https://www.scmp.com/rss/509599/feed Iva Dim is a senior research fellow at Strategic Pan Indo-Pacific Arena (strategicpipa.com) based in Britain. She holds an LLM in international law from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As Indonesia struggles to meet growing electricity needs and achieve the same electrification rates as its neighbours,  it is welcoming questionable investments from China that could prove costly for itself and its future ambitions of sustainable growth. Sure, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious climate pledge is proof that China is interested in changing its ways. The country is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, followed by the United States and India, and increasingly, the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3131940/chinas-coal-investments-indonesia-odds-its-climate-ambition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3131940/chinas-coal-investments-indonesia-odds-its-climate-ambition?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 May 2021 14:00:10 +0000 The 26th United Nations climate change conference, better known as COP26, will be held this year in Glasgow at the start of November, and will draw attention to world leadership and progress made since the Paris Agreement in 2015. COP26 will seek to force the biggest emitters of the greenhouse gases that precipitate global warming to make good on their promises by making clearer and firmer commitments to tackle climate change and keep the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129057/cop26-growing-need-climate-leadership-china-us-and-india-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129057/cop26-growing-need-climate-leadership-china-us-and-india-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Apr 2021 01:15:15 +0000