5oC level. In particular, Southeast Asia as a fast-growing economy region reinforced its commitment to a low-carbon economy through ASEAN’s renewable target.
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?
RE Investment Series – Vietnam
RE Investment Series – Thailand
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.
RE Investment Series – Singapore
