Energy Insights
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.
Episodes
28 episodes
Asia's Energy Transition Leaders & Laggards
This episode of Energy Insights explores the contrasts shaping Asia’s renewable energy landscape. With surging energy demands and immense potential for renewable transformation, Asia is both a challenge and an opportunity in the global energy t...
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Episode 28
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14:00
COP29 Outcome: What’s Next for Climate Action?
COP29 has concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, leaving the global community to grapple with its outcomes. In this episode of Energy Insights, we take a deep dive into the critical takeaways from this year’s UN Climate Change Conference. Was it the pi...
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Episode 27
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12:36
Bridging the Divides on Climate Finance
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 topic...
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Episode 26
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38:32
Pakistan’s Energy Crisis and Its Causes
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 secure...
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Episode 25
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21:28
S. Korea's Offshore Wind Potential and Getting Locals Onside
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 offsh...
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Episode 24
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23:38
A Recap on the G7 Climate Commitments in 2024
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 w...
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Episode 23
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10:08
Is Tripling Renewable Capacity Possible?
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 capaci...
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Episode 22
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38:10
India's 2024 Election and the Role of Renewable Energy
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 th...
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Episode 21
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42:08
Women and the Just Energy Transition
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, polit...
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Episode 20
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31:28
Will Indonesia's New Government Support the Energy Transition?
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 i...
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Episode 19
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37:22
Southeast Asia's Renewable Energy Potential and Growth Challenges
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 countri...
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Episode 18
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21:38
COP28's Implications on Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance
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 bu...
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Episode 17
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36:30
Tech Supply Chain Decarbonisation and Apple’s New Commitments
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 supp...
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Episode 16
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25:02
LNG Expansion in the Philippines: Harming People and Corals
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, Phil...
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Episode 15
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32:10
Malaysia's Renewable Energy Push and Goals
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 ...
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Episode 14
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26:38
How Solving Energy Poverty Will Boost Health and Climate Goals
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 E...
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Episode 13
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52:54
Hydrogen Energy: False Hope or Solution?
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 ...
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Episode 12
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1:01:50
Japan's G7 Fossil Fuel Push
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 S...
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Episode 11
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34:19
Can Carbon Capture Prevent Climate Change?
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 a...
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Episode 10
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52:48
Carbon Offsets: Can We Buy Our Way Out of Climate Change?
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 effec...
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Episode 9
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15:42
Is South Korea's Energy Plan Enough for Net Zero?
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 wor...
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Episode 8
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28:39
What Are Just Energy Transition Partnerships?
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. I...
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Episode 7
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11:44
Asia's Energy Price Crisis and Political Upheaval
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 p...
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Episode 6
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12:00