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Asia-Pacific is where climate change stops being theoretical. The disasters, the energy transition, and the disappearing coastlines defining the planet’s most consequential region.
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Jun- 2026 -26 June
India’s green economy is booming. Its coal consumption keeps rising.
India generated $110 billion in green revenue in 2025 at a 20% annual growth rate, but coal still powers 73% of its electricity and consumption reached 1.06 billion tonnes.
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25 June
One Indian biogas plant runs at triple the industry average. That’s the real story.
Gruner Renewable Energy's Satna facility produced 23.5 tonnes of compressed biogas daily at 120% capacity, while most Indian CBG plants operate at 40–50%, raising questions about whether the model can…
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25 June
Singapore is betting US$500 million to unlock Asia’s green capital
The Monetary Authority of Singapore closed the first US$250 million tranche of its Energy Transition Acceleration Finance fund on June 25, using public money to absorb early-stage risk and attract…
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23 June
El Niño and Middle East chaos could starve Southeast Asia this year
NOAA confirmed El Niño conditions on June 13, while Hormuz instability threatens 70% of the region's crude imports—two shocks hitting rice farms simultaneously.
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17 June
Iran war exposed Southeast Asia’s energy trap. Now the exit begins.
The IEA projects Southeast Asia's net energy import bill could reach $250 billion by 2035, up from $90 billion in 2023, but the June 2025 Strait of Hormuz disruption is…
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16 June
Southeast Asia’s oil bill could triple by 2035 without urgent diversification
The International Energy Agency projects the region's net oil import costs will climb from US$80 billion in 2024 to US$245 billion by 2035 if fossil fuel policies remain unchanged, exposing…
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10 June
Philippines earthquake kills 38, displaces 32,000 as rescuers reach remote areas
A magnitude 7.8 quake off Mindanao on June 8 marked the strongest to hit the Philippines since 1976, with casualty figures expected to rise as rescue teams access inland communities…
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8 June
Climate models are missing the shocks that matter most
New research suggests warming is accelerating and the Atlantic circulation is closer to collapse than previously modeled, but the real problem is that financial planning tools cannot see cascading failures…
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8 June
A 7.6 earthquake just tested Asia’s tsunami warning system
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center forecast waves up to three metres along Philippine coasts and one metre for Indonesia and Malaysia, but the real test is whether people in remote…
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2 June
Asia’s renewable surge is hitting a grid that cannot carry it
Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand need $155 billion in transmission upgrades by 2030 to move power from solar farms to data centres, but financing lags and national protectionism delays cross-border…
