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2 天之前 · A closer look at how these ‘energy transition’ deals are backed reveals gaps in the lending policies of banks in the Mekong subregion. A 1,460-MW dam, now under construction near the Luang Prabang UNESCO World Heritage Site, will see all its electricity sold to Thailand, but critics have pointed out that the nation is facing an oversupply of energy.
The Chinese business case for cutting emissions
18 小时之前 · Elsewhere, the UK has announced that its own version of CBAM will come into effect in January 2027. And in the US, there is ongoing debate regarding a carbon border tax, such as the Republicans’ proposed Foreign Pollution Fee Act, the scope of which would cover China’s major export sectors. Chinese firms will be pushed to cut emissions by tougher reporting requirements, green trade ...
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Decarbonising Asia’s sprawling built environment – mission …
3 天之前 · The built environment is, by some measures, outgrowing the natural one. Every 10 seconds, the building industry pours 19,000 bathtubs of concrete, which is the second most used substance on the planet after water. Nowhere is the built environment growing faster than in Asia, which is expected to add another 1.2 billion people to its sprawling cities in the next 20 years.
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2025年1月10日 · Trump 2.0 promises to add to the uncertainties that chief sustainability officers have had to tackle over the last year. Sustainability became harder to sell in the boardroom, and in Asia, the talent crunch is still a problem.
Sustainability and climate trends Asia businesses should watch in …
Stanley Loh, permanent secretary, Singapore’s ministry of sustainability and environment (first from left) and sustainability and environment minister Grace Fu (second from left) signed an agreement with Zambia’s green economy and environment minister Mike Mposha (second from right) and permanent secretary Douty Chibamba. at the Singapore COP29 pavilion on 19 November 2024.
Only one in four of Asia's biggest companies consider nature …
2025年1月14日 · Of the most powerful publicly listed companies in Asia Pacific, 72 per cent identify topics such as water, biodiversity and ecosystem protection in their sustainability or annual reports, but only one quarter of this group considers these issues as material to their businesses, according to a study of 700 firms in 14 jurisdictions in the region.
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2025年1月14日 · Sunil Acharya, Oxfam’s policy and campaigns coordinator for Asia, tells Eco-Business why he thinks the greater use of guarantees to mobilise financing in the private sector is problematic, especially as MDB lending is still at market rates.
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2025年1月16日 · Despite coal-power output in the US falling to its lowest level in nearly 60 years, the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by just 0.2 per cent in 2024, according to new research from the Rhodium Group.