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Singapore reduced its forecast for carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and expected the emissions to hit the peak earlier before as the city-state strives to achieve net zero by 2050.

Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN has axed a project to develop a coal-fired power plant as the country chases its long-delayed commitments to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Thailand cannot avoid entering the latest chapter of energy management as worries over climate change are growing, causing many countries to implement serious measures against industries that emit carbon dioxide, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow has said.

A research project by the Department of National Remote Sensing under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has for the first time used images provided by VNREDSat-1, Vietnam’s very first remote sensing satellite, in calculating carbon dioxide emissions.

Thirty-four photos chosen in the photography contest "Portray Air, Expose Pollution" are being displayed at universities throughout Ho Chi Minh City until June 14 to improve awareness about air pollution in the country’s large cities.

Cities consume 70 percent of Vietnam’s total energy and discharge 70 percent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced in Hanoi on July 19.