Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D.

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Grist

AUGUST 25, 2022

For example, the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect native to Asia that’s been eating through ash trees throughout the Northeast since the 1990s, could wipe out half of all native ash species. Surprisingly, there is no scientific definition distinguishing trees from other shrubby plants.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Today, it is focused on Latin America, tomorrow on Europe (my own backyard), Thursday on Asia and Friday on Africa. While the depth of the problem is undeniable, most EU countries do not have an official definition. The discussion started yesterday with a focus on the right to energy and energy justice.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Central to this conundrum is the participation of the region with the highest energy consumption in the world – Asia Pacific. Both green and blue hydrogen will be important for the Asia-Pacific region as nations begin to shift their energy resources away from fossil fuels. China’s entry into Blue H2.

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Grist

JULY 19, 2021

Poison ivy is a fixture of the landscape in eastern North America and parts of Asia. Humans are definitely making ideal poison ivy habitat,” John Jelesko, an associate professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a poison ivy researcher, told Grist. Which is of course what the planet is doing.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

5 Of growing concern is the narrow definition applied to PFAS substances in legislation. Alignment with the Stockholm Convention seems to summarise Asia-Pacific countries’ efforts, as market intelligence firm IDTechX notes in the publicity for an April 2024 report, with few attempts so far visible to move towards broader PFAS bans.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 7, 2024

Taiwan is one of the emerging markets for geothermal in Asia and has made excellent progress in recent years with small-scale geothermal power production in Qingshui and Sihuangziping.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 3, 2024

This will involve a fit-for-purpose exploration program analysing subsurface geology to identify thermal resource potential at different well depths, undertaking preliminary survey and resource assessments based on offset well data, exploration location definition and exploration drilling.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We now need to work hard to make sure that 2019 is remembered as a definitive peak in global emissions, not just another pause in growth," said Birol. The latest data prompted surprise from IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, as well as cautious optimism that global emissions may have finally reached their peak. "We

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Grist

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022, one of the worst monsoons on record turned swaths of Bangladesh, a low-lying country in South Asia, into huge, muddy lakes. These types of issues used to be exceptional by definition,” he added. They’re not anymore.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This will involve a fit-for-purpose exploration program analyzing subsurface geology to identify thermal resource potential at different well depths, undertaking preliminary survey and resource assessments based on offset well data, exploration location definition and exploration drilling.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Outside of India, the GFI already has regional offices in Brazil, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Israel, and Europe (London and Brussels). This work is particularly important in the context of Asia and Africa that account for 80% of the world’s population. So, there’s definitely a sense of urgency.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

Events like Water Africa are very common in the US, Europe and Asia, but we do not see so many of them in Africa. I always encourage the multinationals we work with to look at Africa, especially West Africa and Ghana, because growth will definitely come from there. They will hear real cases that can be rolled out on the ground.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Kareen Boutonnat, CEO of Lightsource BP for the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, said developing homegrown sources of solar power was critical to helping combat the energy crisis, which has seen bills soar over the past year thanks to rising fossil fuel prices.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 27, 2019

“We're definitely seeing more governments look at the role that building codes can play in driving EV adoption,” Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, wrote in an email. Expect more national governments to follow the U.K.’s ” U.K. EV sales on the rise.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2024

They further argued that gas exports would lower CO2 emissions related to burning coal for energy, particularly in Asia. In addition, the widely held belief that Canadian LNG exports could help Asia get off coal may be considerably overstated. Though these may seem like convincing arguments, they are also misleading.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tech giant plans to support at least 10 tech start-ups and NGOs in US and Asia-Pacific solving circular economy challenges. Google the term 'circular economy' and the top search results are a bunch of definitions. Applications for the accelerator open today and will be accepted until November.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The African Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) reports its members serve about 250,000 people.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

After her time in Madagascar, Su worked extensively in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The idea was definitely to decimate competition in a competing source of energy, and SRP succeeded in it, really well. Through this rate hike alone, SRP “decimated the market for rooftop solar” in one of the nation’s sunniest states , says Su.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We want to be at the heart of financing the energy transition, particularly in Asia," he said. Asia's ability to transition to clean energy in time will make or break the world's ability to avoid dangerous climate change. The transition will only be successful if development needs are addressed hand-in hand with decarbonisation goals.

