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Energy Insights, by Energy Tracker Asia, covers the latest topics on the energy transition and gets into conversation with a wide range of experts and thought leaders on themes that include energy, fossil fuels, climate finance, climate policy, decarbonisation and development. Join our host each month to dive deep into the latest opportunities, challenges and solutions in the climate and energy space.
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Energy Insights speaks with Teresa Anderson, the global climate justice lead at ActionAid International, about all things climate finance in the run-up to COP29 in Azerbaijan. We talked about a broad range of climate finance-related topics that include the $100 billion a year promise, loss and damage finance, the contentious relationships between c…
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Energy Insights speaks with Abdul Waheed Bhutto. Abdul Waheed Bhutto is an academic researcher and the Pro Vice Chancellor at Dawood University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan. He has authored numerous publications and secured significant research grants, in the field of sustainable energy, renewable resources, and biomass utilisation. He…
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S. Korea's Offshore Wind Potential and Getting Locals Onside
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Energy Insights speaks with Mark Hutchinson, the director and chair of the Southeast Asia Task Force at the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). In this interview, we delve into a recent report published by GWEC about the potential of offshore wind and its impact on South Korea's economy. We also explore the challenges facing offshore wind, the suppl…
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A Recap on the G7 Climate Commitments in 2024
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In this episode of Energy Insights, we recap the G7's climate commitments and the G7 environment ministers' meeting in Turin, Italy. Topics include the pressure leading up to the meeting and summit and what the world's most powerful economies were doing to tackle climate change. Other topics include what the G7 is doing about coal, the worries arou…
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Energy Insights speaks with Liming Qiao, the Asia Director at the Global Wind Energy Council. Our conversation with Liming Qiao delves into a range of crucial topics. We explore the ambitious goal of tripling renewable energy capacity, the potential supply chain challenges for renewable rollouts in Asia, and the role of governments and the private …
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India's 2024 Election and the Role of Renewable Energy
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Energy Insights speaks with Sunil Dahiya, an analyst at the South Asia branch of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). We talk about many topics that revolve around the upcoming Indian election and where energy fits into that picture, including an overview of India's renewable energy capacity right now, how much Modi's BJP governm…
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Energy Insights speaks with Farwa Aamer about all things women, energy, and climate change. Farwa is the director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York. Prior to this, she led research on security, political, and socio-economic dimensions of transboundary river governance in the Himalayan region, along with othe…
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Will Indonesia's New Government Support the Energy Transition?
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Energy Insights speaks with Afu Utami about the recent Indonesian elections and energy policy in one of Asia’s fastest-growing countries. Afu is one of the founders of the technology-based political education movement Bijak Pemilu. This initiative aims to encourage voters to become politically engaged and educated, and it won the MIT Solve Global C…
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Southeast Asia's Renewable Energy Potential and Growth Challenges
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In this episode of Energy Insights, we speak with Janna Smith about all things renewables growth, challenges and opportunities in Southeast Asia. Topics include Southeast Asia's renewables potential, where countries are doing well, what countries are leading and the challenges associated with accelerating clean energy growth in the region. Janna Sm…
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COP28's Implications on Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance
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In this episode of Energy Insights, we speak with Ulka Kelkar. Ulka is the Executive Director of Climate at the World Resources Institute India. She is an economist with 24 years' experience in climate change research, outreach, and capacity building. Ulka works on low-carbon development pathways, sub-national climate action, and just transitions i…
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Tech Supply Chain Decarbonisation and Apple’s New Commitments
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We speak with Katrin Wu about supply chain decarbonisation in the technology sector. We cover topics like what supply chains include, Apple's decarbonisation strategy and its new commitments, how Microsoft and Samsung compare to Apple with supply chain decarbonisation commitment, the price of consumer goods during the energy transition and other to…
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LNG Expansion in the Philippines: Harming People and Corals
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Energy Insights speaks with Liza Osorio from Oceana in the Philippines about the impacts of LNG development on marine ecosystems and communities nearby gas plants. Liza is an environmental lawyer and is the legal policy director of Oceana, Philippines. She is also a professor at the University of Cebu School of Law. She was elected the first Asian …
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Malaysia's Renewable Energy Push and Goals
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Energy Insights speaks with Kian Min Low, the Chief Renewables Officer at Malaysian renewable energy company Gentari about all things renewables, Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Other topics include who Gentari is and what kind of projects it's working on, the current state of renewables in Southeast Asia, Malaysia's renewable energy push and net zero…
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How Solving Energy Poverty Will Boost Health and Climate Goals
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Energy Insights speaks with Sugandha Srivastav about all things energy poverty and developmental and energy economics. Sugandha is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer in the Environmental Economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. Throughout her career she's focused on designing effective cl…
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Hydrogen Energy: False Hope or Solution?
