ARTICLES

28 May 2025

Green Hydrogen in Southeast Asia: Connecting National Strategies with Public Support

Christopher Len

ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s 2024 Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey highlights a notable rise in public enthusiasm for green hydrogen year-on-year. However, continued public support towards green hydrogen will depend on the ability of policymakers to deliver on their promises. Public enthusiasm may turn negative if the public is forced to pay a high cost for green hydrogen, or when concerns over its safety arises and remains unaddressed.

9 Oct 2024

Southeast Asia and Emissions Reduction: Two Paths to Consider

Melinda Martinus

Carbon taxes and the removal of fossil fuel subsidies are viable ways forward in reducing carbon emissions in Southeast Asia.

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25 Sep 2024

The People’s Vision for Regional Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

Mirza Sadaqat Huda

How the region’s populations view decarbonisation as energy transition occurs can inform stronger leadership and better policymaking at the elite level.

Climate Change Renewable Energy Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey

18 Sep 2024

Takeaways from SEACO2024: Rising Food Insecurity, Growing Concern for Climate Change’s Impacts

Elyssa Kaur Ludher

The just-released Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey (SEACO2024) finds rising food insecurity due to climate change. The region must heed the clarion call to robustly improve food production, distribution, and access.

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13 Oct 2023

Climate Action in Southeast Asia: Lagging Leadership, Passive People

Melinda Martinus

Climate action initiatives have been rolled out in Southeast Asia, while a climate awareness survey has found that most Southeast Asians perceive governments as not doing enough. Few respondents are involved in active advocacy. The region has a long way to go.

Climate Change Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey

Environmental activists and supporters take part in a demonstration in front of the United Nations building, where experts from across the planet locked in key talks aimed at breathing life into the Paris Agreement on climate change, in Bangkok.

3 Oct 2023

Perceptions of Energy Transition in Southeast Asia: Between Hope and Fear

Mirza Sadaqat Huda|Sharon Seah

The latest Southeast Asian Climate Outlook shows that people in the region generally have positive perceptions about the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy. But they are wary of the potential impacts of such a transition on bread and butter issues.

Climate Change Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey

2 Oct 2023

Growing Food Insecurity Among Southeast Asians – And Concern That Climate Change Will Make It Worse

Elyssa Kaur Ludher

Even before the recent rice price rises, Southeast Asians have been experiencing food insecurity and had growing concerns about climate impacts on food security. The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s recent Climate Outlook Survey 2023 provides a snapshot of the scale of this concern.

Climate Change Food Security Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey

3 Jan 2023

Indonesians Call for Climate Action but Everyone Must Pull Their Weight

Aninda Dewayanti|Maria Monica Wihardja

There is high awareness among Indonesians about the urgency of climate change and the adoption of environmentally friendly habits but until everyone pulls their weight, including the government curbing large polluters and fixing distortionary incentives, the tide against climate change will not build enough momentum.

Climate Change Indonesia Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey

Fishermen working near the first towers of wind turbines

28 Oct 2022

Perceptions and Pathways of Energy Transition in Southeast Asia

Mirza Sadaqat Huda|Sharon Seah

The results of the 2022 Southeast Asia Climate Outlook have significant overlaps with ASEAN’s long-term transition scenarios to cleaner energy futures. But the survey also reveals that opinions on renewables vary across nationalities, the urban/ rural divide and between socio-economic groups.

Renewable Energy Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey Sustainable Development

23 Sep 2022

Ending Our Toxic Relationship with Coal

Mirza Sadaqat Huda

The recently published 2022 Southeast Asia Climate Outlook indicates a growing consensus on ending coal consumption. But perceptions vary across countries, socio-economic classes and education levels of respondents.

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