Powering Ho Chi Minh City’s future with net zero industrial precincts
Seizing Ho Chi Minh City’s low-carbon economic opportunities with a net zero industrial precinct approach is both an economic imperative and a climate opportunity.
30.10.25
The power of place in building net zero industrial precincts – The Briefing Room
Net Zero Industrial Precincts (NZIPs) are emerging as a powerful model for place-based industrial decarbonisation. While all aim for the same end goal, the path looks different in every location.
22.09.25
Decarbonisation pathways in Southeast Asia
To understand the modelling landscape in Southeast Asia, Climateworks Centre has undertaken a stocktake of decarbonisation pathways – assessing their ambition, the sectors and technologies they include, and how they compare with national decarbonisation targets. Climateworks also engaged with nine prominent organisations across the region, including modelling groups, think tanks and investors, to gain insights into the challenges and opportunities for strengthening the impact of decarbonisation pathways in raising climate ambition and attracting investment.
14.08.25
Watch: Celebrating five years in Indonesia
We’re celebrating five years of accelerating climate action through Climateworks Centre’s office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Learn more about our work in Southeast Asia.
17.06.25
Now more than ever: Impact report 2024
This report gives an overview of our efforts to drive ambitious climate action across our region in 2024, with a particular focus on nine selected impact stories.
09.06.25
What Australia’s election means for climate policy and the region – The Briefing Room
Watch Climateworks Centre experts explore what the Australian election outcome means for emissions reduction, regional cooperation and key policy opportunities now open to the incoming parliament.
05.06.25
Progress on just energy transitions in Vietnam and Indonesia
An analysis of the first 18 months of JETP implementation in Vietnam and Indonesia Southeast Asia is at a pivotal moment in its journey towards decarbonisation.
07.05.25
Indonesia’s climate governance: Retrospective evaluation following decentralisation reform
Climate governance plays a crucial role in influencing environmental actions and outcomes. Historically, Indonesia’s environmental governance followed a top-down approach, often delaying the translation of national policies to the local level.
07.05.25
What’s affecting climate action in 2025 – The Briefing Room
Video from this event is now available to watch on demand. Hear from Climateworks experts as they discuss the trends moving the industrial, energy and corporate sectors towards net zero emissions in Australia and Southeast Asia.
04.03.25
Dekarbonisasi pada sektor manufaktur Indonesia: Studi kasus subsektor makanan dan minuman, tekstil dan kimiaÂ
Sektor manufaktur merupakan penyumbang signifikan terhadap emisi nasional, yaitu sekitar 28%, dengan subsektor seperti bahan kimia, semen, pulp dan kertas, makanan dan minuman, besi dan baja, plastik, sabun dan deterjen, serta tekstil sebagai penyumbang emisi tertinggi. Meskipun kebijakan nasional terkait dekarbonisasi masih dalam tahap pengembangan, teknologi yang tersedia saat ini memungkinkan sektor ini untuk mengurangi emisi secara signifikan dan bertransisi menuju operasi rendah karbon.
19.02.25
Decarbonising Indonesia’s manufacturing sector: Case studies from the food and beverage, textile and chemical industries
The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately 28 per cent of Indonesia’s emissions, with the top emitting subsectors including chemical, cement, pulp and paper, food and beverage, iron steel, plastic, soap and detergent and textile. With today's technologies, these sectors can reduce emissions and transition to low-carbon operations even while guiding national policies are still being consolidated.
18.02.25
What Indonesia’s next climate pledge could do for its people, environment and economy – The Briefing Room
Climateworks’ in-house experts explore what it could mean for Indonesia to increase its pledge to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
13.08.24
Southeast Asia Just Energy Transition Fellowship Program: Reflections from Australia Award Fellows
Climateworks Centre presents the reflections of the Australia Awards Fellows who participated in the Southeast Asia Just Energy Transition Fellowship Program in February-March 2024.
