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China’s climate ambition at this year’s “two sessions”, which ended on 11 March, was relatively subdued, with analysts expecting economic concerns to trump climate action in the year ahead.

A former migrant worker and chauffeur in Indonesia has pioneered the use of biogas in his home village near the city of Yogyakarta on Java Island.

Singapore-based startup Pyxis launched solar-powered electric boats that help reduce costs for river cruise operators and feature Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology to supply low-carbon power, advancing maritime decarbonization.

Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in a report.

Germany’s likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets.

Nearly a tenth of global climate finance could be under threat as US president Donald Trump’s aid cuts risk wiping out huge swathes of spending overseas.

The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge. This growth comes despite scientists’ warnings of the industry’s harm to the climate and its contribution to deforestation — increasingly in the tropics.

Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry announced that Singapore has signed carbon credit transfer agreements with three countries to fulfill its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

U.S. Treasury officials have confirmed that the United States has withdrawn from the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), refusing to provide the financing needed by developing countries for climate transformation.

The Vietnamese government has introduced a new electricity decree, prioritizing the promotion of power generation projects using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as energy storage systems.