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European governments will auction 244 million EU carbon permits from January to August next year under the bloc's ETS, the European Commission announced on November 16.

Retreated from carbon trading for over a decade, Barclays Plc is trying to come back to market and appointed a veteran of Shell Plc, Oliver Morning, to run the operations, according to Bloomberg report.

Indonesia slashes its 2030 target for carbon emissions from the power sector and boost its renewable energy generation share in a draft roadmap released on Nov. 1 for $20 billion in financing from rich nations to wean off coal.

Indonesian government has launched a road map for low-carbon tourism and hopes that this road map will guide the tourism industry towards achieving carbon neutrality.

Philippines' Energy Development Corporation (EDC), a renewable energy subsidiary of conglomerate Lopez Group, adds 3 geothermal sites to deploy battery energy storage system (BESS).

Ｍalaysian plantations and Commodities minister Fadillah Yusof said government is considering expansion of its B10 biodiesel programme to industrial sector during the fourth Palm Biodiesel Conference held on Tuesday.

Singapore is planning to expand a pilot project that boosts the ocean's capacity to absorb CO2 emissions using emerging technologies that supporters hope can play a key role in addressing climate change.

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has called for stricter carbon emission testing on motorized vehicles in Jakarta to combat air pollution.

Malaysia has decided to raise the temperature in typically cold government offices to save energy. To offset any discomfort this may cause, the government has relaxed the dress code, allowing civil servants to wear cooler batik to work on most days.

Vietnamese Tri Nam Group launched a pilot program in Hanoi utilizing public bicycles, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions, and diversify the city's passenger transport sector.