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No Progress on the Global Stocktake at COP30
While scientists increasingly consider the 1.5°C goal impossible to achieve, public and private sector stakeholders at COP30 can still help ensure a livable future for the next generation by uniting and working to urgently phase out fossil fuels, halt and reverse deforestation and scale up renewable energy sources.
At COP30, Transportation Emissions Remain a Big Hurdle
COP30 highlighted a critical gap: despite funding pledges, transport remains underfunded and slow to decarbonise. With Asia’s rapid urbanisation driving demand for mobility, accelerated, equity-focused investments in clean and inclusive transport are urgently needed to avoid locking in high emissions and inequitable access.
Climate Finance at COP30: Can Developing Countries Expect a Breakthrough?
As COP30 unfolds in Belém, developing nations press for action over pledges, urging a shift from climate finance commitments to real-world implementation. The toll of climate disasters in 2025 underscores the urgency: loss and damage funding remains far short of what’s needed, even as new tools and debt-for-climate swaps begin to unlock potential investments.
What COP30 Should Deliver to Advance the ASEAN Power Grid
The regional grid, a decades-old concept, could significantly accelerate Southeast Asia’s transition to renewables, ensuring stable, secure, clean and affordable electricity for countries in the region. However, for that to happen, leaders at COP30 must address the policy and financing roadblocks impeding the initiative.
47th ASEAN Summit 2025 Ends With Trump Promising Support to Southeast Asia
ASEAN is becoming a key point of interest to global superpowers. However, it remains critical that, in the negotiation process, Southeast Asian economies don't neglect their own interests as in the case of the energy transition, where they are increasingly succumbing under the external pressure of the fossil fuel lobby.
Proposed Ammonia Co-firing Solutions More Expensive than Renewables
The LCOE for ammonia co-firing exceeds that of renewable electricity, rendering Southeast Asia’s plans economically unfeasible. According to experts, instead of exposing themselves to the financial, environmental and health risks associated with ammonia co-firing, ASEAN nations should prioritise the accelerated deployment of renewable energy.
Renewable Energy Trends 2025: Capacity to Double by 2030
Despite the positive trends, the IEA warns that the COP28 to triple clean energy capacity remains out of reach. To get back on track, countries should minimise policy uncertainties, reduce permitting timelines, increase grid investments and expand flexibility to facilitate the integration of variable renewables and derisk financing.
Gas Turbine Shortage in Vietnam and the Philippines
Experts note that delays, exacerbated by global gas turbine shortages, and regulatory and bankability challenges are giving clear market signals to move away from gas projects and scale up renewables and battery storage deployments instead.
Domestic Banks Are Propping Up Indonesian Coal Despite Climate Risks
Despite global financiers halting support for coal power, Indonesia's major domestic banks are filling the void by funnelling billions into new coal projects. This continued investment risks locking in decades of pollution, making the country's climate goals impossible to achieve and hindering the uptake of cleaner energy alternatives.
UBS Quits the Net-Zero Banking Alliance: The Consequences
The mass exodus of UBS and other leading banks from the NZBA has made the coalition a thing of the past, sending a clear signal to the market that climate change has become even less of a priority for financial institutions. For Southeast Asia, one of the most climate-vulnerable regions and a hotspot for fossil fuel expansion, this outlook leaves little room for optimism.
CREA: Indonesia’s RUPTL Plan Puts Fossil Fuels First, Renewable Energy Later
According to CREA, Indonesia’s RUPTL 2025-2034 reveals major discontent between the ambitious climate pledges and public commitments of the country’s leadership and the real plans, which see a projected growth and a pivotal role for fossil fuels.
The 2025 APEC Meeting: Opportunity For South Korea to Step Up
The sluggish global emissions reduction progress and the worsening climate emergency necessitate all hands on deck. South Korea, which has historically been among the biggest climate laggards, can change course and help lead Asia towards a cleaner and more sustainable future.
Trump’s Environmental Policy: Is “Climate Change the Greatest Con Job Ever”?
While Trump's climate policy rollbacks have destabilised global efforts, they are also accelerating a power shift, paving the way for Asian nations to emerge as the world's new climate leaders.
BNEF: Renewables Are Becoming Cheaper than Natural Gas in Southeast Asia
Despite the better economics, improved energy security and accelerated climate action that renewables guarantee, Southeast Asian nations plan for massive gas investments. Changing course requires political ambition for weaning energy systems off fossil fuels, pledging more ambitious climate targets and supporting clean energy developers.
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