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Low carbon cities: Engines for driving carbon neutrality in Asia and the Pacific

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07
Dec
2022
Low carbon cities: Engines for driving carbon neutrality in Asia and the Pacific

Cities are key players in combatting climate change and its effects. They are responsible for 70 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and consume 80 per cent of global energy. Thus, without…

Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero?

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29
Nov
2022
Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero?

The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to…