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The EU and the IMO have advanced shipping decarbonization regulations that will raise the price of maritime fuels. The push could lead to increased use of efficiency measures that reduce how much fuel vessels need in the first place.

In Southeast Asia, where coal remains the dominant source of power generation, the rapid growth of data centers is intensifying pressure on electricity supply.

Singapore has released its first report on carbon emissions from the healthcare sector, revealing that hospitals and clinics emit 4.1 million tons of CO₂ equivalent annually — nearly 7% of the nation’s total emissions, higher than the global average.

Each year, northern Thailand struggles with choking haze caused by crop burning and forest fires. Over the past two decades, a group of women in Lampang province have taken action to improve their local environment.

Philippine renewable energy developer Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) has inaugurated the country’s first baseload solar power plant, Citicore Solar (CS) Batangas 1.

The Asia-Pacific is at the forefront of green industrial policies and must accelerate the transition through multilateral efforts to serve as a model for a greener future.

As AI data centers drive up energy demand, the main challenge is not GPUs but securing power, said Jim Chen (陳治閔), vice general manager of Delta Electronics.

Singapore announced on September 16 that it will invest SGD 76.4 million (about USD 59.8 million) to procure its first batch of cross-border, nature-based carbon credits, enough to offset nearly 4% of the nation’s emissions.

Germany will adapt the rollout of renewables to the lagging grid expansion and lower its hydrogen ambitions, in a bid to reduce the costs of its landmark energy transition.

AI has undergone a rapid expansion in recent years. Yet, the industry is also facing scrutiny on many fronts; one major critique concerns the environmental impact of AI, particularly the intensive energy use and CO2 emissions.