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Vietnam’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment held a working session with Japanese Minister of Environment regarding collaboration in environment protection and climate change response.

The European Commission is working on plans to speed up investment in capturing and storing CO2 emissions, it said on June 9, as the bloc prepares to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.

California's Air Resources Board has recently approved a mandate to shift big rigs and other trucks to zero emissions in a bid to transform the state's economy and end diesel's long-standing dominance in goods movement.

Indonesia’s financial regulator said on May 5 that the government plans to launch a carbon exchange in the second half of this year, as part of efforts to boost renewable energy use and achieve net-zero emissions by 2060.

Taiwan's legislature passed the "Climate Change Response Act" on Jan. 10, establishing a carbon fee system for large emitters and setting a goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

Vietnam has reviewed its greenhouse gas emissions since 2010. However, the data on emission reduction has yet to be completely collected owing to the lack of requirements on reporting and evaluating results.

According to a new study, only 33 major shipping firms have a publicly stated goal of achieving net zero by 2050 or have committed to IMO targets of 50% absolute reduction in 2050 compared to 2008, which accounts for 35% of the world’s 94 largest shipping

Mumbai, India's financial hub, has unveiled its first ever Climate Action Plan as part of India’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070. Under the plan, the city aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, becoming the first Southeast Asian cit