In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), renewables contributed 8% to final energy consumption in 2014. Since then, the share renewable energy has only slightly increased whereas fossil fuel-powered generation is the main source for new power plants. Lars Blume and Nguyen Thi Hang illustrate why momentum in Southeast Asia is changing.

By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, enjoyed little more than one month of clean air last year as pollution levels rose to match ...

From 16 to 20 November 2017, the COBENEFITS delegation  met with ministries, agencies and research units in Vietnam to discuss opportunities for cooperation and to ensure that project activities will contribute to the implementation of the strategic goals and actions of the various ministries in Viet Nam.

The United Kingdom and Canada are leading a new global coal alliance aimed at accelerating clean growth and achieving the rapid phase-out of traditional coal power.  More than 20 countries, including ...

November 16, 2017 Statement Southeast Asian CSOs and Movements on the UK-Canada Powering Beyond Coal Alliance WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, welcome the initiative of developed countries led by UK-Canada in the launching of the ...

  VSEA supports calls for no new coal-fired power plants in the Mekong Delta before 2020