Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero?

BY ARMIDA SALSIAH ALISJAHBANA

BANGKOK: The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: the window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to avert some of the worst potential effects of climate change. The Nationally Determined Contribution targets of Asian and Pacific countries will result in a 16 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from the 2010 levels.