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ASEAN Green Future – Phase 1 Reports
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are already raising their climate commitments to meet the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
29.11.21
ASEAN’s Emerging Mission for a Low Carbon Energy Transition
Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara and Michael Dolan share three propositions for ASEAN, based on Phase 1 of the Green Future Project.Â
Sustainable finance can support ASEAN states’ net zero ambitions
Private investment is needed to shift ASEAN countries’ existing energy systems toward low-carbon alternatives, say Climateworks Centre's Dr Emi Gui and Michael Dolan.
20.07.22
At COP27, there was subtle progress towards strengthening global climate ambition
COP27 reflected 2022’s challenging global context, with the unevenness of economic and climate impacts at the fore. The loss and damage agreement was the major breakthrough and, despite less progress on advancing global ambition, there were subtle shifts that give cause for optimism.
22.11.22
Submission to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
As one of a very small group of Australian headquartered climate organisations with a Southeast Asia focus and presence, Climateworks welcomes the Australian Government’s strategic thinking on the importance of Southeast Asia.
19.04.23
Energy transitions in Vietnam and Indonesia: Building blocks for successful Just Energy Transition Partnerships
Southeast Asia is a fast-growing region with significant opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation. The recently announced Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) in Indonesia and Vietnam demonstrate strengthened commitment to accelerate the low-carbon transition in the region by developing a country-led model that aims to phase out/down unabated coal-fired power generation and cease issuance of coal-fired power plants, while ensuring equitable and inclusive outcomes for vulnerable workers, and communities in coal-dependent regions, consumers and incumbent companies.
19.05.23
COP28 ‘just transition’ talks are the latest effort to ensure a fair shift from fossil fuels to clean energy
Climateworks Centre's Ceren Ayas and Michael Dolan look at how the ‘just transition’ concept evolved and the role it plays now in international climate dialogues.
08.12.23
Enabling investment for Vietnam’s energy transition
Vietnam’s rise to middle-income country status has been almost singular in its pace, typified by threefold growth in per-capita GDP over the past twenty years and an 11 per cent decline in the poverty rate in the last decade alone.