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July 23, 2025
Biocredits explained: From market methods to risks behind 12000-fold price gap
The World Economic Forum (WEF) launched the Biodiversity Credits Initiative in 2022, aiming to stimulate investment through market-based mechanisms. But how has this emerging market evolved since then and what risks does it entail?
July 23, 2025Japan-Taiwan partnership eyes growing carbon storage demand across ASEAN
Japanese heavy industry firm Kanadevia announced a partnership with Taiwan’s Liang Lian Industries to jointly construct spherical liquefied CO2 storage tanks on July 22. The collaboration targets carbon storage projects in Southeast Asia.
July 23, 2025Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%
China’s exports of clean-energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are increasingly helping to cut emissions in other countries.
July 23, 2025How India’s leather industry is polluting a major river basin
Tamil Nadu’s tanneries endanger rivers, agriculture and people, as Supreme Court ruling offers some hope.
July 22, 2025Vietnam’s Hoa Sen cuts cooling costs by 30% with solar integration
To strengthen its green competitiveness, Vietnamese steel giant Hoa Sen Group has partnered with Singapore’s SP Group to deploy a Cooling-as-a-Service (CaaS) system, combined with rooftop solar power.
July 22, 2025Japan’s nuclear comeback unshaken despite ruling coalition’s loss
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition suffered a defeat in the recent national election. However, with broad cross-party support for nuclear energy, Japan’s direction toward nuclear revival is unlikely to change.
July 22, 2025Mapped: 16 times extreme weather drove higher food prices since 2022
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are just some of the foods that became markedly more expensive after extreme weather events in recent years, according to new research.
July 22, 2025How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries in Australia
As the electrification of transport and heating accelerates, many worry the increased demand could overload national power grids. In Australia, electricity consumption is expected to double by 2050.
July 21, 2025Indonesia’s B50 biofuel rollout faces uncertainty amid palm oil supply woes
Indonesia’s plan to raise its palm oil-based biodiesel blend to 50% next year is now in question. A senior official from the ESDM acknowledged ongoing uncertainty over palm oil feedstock availability and production capacity.
July 21, 2025Conservationists raise sharks to restore reefs in waters around Thailand
A new rewilding program aims to boost the local population of bamboo sharks in the waters of Khao Lak, Thailand. Since the project launched in 2018, with the support of luxury resorts in the area, it has released 200 bamboo sharks into the wild.