The report describes the major channels by which these risks will be transmitted through to the financial economy and examines possible local and global sources of transition risk. Sources of transition risk vulnerability are revealed through analysis of ASEAN bond and loan data, with a particular focus on Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam.
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Progression of variable renewable energy, electric vehicle, and smart microgrid among the ASEAN Member States is facilitated through policy mapping. AMS have concrete policies and targets for variable renewable energy as part of their existing renewables implementation frameworks; solar power is expected to be a significant contributor to the total renewables generation.
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Climate change is much more than an environmental crisis—it’s a systemic crisis that will transform the geopolitical landscape. And the consequences for the Indo-Pacific, already the most exposed region in the world to climate hazards and home to the world’s fastest growing populations, economies and geopolitical rivalries, will be profound.
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By shedding more light on reporting practices, the aim is to understand the availability and attributes of disclosure on the use of proceeds (UoP) and environmental impacts/benefits of the projects, assets and activities financed by green bonds. This can identify avenues for improvement and spur more informed discussions among various market participants.
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China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of chemical products. China’s chemicals industry accounts for 20 percent of total national industrial emissions and 13 percent of the country’s total CO2 emissions. The zero-carbon transformation of the chemicals industry is critical to the national goal of carbon neutrality and the low-carbon transformation of the global chemicals value chain.
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Based on the review and analysis of the market in 2021, this report then lays out five procurement options that are currently available for corporations to choose from, and tracks the updates and addresses the challenges of each option. Finally, the report proposes four steps that can be used as a guideline for making procurement decisions.
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EV adoption is still at a very early stage for most countries in Eurasia, although several countries are scaling up EV sales of passenger vehicles. Ukraine and Jordan have higher EV market shares for passenger cars than other emerging economies, at 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively, as of 2020. Early signs of EV uptake are apparent in Lebanon, Nepal, Turkey, Serbia, and Belarus, with market shares between 0.1% and 0.3%.
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As the offshore wind industry expands to new and early-stage markets in Asia, the labour requirements call for technical and specialised roles across the entire offshore wind supply chain. Often, those roles are not being fulfilled locally and require transfer of knowledge or experience from more experienced companies, like those in Singapore.
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This roadmap provides strategic analysis of the offshore wind development potential in the Philippines, considering the opportunities and challenges under different, hypothetical growth scenarios. The goal is to provide evidence to support the Government of the Philippines in establishing policy, regulations, processes, and infrastructure to enable successful growth of this new industry.
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Apart from policy formulation, it is also important to track the progress of the implementation of these policies. The State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) is the first index that aims to track the efforts made by states and UTs in the climate and energy sector. It is hoped that an in-depth analysis of individual states will help in enhancing the service delivery on various parameters of energy. These parameters have been devised keeping in mind India’s goals for climate change and clean energy transition.
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The Asia-Pacific region is expected to attract approximately 40% of the total global investment in Renewable Energy capacity between now and 2050. The region – especially South East Asia – benefits from a unique combination of electricity demand growth, electricity supply crunch and abundant solar, wind and water resources to spur investments in Renewable Energy assets.
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China’s pledge to achieve net zero carbon by 2060 represents two-thirds of the c.48% of global emissions from countries that have pledged net zero, and could transform China’s economy, starting with the 14th Five-Year Plan. Goldman Sachs models the country’s potential path to net zero by sector and technology, laying out US$16 tn of clean tech infrastructure investments by 2060 that could create 40 mn net new jobs and drive economic growth.
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What are the recent trends and the underlying conditions and drivers of domestic political economy for Chinese ambition on climate action? And what role could Europe eventually play in encouraging Chinese climate ambition? These are the questions we asked our authors to answer in this paper by Lauri Myllyvirta, Shuwei Zhang, Xinyi Shen, and Yunqing Bi
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If Indonesia can adopt international best practice for renewable energy (RE) planning, procurement, contracting, and risk mitigation, then the financial costs of RE development will decline accordingly. Until now the government has not adequately taken into account the dependency of RE costs on the broader regulatory and commercial environment. The implementation of an appropriate subsidy mechanism should therefore be part of a broader inter ministerial electricity policy reform program.
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Power & Energy is one of the prime mover of economic growth. Bangladesh offers attractive investment opportunity for the private entrepreneurs in the power sector. Progressive efforts from the policymakers, effective participation from the private entrepreneurs and support from the development partners has transformed Bangladesh power sector into almost self-reliant within short span of time. Read the full report by EBL Securities to understand the dynamics of this market.
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NREL recently released its solar PV market update report for nine-months ended September 2020. Read the key highlights of the reports.
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Asia’s fast-growing offshore wind market has been drawing significant interest amongst developers, investors and financiers from across the world.
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