The COP28 has concluded with an agreement that signals the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cu…
Climate Change
Bangladesh: Importance of climate financing for green energy
Deliberations at COP 28, the 28th UN Climate Summit in Dubai, have focused on several strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere to slow down climate change and global wa…
Vietnam launches financing framework for its energy transition
The mobilisation of capital for a just energy transition in South-east Asia is ramping up at the United Nations climate change conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At the sidelines of the confer…
Asia Pacific Climate Week 2023 launches in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, showcasing regional commitment to climate action
The Asia Pacific Climate Week 2023 (APCW) launched today in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, drawing stakeholders, experts, and policymakers from across the region to showcase solutions and innovations, and to …
‘Inflection point’: Google banks on clean energy, AI amid urgent need for global climate action
Big tech firms have emerged as the largest corporate buyers of renewable energy in the United States, driving up demand for clean energy in the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitting nation. I…
Climate Change and the Challenges of New Energy Technologies
The expansion of neoliberal capitalism across the planet has been largely responsible for climate change, a phenomenon that is changing weather patterns. As a result of climate change, the planet’s ab…
Nepal’s climate change adaptation strategy needs One Health approach
Nepal is a small biodiversity-rich country that is subjected to climatic vagaries: conditions range from tropical in the south to alpine in the north. While Nepal contributes ~ 0.027% of the global gr…
South East Asian countries try to head off climate change impact on agriculture, fishing
Countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia are being forced to take mitigatory measures to cushion the impact of global warming on agriculture and fishing sectors As global warming gains …
El Nino, India, and the risk of food shortage
For a phenomenon tenderly named after “little boy” in Spanish, the El Nino’s monstrous spectre presents a strange irony. Its return after seven years has brought the risk of both drought-like si…
Malaysia forecasts peak of El Niño to hit in early 2024
Malaysia on Friday forecast the peak of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which brings prolonged hot and dry weather, will hit the country at the beginning of 2024. El Niño, a warming of water surface t…