Vietnam has achieved a renewable energy revolution over recent years and stands out among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states as the leading player in the share of renewable energy in total electricity generation.

The annual UN Climate Change COP summits get high level of attention but what do the people who have attended the event think?Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, through its Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), hosted a seminar titled "COP28 Outcomes and Insights for Southeast Asia." The panellists, Dr Navroz K. Dubash, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, LKYSPP, Professor Winston Chow, SMU Urban Institute, Dr Mirza Sadaqat Huda, Lead Researcher at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and Mr Varad Pande, Partner & Director at Boston Consulting Group, Sustainability & Social Impact, have extensive experience with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties (COP). The panel was chaired by IES Director, Professor Ben Cashore. The panellists laid out how COP28 works and what they viewed as key takeaways to Southeast Asia.

As Asia-Pacific economies grow more integrated, governments and the private sector must work on decarbonising global value chains in order to meet climate goals, according to Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) latest report.

In this episode of the Foreseeable Podcast, LKYSPP Associate Professor Leong Ching joins us to explore the factors behind "irrational" environmental behaviour.