Malaysia
Malaysian bank to phase out coal finance, in a victory for campaigners
CIMB has been hailed as the first major bank in an emerging market to publish a coal exit strategy, after investing $2.6 billion in the sector last decade
South East Asia coal use to triple – IEA
NEWS: Bleak analysis suggests regional leaders invest in energy efficiency and ditch lavish subsidies to limit climate damage
Is this the most blatant invitation to greenwash ever?
BLOG: Malaysian palm oil lobby offers prize for essays persuading people the sector does not drive deforestation
Rows over climate responsibility will intensify, warns Malay envoy
NEWS: Lima decision to water down “firewall” between rich and poor will not hold, says negotiator Gurdial Singh Nijar
Palm oil lobby lashes out at EU complaints over illegal logging
Malaysian palm oil lobbyists accuses EU of making “politically motivated” attacks on industry, during attempts to strength SE Asian relations
New map charts spread of Indonesia’s forest fires
A new mapping resource from CIFOR shows the source of forest fires in Indonesia – and reveals the largest companies aren’t (wholly) to blame
80% of Malaysian Borneo’s rainforests destroyed by logging
New research shows rainforests on Borneo have been ravaged by logging companies and palm oil plantations
Wildfires shoot climate warming tar balls into atmosphere
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists reveal small carbon balls created in wildfires are 10 times as warming as conventional soot