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Climate scientist sounds alarm on emissions growth: 'Every day in Singapore will be beyond the limits of human existence'

Singapore could be virtually unliveable by the end of the century unless emissions reduce, warns climate scientist Ben Horton of the Earth Observatory. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian nations are ratcheting up fossil fuel production.

Published on: 2024-10-24 15:11:00
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Peak coal predicted this year despite promises to quit

Success hinges on China and India but experts say there is still time to switch from coal and save the planet.

Published on: 2024-10-18 03:15:00
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China’s green certificate growth shows clean energy progress

The rapid surge in issuance and trade of Green Electricity Certificates indicates progress towards decarbonisation, but is creating new challenges for regulators.

Published on: 2024-10-18 03:00:00
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AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

AI can predict climate change-fuelled floods but communication gaps and lack of investment in data and systems can hobble response.

Published on: 2024-10-18 02:00:00
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Green hydrogen uptake slow in Asia due to high cost and lack of standards: experts

The amount of renewable energy needed to decarbonise a power grid to produce green hydrogen is a key barrier to scaling it, says think tank IEEFA.

Published on: 2024-10-16 09:41:00
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Health and climate risks overlap in coal-burning Southeast Asia

Coal-fired power plants are driving a health crisis in Southeast Asia, where fine particle pollution causes millions of premature deaths annually.

Published on: 2024-10-15 13:07:00
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Green groups alarmed as Philippines and South Korea start feasibility study for Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

But Filipino nuclear engineer Ronald Daryll Gatchalian says atomic energy will complement intermittent renewable power, and considers “infighting among low-carbon technologies” an obstacle to the country achieving climate goals.

Published on: 2024-10-14 07:30:00
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Malaysia cannot rule out CCUS but must keep ‘eyes wide open’ to risks, says environment minister Nik Nazmi

A new carbon capture and storage bill is due to be tabled next month at “record speed”, amid plans to import carbon dioxide from Japan and South Korea. Environmental advocates have called CCUS an ineffective decarbonisation lever.

Published on: 2024-10-14 04:05:00
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The case for carbon offsets as interim solution for aviation emissions

With alternatives such as sustainable aviation fuel still too expensive and low in demand for the aviation industry to consider, carbon offsets could be a way to reduce emissions – if used right.

Published on: 2024-10-14 01:47:00
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NGOs call for higher taxes on mining firms so Philippines can benefit from transition minerals boom

Proposed taxes in the Philippines' new mining reform bill should follow rates imposed by top mining countries Chile and Peru to allow the archipelago to extract full value from its critical minerals, nonprofit Bantay Kita says.

Published on: 2024-10-10 09:00:00
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