Indonesia’s president says greenhouse gas reduction commitments by developed countries powers must be credible if developing countries are to follow suit. Joko Widodo was among dozens of world l…
Bangladesh to cut coal consumption, shift to renewable energy: minister
Bangladesh will phase down coal use in the power sector and place greater emphasis on renewable energy as part of the efforts to combat change, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen. He made the remark…
Why this fintech entrepreneur will stay in Myanmar, despite the uncertainties
I’m conversing with Yangon-based fintech entrepreneur Miranda Phua at a painfully familiar juncture in Myanmar’s history. The city is roiled by swelling protests over a military coup that …
Vietnam’s largest wind power plant goes into operation
Trung Nam, Vietnam’s largest wind farm, officially came into operation in Loi Hai and Bac Phong Communes, Thuan Bac District of South-Central Ninh Thuan Province. This Trungnam group project, combined…
‘Himalayan Quad’: is China about to start its own security bloc with Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan?
One of the most notable measures taken by Washington and its allies in response to China’s rise and the threat it poses to the liberal international order has been the development of the Quadrilateral…
Philippines raises carbon emission reduction target to 75 per cent by 2030
The Philippines said on Friday it was revising up its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a 75 per cent reduction by 2030 under its commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, up from a…
Muhyiddin: Private sector must embrace new technologies to accelerate economic recovery
The private sector must embrace new technologies in order for the country to accelerate its economic recovery, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the Covid-19 pandemic had been an e…
Tree Technologies inks deal to supply 200,000 e-bikes to Indonesia
Tree Technologies Sdn Bhd (Treeletrik), a Malaysian home-grown electric vehicles (EV) maker with a presence in the Asean market and a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Ideanomics, has signed a partnership t…
Rubber Scarcity Creates New Headache for Beleaguered Automakers
Automakers struggling with pandemic-induced plant shutdowns and a global chip shortage are now confronting another supply chain headache: dwindling rubber supplies. Snarled shipping lines are disrupti…
IMF turns bullish on Philippines
While most other multilateral institutions had slashed their respective 2021 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasts for the Philippines, the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) e…