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• India’s coal crisis exposes pitfalls in power sector
  In less than a year, India has faced its second coal sector crisis that has led to nationwide power supply issues.
• Gogoro co-founder and CEO: The tougher the problem, the better it is to solve
  In this new podcast series 'Climate Tech in Asia', Eco-Business speaks to Gogoro boss Horace Luke about the company's recent listing on the Nasdaq and its quest to electrify Asia's ubiquitous two-wheelers and mainstream battery swapping.
• Community reels as Indian hydropower project leaves homes, farms drowned
  A month ago, Lohari village in Uttarakhand was submerged in the waters of the reservoir built as part of the upcoming Vyasi hydropower project.
• Biomass burning booms in East Asia despite Paris Agreement goals
  Over the past decade, Japan and South Korea have increasingly turned to burning wood pellets for energy, leaning on a UN loophole that dubs biomass burning as carbon neutral.
• ‘Infrastructure-first’ approach causes conflict in Indonesia
  Attempts by indigenous peoples to stop dams and railways being built on their customary lands have been met with violence.
• Floating solar: a small but vital role for India’s sunrise sector
  Floating solar plants were never part of India’s plans to reach 100 GW of solar power by the end of this year. But the benefits are becoming clearer and numbers are on the rise.
• After Russian invasion, gas is no longer a viable 'bridge' fuel for energy transition: report
  As the cost of renewables plummets and the price volatility of fossil gas increases, gas can no longer be relied upon as a lower-emissions bridge fuel, a study finds. But subsidies are keeping gas artificially cheap in some Asian markets.
• India mulls battery swapping policy to spur more electric vehicle converts
  Indian government think-tank NITI Aayog has now proposed a 'battery as a service' model to promote electric vehicles in the country.
• State of the climate: start of 2022 is the fifth warmest on record
  After a slightly cooler 2021 on the Earth’s surface, the world is on track for 2022 to be somewhere between the fourth and eighth warmest year since records began in the mid-1850s.
• Why India’s heatwave has turned out the lights
  As people across the country crank up the AC, the grid is struggling to cope: a peek into a future in which climate change drives more extreme weather.
• As lithium reserves dwindle, Singapore EV battery recycling startup aims to plug supply gap
  Lithium shortages are straining the electric vehicle battery supply chain. Entrepreneur Bryan Oh, co-founder of a low-waste, low-emissions lithium recycling firm, wants to be the world's largest lithium company without ever owning a mine.
• Legalising Bangladesh 'easy bike' taxis could drive safer, greener industry
  A court decision overturning an earlier ban on three-wheelers paves the way for them to be made legal, which would support better design and potentially greener ways to power them, benefitting drivers, transport experts say.
• David Fogarty to lead CBRE's Southeast Asia sustainability team
  The role switch within the real estate services firm marks a return to Singapore for Fogarty, who will relocate from United Kingdom.
• Climate leadership needs more women
  Despite widespread recognition that women are underrepresented in climate and conservation fora, the problem persists. This status quo is both unjust and shortsighted.
• Twin-state hydropower project seen to sweep away vulnerable communities, local biodiversity
  With the construction of the Kishau Dam, 2,950 hectares of land with some 2.5 million trees will be submerged and 5,498 people will have to be relocated.
• Green finance set to fund burning waste in cement kilns
  Projects to burn waste, including plastic, as alternative fuel in cement kilns are being considered for 'green' financing, drawing criticism from environmentalists.
• Nuclear renaissance hinges on solving the waste issue
  As energy transitions and geopolitical shifts revive the nuclear debate, the need for permanent solutions for radioactive waste grows ever more urgent. Do new projects offer hope?
• Widespread carbon capture in Southeast Asia unviable without carbon pricing: report
  Applications may be limited to natural gas processing, where carbon dioxide fumes are easier to capture. Pairing carbon capture with fossil fuel power generation, touted as a viable decarbonisation strategy, may be an expensive pipe dream.
• Cooperating to build deep-tech companies of the future
  The Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance gathered public and private stakeholders to drive action behind innovators that are developing emerging cutting-edge solutions designed to help address the world's most difficult sustainability issues.
• Mini solar grids empower women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district
  Several women from these villages have come forward to start small-scale machine-based rural enterprises that run on solar energy.