https://www.scmp.com/rss/514114/feed Chuck Baclagon is the Asia regional finance campaigner for 350.org, a global grass-roots movement dedicated to ending the age of fossil fuels and building a world of community-led renewable energy for all. Based in the Philippines, he has spent two decades in environmental and social justice advocacy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com President Donald Trump’s second term has been a wrecking ball for US climate policy – ripping the country out of the Paris Agreement, gutting climate science funding and abandoning global clean energy commitments. Fossil fuels are back at the centre of power, while international climate efforts scramble to fill the void left by a retreating America. Scientists flee to Europe, funding dries up for energy transitions and the United States, once a key player in climate diplomacy, now cedes... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3303970/asia-cant-afford-wait-us-wake-its-climate-duty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3303970/asia-cant-afford-wait-us-wake-its-climate-duty?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Mar 2025 01:30:08 +0000 The war in Ukraine has resulted in significant shocks to global energy costs, with gas prices in March rising to their highest level since 2008. Energy security has arguably never been more central in the economic discourse. Amid a tumultuous geopolitical landscape with economic shocks around every corner, resilience is in high demand. With prices remaining volatile and inflation on the rise, the costs to consumers and the gross domestic products of countries around the world – particularly... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3198931/amid-energy-crisis-relying-foreign-backed-coal-projects-will-cost-developing-nations-dearly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3198931/amid-energy-crisis-relying-foreign-backed-coal-projects-will-cost-developing-nations-dearly?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Nov 2022 06:30:09 +0000