Indonesia’s oil palm industry faces a strategic dilemma that increasingly extends beyond production targets and into climate commitments, land governance, and global market access. According to Prof. Hariyadi of IPB University’s Faculty of Agriculture, raising productivity on existing plantations rather than expanding cultivated land will determine whether the sector can meet economic and environmental expectations simultaneously.
As global automakers reassess aggressive electrification targets amid weaker electric vehicle demand and mounting geopolitical pressures, Honda Motor Co. is redirecting billions of dollars toward hybrid technologies, internal combustion efficiency, and software platforms while preserving its longer-term commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.
China aims to source half of its electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by 2030, up from a target of 42.3% in 2025, according to the country’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New Energy System.
The world added renewable energy capacity at a record pace and pushed clean electricity generation above 30 percent of global supply, yet 655 million people still lived without electricity in 2024 and roughly two billion lacked access to clean cooking technologies.
Carbon markets are becoming an increasingly important source of climate finance for emerging economies, yet many developing regions continue to face significant institutional, regulatory, and technical barriers to participation.
The global battery industry has spent years trying to reduce dependence on lithium, nickel, and cobalt, materials that remain central to today’s electric vehicle and energy storage markets but face supply chain, cost, and geopolitical pressures.
China Energy Group has reported the successful development of a hydrogen coal co combustion technology capable of achieving a 50% hydrogen blending ratio by heat value, while also demonstrating the ability to operate with 100% pure hydrogen combustion under test conditions.
Three cities in Mindanao have been selected to receive technical assistance and feasibility study support aimed at creating inclusive circular economy public private partnerships (PPPs).
Southeast Asia’s ambition to create an interconnected electricity market remains constrained by a missing regional framework for cross border power trade, according to Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Despite years of discussion around the ASEAN Power Grid, member states have yet to establish a common implementation mechanism that defines how electricity interconnections should operate across national borders.
