A news website covering the environment, climate, and sustainable development in East Asia. The region is both one of the largest sources of pollution and a leader in green energy investment—a contradiction that provides an inexhaustible news agenda. The site covers policy, corporate initiatives, climate data, and environmental projects.
China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan are fast-tracking shore power at their busiest container terminals as the IMO's global carbon-pricing framework for shipping edges toward formal adoption.
Vietnam, Bangladesh and Cambodia are building chemical textile-recycling capacity as EU Extended Producer Responsibility deadlines reshape apparel export markets.
New large-scale battery recycling plants in China, South Korea and Indonesia begin operation as the region's earliest electric vehicles reach retirement, with collection remaining the main hurdle.
As flat land grows scarce and costly, Asian economies are floating solar arrays on reservoirs and hydropower lakes, reshaping where renewable energy gets built.
Indonesia pushed installed geothermal capacity past 2.7 GW and opened a 12-field tender, sharpening Asia's effort to replace coal baseload with firm renewable heat.
Asia generates more electronic waste than any other region on earth, a direct consequence of being both the world'
Asia has installed solar at a staggering pace. The harder problem now is what to do with that power when the sun isn't shining — and storage is where the race has moved.
Tokyo carbon market hits 4.2M tonnes weekly, China's 4-hour storage mandate for solar projects above 100 MW, Indonesian nickel satellite data flagging 18,400 hectares cleared, Singapore's $400M coal-retirement vehicle.
A 600 MW offshore wind farm reaches FID with a USD 2.7 billion budget and a 25-year PPA at USD 0.084/kWh.
The ADB creates a $15 billion climate adaptation fund for Asia, targeting flood protection, resilient agriculture, and water security across the region.
CCUS projects across Asia reach 50 million tons of annual CO2 capture capacity, a 150% increase since 2023, led by China and Australia.
LEED-certified buildings in Asia-Pacific exceed 10,000, covering 450 million square meters as corporate net-zero commitments drive green construction.