Philippines fishers worry solar farm on lake will hurt incomes
Manila – Fishing has been a lifeline for Alejandro Alcones for the past four decades, but he now fears his small boat may be replaced by a floating solar farm …
Southeast Asia
Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes
MANILA – Just weeks after thousands of Filipino students were sent home from sweltering classrooms during a brutal heatwave, the country’s schools are bracing for a new climate change challenge …
Malaysia’s Johor eyes Shenzhen-style hub with Singapore, report says
Malaysia’s Johor state is proposing its economic and petrochemical hubs as the sites for a special zone with neighbor Singapore, as it aims to become the “Shenzhen of Southeast Asia,” …
Green data centers help increase green investment in Southeast Asia: Report
Conceptual image of green server room. Imaginima | Istock | Getty Images Southeast Asia saw a significant uptick in green investments in 2023, with a boost from green data center …
Southeast Asia ‘woefully off track’ on green investment
SINGAPORE – South East Asia is “woefully off track” on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the global consultancy …
Japan at the forefront of climate resilient infrastructure in Southeast Asia
KRATIE, CAMBODIA – Eleven-year-old In Kao brushes up against tree branches from his perch atop a 2,000-liter tank as he fills it with unfiltered water from the Mekong River. When …
Singapore has ‘engineered’ a society that lives to 100 – here’s how
This Asian country has one of the longest-lived populations in the world. Koh Sze Kiat | E+ | Getty Images Singapore is the world’s latest “blue zone” — defined as …
Can Europe save forests without killing jobs in Malaysia?
KUALA LUMPUR – The European Union’s upcoming ban on imports linked to deforestation has been hailed as a “gold standard” in climate policy: a meaningful step to protect the world’s …
Prabowo leads in unofficial presidential vote count
Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures after he cast his ballot to vote in the country’s presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Bogor on February 14, 2024. …
Indonesians are electing Jokowi’s successor
Presidential candidate and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan, vice presidential candidate Muhaimin Iskandar, presidential candidate and Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, presidential candidate and …