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Indonesia’s largest environmental group reported that air quality around Surabaya’s Benowo waste-to-energy plant frequently exceeded WHO safety limits, with pollution spreading into residential areas, markets, and schools.

Thailand's carbon market is still in its early stages, with its Securities and Exchange Commission estimating that the voluntary carbon market (VCM) will be launched by 2027, ahead of the mandatory market.

NASA satellite data show a dramatic uptick in fire hotspots across Indonesia, with smoke from Sumatra detected in Malaysia in late July.

Vietnam’s economic liberalization has driven strong growth, with the Associated Press (AP) likening the government’s ambitions to becoming Asia’s next “tiger economy.” But in an era where economic expansion is deeply intertwined with climate change.

Indonesia wants its first nuclear plant running by 2032, but technical and geopolitical challenges loom.

The slow rollout of regulations for the DPPA has frustrated businesses and alarmed policy researchers, who fear that insufficient renewable energy deployment could cost the country THB 1 trillion in lost foreign investment.

China is a potential major funder of Indonesia’s renewables targets, but experts are flagging potential political and strategic obstacles.

Sarawak has announced its Energy Transition Policy (SET-P), becoming the first state in Malaysia to introduce a comprehensive strategy of this kind. The policy sets out seven key directions for low-carbon energy development.

BHP, the world’s largest mining company, announced a partnership with leading steel and energy companies to assess the feasibility of establishing a regional CCUS hub in Asia on August 11.

Global courier company DHL is continuing to scale up its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), recently securing the largest SAF purchase in Asia from Finnish oil company Neste.