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• Carbon capture struggles to accelerate in race to avert climate crash
  Catching and storing climate-changing emissions is seen as key to many plans to stave off a worsening climate crisis—but it's way behind schedule, experts say.
• Who benefits from false climate solutions?
• Microgrids are powering remote communities—and helping Southeast Asia's eco resorts live up to their name
  In a region where power demand is soaring, microgrids can increase renewable energy adoption and cut reliance on diesel. The most immediate impact, however, could be the ability to hear birdsong again.
• The fast track to clean energy
  Ample evidence suggests that the development and adoption of clean energy will happen quickly, and that those beholden to fossil fuels will soon be throwing good money after bad.
• Bangladesh may suspend new power plant approvals
  Chinese firms investing in overseas coal projects should take note of a potential power glut in Asian nations.
• Is the future of renewable energy in Asia to share it?
  If Asia is to rise to the clean energy challenge then sharing energy between countries will be one way to deal with intermittency issues. But political obstacles aside, how will it work?
• China’s plan to electrify the economy
  Using electricity for everything will help lay the groundwork for lowering carbon emissions, but it won’t be easy.
• ‘Asia undermining efforts to reduce coal dependence’
  Over 80 per cent of new coal investments are in the Asia Pacific region, where governments are pushed to meet a fast-growing demand for power.
• Clean energy or food? Asian nations grapple with new demands on land
  With many in Asia still dependent on farming and fishing, there is a real risk that large-scale renewable energy projects will change land use and hurt communities, say experts.
• Not just CO2: How is China curbing other polluting greenhouse gases?
  Other gases like methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons also contribute to heating up our atmosphere. What is the China doing to limit its non-carbon dioxide pollutants?
• Climate change is degrading the liveability of developing Asia's cities
  Deteriorating air quality, heat waves and drought have driven down poorer South Asian cities in a ranking of the world's most liveable cities. Meanwhile, Sydney has risen up the ranking but Singapore and Hong Kong fall.
• Meet the environment defenders fighting for clean energy in Southeast Asia
  Harassment, death threats, kidnapping. It's not easy campaigning for clean energy in Southeast Asia. Eco-Business asked activists in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam about the challenges they face fighting for a cleaner future.
• Why 'bold action' on climate in Asia means nothing short of a moratorium on fossil fuel finance
  While Japanese and Singapore banks have begun to recognise climate risks as bad for business, policies adopted are far too lenient to meet the targets set by the science, argues Shin Furuno.
• Exploitation rife among firms mining minerals for renewables, electric vehicles: Report
  With demand for minerals such as cobalt and lithium set to skyrocket, firms, investors and governments must step up to ensure the clean energy sector does better than its fossil fuel counterpart.
• Charging ahead? India's electric car revolution faces bumps
  Auto giants are nervous and charging stations still few as India aims for a switch to electric vehicles by 2030.
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative could lead to 3°C global warming, report warns
  Greening the financing of a US$12 trillion development project that promises to help 60 per cent of humanity is necessary to avoid runaway climate change, a new report by Tsinghua University has cautioned.
• Are decentralised communities the way forward for sustainable cities?
  More countries are realising the limits of a take-make-waste model and coming round to the concept of a circular economy. What could cities and buildings of the future look like?
• What the Arctic and Antarctic are trying to tell us, and why Southeast Asia must listen
  The melting of the ice caps affects everyone—particularly Southeast Asia—and the world must strive to meet its Paris Agreement targets to avoid dramatic sea level rise from 2050, say polar explorer Robert Swan and scientist Adam Switzer.
• Here's what could go wrong with the circular economy—and how to keep it on track
  The circular economy promises many benefits, not least cutting the carbon footprint of various major industries such as food, energy, waste and water. However, it is no silver bullet for sustainability, writes WRI’s Kevin Moss.
• Coal plant deemed too polluting for China heads to Cambodia
  As it cleans up at home, China is exporting coal power equipment and carbon emissions.