Story | 06 Jun, 2022
Regional cooperation on electricity trade
While expanding solar and wind will be an important factor in helping Vietnam to reduce its coal consumption and meet its COP26 commitments, increasing power imports from neighbors is another step in this process. The April 2022 version of Vietnam’s…
Story | 01 Jun, 2022
Rodrigue MOURBARE SALI, Water and Forestry Engineer, Head of the Anti-Poaching Unit, Ministry of Forests and Wildlife, Faro National Park, and student at ERAIFT in the Professional Master's programme in Protected Areas Management is joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN…
Story | 31 May, 2022
2nd Asia Parks Congress calls for ambitious, fair and effective nature conservation
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: The 2nd Asia Parks Congress (APC) closed on the 29th of May with a strong call to secure 30 percent of the planet for nature by 2030.
Story | 26 May, 2022
Grid integration of renewables
Vietnam’s has made impressive progress on its renewable energy transition, but the rapid expansion of solar and wind is straining the country’s electricity grid. In 2020, more than 100,000 rooftop solar installations and at least 15 utility-scale solar plants were connected to the grid. In 2021…
Story | 25 May, 2022
This report is the first step in identifying and targeting priority interventions and solutions that can support local marine-based communities. The study highlights seaweed farming, sea cucumber farming, and finfish farming as key opportunities. There is an overview of strengths and weaknesses…
Story | 25 May, 2022
Asia Parks Congress opens in Sabah, Malaysia
The second Asia Parks Congress opened today, 25 May 2022, with over 1,000 participants in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Story | 24 May, 2022
Opportunities and challenges in expanding wind in Vietnam’s electricity mix
This is the fourth in a series of six web stories exploring how Viet Nam can implement its COP26 energy commitments while minimizing environmental impacts and making progress on broader sustainable development goals. Other pieces explore topics like international…
Story | 23 May, 2022
Unlocking international finance for Vietnam’s renewable energy transition
This is the third in a series of six web stories exploring how Viet Nam can implement its COP26 energy commitments while minimizing environmental impacts and making progress on broader sustainable development goals. Other pieces explore topics like what role wind…
Story | 23 May, 2022
The Sekong A dam in Lao PDR and the Mekong Delta: a moment of decision for Viet Nam
This is the second in a series of six web stories exploring how Vietnam can implement its COP26 energy commitments while minimising environmental impacts and making progress on broader sustainable development goals. Other pieces explore topics like how to stimulate…
Story | 23 May, 2022
Vietnam’s COP26 commitments: a moment of truth
Vietnam’s commitments at COP26 offer an ambitious agenda to de-carbonize the economy by avoiding new coal plants and transitioning towards clean energy. This is a significant departure from existing energy plans and an indication that Vietnam has made the political…