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Energy Insights speaks with Paul Martin about all things hydrogen. Paul is a chemical engineer by training and has an extensive 30-year history with making and using hydrogen and synthetic gas, working as a designer and builder for several pilot and demonstration scale plants for the chemical process industry. Paul is also a lifelong environmentali…
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We speak with Susanne Wong and talk about the upcoming G7 Summit in Hiroshima and go over issues related to Japan's insistence on seeing more investments in gas-related infrastructure, the recent G7 energy ministers meeting that took place in Sapporo in the run up to the G7, Japan's foreign energy policy and its impacts on Southeast Asian countries…
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Can Carbon Capture Prevent Climate Change?
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Energy Insights speaks with Duncan McLaren on carbon capture technologies and the implications they may have on the future of the planet, along with the technologies propertied promises, drawbacks and other governmental and policy issues such as its mentioning in the recent IPCC synthesis report. Duncan is a postdoctoral Climate Intervention Fellow…
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Carbon Offsets: Can We Buy Our Way Out of Climate Change?
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Carbon offsets have been around for decades. Proponents of carbon offsets have labelled them as essential to see climate finance directed towards regions and communities that need it the most. However, investigations into the validity and effectiveness of carbon offsets have painted a different picture and noted that many carbon offset projects do …
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Is South Korea's Energy Plan Enough for Net Zero?
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In this episode of Energy Insights we speak with Joojin Kim. Joojin is the founder and CEO of Solutions for Our Climate based in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to founding Solutions for Our Climate, Joojin's background was in law where he worked on several energy-related projects as a lawyer for South Korea's largest law firm Kim and Chang. Joojin has a…
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What Are Just Energy Transition Partnerships?
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In this episode of Energy Insights, we talk about Just Energy Transition Partnerships - what they are, their history and how they can help Asian countries move away from fossil fuel-dominated energy systems that rely on coal, gas and oil. In particular, we focus on Indonesia's recent Just Energy Transition Partnership deal at the G20 summit last No…
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Asia's Energy Price Crisis and Political Upheaval
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In this episode of Energy Insights, Energy Tracker Asia talks about the ongoing energy price crisis that is engulfing Asia and the rest of the globe. Topics discussed include where fuel protests broke out across the globe, the energy price crisis in Sri Lanka and how it is affecting everyday people, the political implications of the situation in Sr…
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How High Gas and LNG Prices Are Constricting Asia
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In this episode, we speak with Gerry Arances. Gerry is the founder and executive director at the Centre for Energy, Ecology and Development in the Philippines, also known as CEED. We focus mainly on the skyrocketing prices of gas and Liquified natural gas, or LNG, and how that affects Asia, specifically the Philippines. We also look into how much i…
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In this episode of Energy Insights, we speak with Ulka Kelkar. Ulka is the Director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute India. By training, she is an economist with two decades of experience in climate change research. Currently, Ulka is leading the World Resources Institute's work on climate policy that supports India's low-car…
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In this episode of Energy Insights, Energy Tracker Asia talks to Richie Merzian - the director of climate and energy at the Australia Institute. In today's episode, Energy Tracker Asia and Richie discuss topics around Australia and climate change and its complicated relationship and history with one of the globe's most critical issues. Other topics…
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In this episode of Energy Insights, Energy Tracker Asia talks to Hemantha Withanage. They speak about the recent multifaceted crisis facing Sri Lanka's people across politics, economics and energy. Topics include a short history of what happened up until this years crisis plateauing, economic mismanagement by government officials, the cause of fuel…
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In this episode of Energy Insights, Energy Tracker Asia talks to Friederike Roder. They speak about the recent G7 summit where leaders of the globe's richest nations decided to invest in gas to shore up global energy supplies amidst global shortages. They also discuss the current energy crisis gripping the world, how more gas investments by the G7 …
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