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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivered a speech at the UN General Assembly on September 23, mentioning the country’s transition toward renewable energy and expressing confidence in achieving net-zero emissions before 2060. On the same day, Indone

The European Commission has proposed pushing back the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for another year, to December 2026, citing concerns that its IT system is not yet ready to handle the demands that the regulation would place on it.

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.

The EU ETS “urgently needs to be adjusted” to prevent industry in the union from falling behind global competitors as the momentum of the green transition has slowed, said German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp.

China plans to introduce absolute emissions caps to cover major industrial sectors by 2027, according to a policy document released on 25 August by the State Council and Central Committee of the Communist Party.

Major brands including Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever have launched the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil Working Group to align with a new road map for deforestation-free palm oil in the Indonesian province.

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

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.

In August, representatives of the world’s nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty, but negotiators remain far apart.

After more than a decade of negotiations, Laos’ first and ASEAN’s largest onshore wind project, the Monsoon Wind Power Project, has officially started transmitting electricity to Vietnam as of July.