Eco-Business: News, Opinion, Jobs, Events, Press Releases and Research for topic Energy

• Carbon dioxide removal mustn't become get-out-of-jail-free cards for corporate polluters
  There is only so much carbon dioxide that can be removed from the atmosphere sustainably. For companies making bold climate pledges, prevention is better than cure.
• In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo’s indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables
  Indigenous people have long been marginalised worldwide. To boost their livelihoods and save Borneo's remaining forests, an indigenous-led organisation in Malaysia has been providing communities with green power for nearly two decades.
• What the Philippines needs to do in 2021 to deliver its climate pledges
  Ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, Eco-Business highlights some of the major issues the Southeast Asian country must address to attain its vision of a low-carbon future.
• Nissan, Sony and other major Japanese firms call on government to ramp up clean energy deployment
  The 92 companies want Japan to double its 2030 renewable energy target. Despite its carbon neutral pledge, the world’s fifth-biggest emitter is one of the most challenging markets for businesses to adopt 100 per cent clean energy.
• Carbon capture and storage won’t work, critics say
  Carbon capture and storage, trapping carbon before it enters the atmosphere, sounds neat. But many doubt it can ever work.
• US slaps sanctions on China oil giant over South China Sea activity
  The United States blacklisted Chinese oil giant CNOOC and slapped visa restrictions on officials of the Chinese navy, ruling party and state-owned enterprises, over 'coercion' of Southeast Asian claimants in the disputed South China Sea.
• In the race to net zero, which sustainability solutions are most needed?
  In its fourth edition, The Liveability Challenge scours the world for the most innovative sustainability solutions to humanity’s biggest challenge—climate change.
• Biden presidency sets stage for wider global advances on climate policy
  End of the Trump era could lead to shifts in climate debate in bodies from the World Trade Organisation to the G7, diplomats say.
• Volatile prices put US$50b of gas projects in Asia at risk, report warns
  Highly volatile prices will make LNG power plants more costly and unpredictable to operate in emerging economies such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, says an energy think tank. This bolsters the case for a pivot to renewables.
• Renewables firm dishes out free EV chargers with solar and energy efficiency projects. Will this propel the energy transition in cities?
  The latest entrant to Singapore's EV charging scene is offering a bundled deal to condominiums and commercial buildings. Such schemes have the potential to take off in other Southeast Asian cities, an expert says.
• Five years after the earthquake, can Nepal rebuild sustainably?
  The annual Ashden Awards highlights the world's next climate champions. One of them is Build up Nepal, a social enterprise that empowers female rural entrepreneurs to create jobs and rebuild Nepal's post-disaster infrastructure.
• Post-Brexit UK – like other gas-producing nations – betting on uncommercial, unproven carbon capture and hydrogen
  The United Kingdom is forging ahead with R&D projects to reduce the carbon impacts of dirty industries, with the central focus on carbon capture and hydrogen generation, ignoring energy efficiency.
• Moving beyond net zero: How Asia can exhibit climate leadership
  We've just celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. If governments want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, they must address a fundamental issue: plans to expand oil and gas extraction.
• Facing their failure to meet 2020 biodiversity targets, world leaders pledge action and funds
  After a decade, world leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and pledge to four main areas for urgent action at the One Planet Summit, hosted virtually by France, the United Nations and the World Bank.
• How I got here... Joseph Chun, environmental lawyer, Shook Lin & Bok
  Chun tells Eco-Business about what it means to practice environmental law in Singapore, and says there is a need for public participation in environmental legislation in the city-state.
• Four things Asia’s energy sector must do in 2021 to meet climate goals
  Renewables could spur the post-pandemic recovery in Asia. But as this year’s climate change conference approaches, the region's energy planners have a lot of catching up to do.
• Analysis: Which countries met the UN’s 2020 deadline to raise ‘climate ambition’?
  After a year disrupted by Covid-19, big emitters like the United States, India and China have yet to update their 'nationally determined contributions' in the United Nations' official registry.
• Five facts about unsustainable waste management in Singapore
  Increased government and corporate accountability, including the full implementation of the EPR law and more investment into upcycling innovations, are equally critical to create a more sustainable waste management ecosystem in Singapore.
• Dangerously hotter cities await 2100’s residents
  In the concrete jungle, the most dramatic high-rise could be the mercury. Urban dwellers should expect much hotter cities.
• Carbon pricing now
  As the world marks both the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement and the arrival of a more climate-aware US administration, the time has come to get serious about taxing or otherwise imposing a price on carbon.