The Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reported significant gains in the water quality of Manila Bay in 2021 as it vows to carry on its rehabilitation work in 2022, in compliance with the continuing mandamus of the Supreme Court....
In December 2021, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed an agreement with T&J Green Energy Company Limited to provide a financing package worth USD 30 million to fund the development of a waste-to-energy factory in...
Thanks to more facilities being built, the volume of treated wastewater in Metro Manila has increased between 2010 and 2019. The percentage of wastewater collected and treated has also increased compared to the volume of wastewater generated. According to a report...
The Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) is looking for international collaboration opportunities in the field of rainfall collection and purification technology in order to combat climate change in the Mekong Delta. During...
IHI Corporation, a Japan-based heavy-industry manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Malaysia’s state-owned energy firm Petronas and the largest electricity utility in the country Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to study the use of ammonia at coal power plants...
Indonesia has revealed the latest procurement plan, RUPTL 2021 – 30, created by the state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). It includes up to USD 35 billion for developing renewable energy-based power plants in the coming decade. The plan envisions a total of...
Singapore and the 95-member International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) have launched the Joint IHO-Singapore Innovation and Technology Laboratory, a first-of-its-kind facility aimed at generating technologies to more accurately map the world’s seas and oceans....
In October 2021, the Green Climate Fund approved a project aimed at enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through flood control and adaptation. In Thailand’s Chao Phraya basin, significant increases in the frequency of heavy rains are predicted as a result of...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a USD 380 million loan for Indonesia to develop its first pumped-storage hydropower plant, which aims to improve power generation capacity and support the country’s energy transition and decarbonization goals....
The 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) has unveiled that Malaysia will pursue a low-carbon, clean and resilient development strategy to achieve sustained socio-economic growth. The country’s development plan which will take place between 2021 to 2025 outlines national...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced that it will now begin the second stage of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Phase-out Management Plan (HPMP), which will run until 2022. The HPMP eventually aims to phase out the use of ozone-depleting...
The Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore’s national water agency, has received SGD 51 million (USD 37.8 million) in funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) for water research. This is the fourth tranche of RIE funding received by PUB, which will be used...