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Grist

AUGUST 9, 2021

We will definitely hit 1.5 of heating, heavy rain and flooding are projected to intensify in Europe, North America and most regions of Africa and Asia. “We It is more than 66 percent likely that the number of major hurricanes and typhoons has increased since the 1970s. So what of the future? Some heating is already inevitable.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“For some reason, it is hard to come to a definition in geothermal and to appreciate that we are all collecting data in different ways and in different levels or with different types of outputs.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

"Events over the past decade have shown that this is not always the case and has led to the stockpiling of UK-generated recyclate and even worse, to the exporting of unrecycled UK waste to China and South East Asia, without any knowledge of whether it will actually be recycled, burnt, landfilled or become ocean pollution," the report states.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

We are very much focused on the European, Mediterranean, and North American spaces, but we also have collaborations with Asia initiated. Definitely not regulatory because if regulatory would be one aspect, we would definitely ignore Europe. AFN: And are there any particular regions that you will be focusing on?

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2020

As a consequence, fisheries are declining worldwide – in the world’s most populous region, the Asia-Pacific, they are on course to decline to zero by 2048. That is the very definition of sustainable development. Meanwhile, we’ve also altered two thirds of the world’s marine ecosystems.

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Charged

JANUARY 31, 2024

Alex Urist: The US pitch versus Europe versus the Asia-Pacific region would be entirely different. There’s definitely a lot more emphasis in the US on the independent business owner and the individual being able to reap the benefits of public incentives to get charging infrastructure in. Alex Urist: Definitely.

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Charged

MARCH 11, 2024

When you look at the global supply chain for rare earths across all three stages, Asia is dominant, and China in particular. Matt Sloustcher: It is a definitive supply agreement to supply GM with magnetic alloy and finished magnets to support their North American production. Charged : What about your deal with GM?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Once a definitive agreement is reached over the coal plant's retirement, it is anticipated the ADB would provide senior debt in return for shortening the current power purchase agreement between CEP and Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN for the coal plant.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2021

But while green bonds are clearly in fashion, there is less agreement about their definitions and the standards underpinning them (see below). Europe is leading with the US and Asia showing momentum," she adds. I think bond-holders have a big role to play, sometimes alongside their equity colleagues.".

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AutoGrid

MAY 16, 2023

For definitions of Distributed Energy Management Systems – DERMS – learn more on AutoGrid website. The most commonly referenced official definition of a microgrid is from the U.S. The segment dominates emerging economy countries in Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Department of Energy (DOE). While the U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2024

It includes nations which report the highest recycling rates and many of the world's largest economies, as well as lower income countries across Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

Prior attempts to keep woolly adelgid at bay using predator beetles from East Asia had failed because they were difficult to breed and had a hard time surviving East Coast winters. We’re definitely concerned,” Bryan Ellis, a forester with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, told Grist.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The electric vehicle market is definitely the medium-term vision for the company. Connor Hund: It’s mostly from Asia today as well. I don’t want to go into specific customer names, but you could think about customers that have a desire for long-lasting battery cells for portable products.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In terms of geography, the survey indicates choosing funds with a focus on financial returns is more of a priority for investors in Asia and the Americas, while people in Europe were found to be more likely to choose a fund with sustainability characteristics.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Worse still, it has now emerged from new undercover reporting that Saudi Arabia is operating a so-called ‘Oil Sustainability Programme’ (OSP) designed to artificially increase demand for oil across Africa and Asia.

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Eco-Business

JULY 19, 2023

In Asia, where many carbon-intensive industries operate, there is a need to ensure that financing is available for an orderly transition. The Singapore-Asia Taxonomy is expected to provide clearer definitions for a managed coal phase-out.

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Charged

MAY 13, 2020

There aren’t many trucks available right now in the market in the US; Europe and Asia are ahead of us. Terry O’Day: Definitely. But you can see the interest and the volume growing, and in particular, fleet managers are waking up to the fact that there’s a lower total cost of ownership today for electric than diesel.

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