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The 2023 Taiwan Circular Economy Forum held during the Sustainable Taiwan Expo in Kaohsiung from Nov. 22 to 24 brought together experts across industries to discuss challenges and solutions to build a green supply chain.

Carbon credits will take center stage at the upcoming UN climate talks, COP28, in Dubai at the end of this month. These credits, purchased by companies to offset their carbon emissions, allow them to consider consumed goods and services ‘carbon neutral’.

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.

Thailand’s PM announced the country’s energy transition targets and sustainability measures at the UN General Assembly. He also called for reforms in international financial systems to facilitate more inclusive development funding.

Indonesia plans to launch its first carbon trade next week, aiming to provide companies a mechanism to offset their emissions, while offering funding for carbon reduction projects.

Australia is gearing up to import greenhouse gases from some of Asia’s biggest emitters as the government introduces new laws that will allow international pollutions to be buried in carbon capture and storage projects in local waters for the first time.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on June 28 that it would invest $400 million to plant over 200 million trees by 2030 as part of its strategy for reducing carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

Private sectors have shared their perspectives on the development of the ASEAN Strategy for Carbon Neutrality at the recent 9th ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Dialogue in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Korean government and industry have begun to promote the Carbon Free Energy (CFE) system, an initiative promoting 100% energy sources that do not emit greenhouse gases, including nuclear power.

Indonesia's efforts to decarbonize the country's power generation sector took a significant step forward on Feb. 22 when the government initiated the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal-fired power plants.