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No new coal power stations in Java, Indonesia energy minister says

by Fergus Jensen, Reuters

Perlu Kepastian Regulasi EBT

Wakil Ketua DPR RI Agus Hermanto menegaskan perlu adanya kepastian regulasi terkait pengembangan Energi Baru Terbarukan (EBT) untuk menggantikan energi fosil yang mendominasi kebutuhan energi di Indonesia.

Indonesia: Parliamentary Role in Meeting the Clean Air Challenge

Inaugural Round Table Consultation on Parliamentary Role in Meeting the Clean Air Challenge

Pakistan: Parliamentary Role in Meeting the Clean Air Challenge

Hosted by Hon. Naveed Qamar, MNA and Board Member of AirQualityAsia

India Round-Table on National Action Plan to Reduce Air Pollution

AQA Board member Hon. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, India hosted the first national round-table on air pollution bringing together parliamentarians, environmentalists, health, economic experts, civil society, United Nations agencies and the World Bank.

Inter-Parliamentary Union, High-Level Political Forum 2017, Official Side-Event

AirQualityAsia Presentation: Mobilizing Parliaments on Implementing SDGs 2030

How much do ultra-supercritical coal plants really reduce air pollution?

The coal industry and some power utilities have been talking up the supposed benefits of ultra-supercritical power plants.

Women at the Forefront of Renewable Energy

Last week President Donald Trump announced to a dismayed world that the United States was “leaving” the Paris Agreement—the most important global accord to mitigate climate change.

Your Environment, My Environment, Our Environment

Hon. Dr. Shashi Tharoor's video message on World Environment Day 2017.

Six Reasons We Will Always Have the Paris Agreement

President Trump announced recently to a baffled world that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Or in his own inimitable words, “we are leaving, . . . we will renegotiate a better deal . . . #AmericaFirst.”

AirQualityAsia Round-Table at UNEP

UN Briefing on Results from High-Level Strategy Session

Indonesian Government urged to seriously develop new and renewable energy

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A legislator has called on the government to seriously develop new and renewable energy amid the declining air quality in big cities as a result of pollution.

AirQualityAsia High-Level Strategy Session, 2017

On the sidelines of the World Bank Spring Meetings, AirQualityAsia convened its inaugural High-Level Strategy Session at the US-Asia Institute to discuss key issues related to global economic development, its impact on air quality levels around the world.

AQA panel at the World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum

Asia's Energy Choices Will Determine Success of Paris Agreement: Pathways to Achieving Eventual Net-Zero Emissions

Don’t hold your breath!

A diplomat friend of mine, returning home after less than three years’ service in India, was asked at his exit medical examination how many packs of cigarettes he smoked a day.