Southeast Asia faces high stranded asset risk from coal power investments
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Southeast Asia has approximately 106 GW of active coal-fired generating capacity, behind only China, India, and the United States. The region has another 30 GW in the pipeline. If the Paris Agreement is fulfilled, there is a risk that these assets will become stranded. However, the extent of this risk remains largely unquantified. This study is the first to assess how uncertainties in renewable power development and carbon pricing affect the risk of coal-fired power plants becoming stranded assets across Southeast Asia, using a Monte Carlo-based analysis.
Fund more, fly less: A hybrid meeting cycle for more effective and equitable climate governance
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The annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Conference of Parties (COP) has long served as a keystone of global climate diplomacy. However, concerns are growing that its current format may be increasingly resource- and carbon-intensive, and could limit the meaningful participation of low-income groups. This Perspective proposes a hybrid reform to the COP cycle: biennial in-person summits alternating with virtual thematic sessions in intervening years.