30.05.24
Net zero foundations: Impact report 2023
As Climateworks Centre enters its 15th year of operations, we are proud to share the past year’s annual impact report, showing how we are building on the momentum and successes of our systems approach to climate mitigation.
12.04.24
Enabling investment for Vietnam’s energy transition
Vietnam’s rise to middle-income country status has been almost singular in its pace, typified by threefold growth in per-capita GDP over the past twenty years and an 11 per cent decline in the poverty rate in the last decade alone.
23.02.24
Making energy policy work in Indonesia: Bridging the gap between policy and practice
Indonesia serves as an interesting case study to explore energy transition challenges within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Within ASEAN, Indonesia has the largest territory, greatest potential renewable energy resources, highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and highest energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
02.01.24
The supply chain of key decarbonisation technologies in Vietnam
There is now a high level of political momentum towards a net zero emissions development pathway in Vietnam. This is providing a lucrative environment for investment opportunities for green growth through a surge in demand for key decarbonisation technologies.
16.11.23
Sea of opportunity: Ocean-based mitigation to support Indonesia’s climate ambition
This report assesses the mitigation potential of coastal and ocean areas and their contribution to Indonesia’s 'Second NDC', and suggests mechanisms for including the ocean in the forthcoming NDC. In addition to examining mitigation potential, it also provides details of key relevance to decision makers such as enabling and economic factors, scientific gaps and the likely flow-on effects.
13.09.23
Fundamentals for developing a long-term renewable energy roadmap for ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a unique opportunity to develop a sustainable energy system based on renewable energy resources.
24.08.23
Sea of opportunity: The role of ocean mitigation in Indonesia’s decarbonisation
Ocean-based climate mitigation could provide up to one-quarter of the emissions reductions needed to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
21.07.23
Penjelasan pasar karbon sukarela
Sebuah ringkasan terkait pasar karbon sukarela untuk pembuat kebijakan.
23.06.23
Energy transitions in Vietnam and Indonesia: Building blocks for successful Just Energy Transition Partnerships
Southeast Asia is a fast-growing region with significant opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation. The recently announced Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) in Indonesia and Vietnam demonstrate strengthened commitment to accelerate the low-carbon transition in the region by developing a country-led model that aims to phase out/down unabated coal-fired power generation and cease issuance of coal-fired power plants, while ensuring equitable and inclusive outcomes for vulnerable workers, and communities in coal-dependent regions, consumers and incumbent companies.
19.05.23
Submission to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
As one of a very small group of Australian headquartered climate organisations with a Southeast Asia focus and presence, Climateworks welcomes the Australian Government’s strategic thinking on the importance of Southeast Asia.
19.04.23
Taking on transition: Impact report 2022
The roots of a net zero future are taking hold, all around us. Now, we need to ensure that this future comes to pass. As you’ll see from these highlights of our impact from 2022, Climateworks is taking on the transition to net zero by targeting the change we need to see with government, companies and institutions.
01.03.23
The Briefing Room: Financing the region’s clean energy transition
Our experts share their analysis of energy transition finance, including priorities for Southeast Asia and the role that countries such as Australia can take in speeding up the transition.
12.10.22
Forging the way: Impact report 2021
2021 was a year of important progress on climate, even as the world continued to grapple with many challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow moved worldwide focus firmly to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, and to ratcheting up 2030 ambition to align with this long term target.
07.03.22
ASEAN Green Future – Phase 1 Reports
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are already raising their climate commitments to meet the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
29.11.21
The briefing room: Chasing Southeast Asia’s green future
What does it take to develop the ASEAN green economy? Southeast Asia plays an increasingly important role globally, with the combined GDPs of the ASEAN trading group making it the fifth largest economy in the world.
13.10.21
Holding focus: Impact report 2020
In 2020, Climateworks was proud to adapt and ‘hold focus’ despite the extraordinary circumstance of operating amid a global pandemic. We entered 2020 with a newly developed strategy for the transformative decade ahead.
12.03.21
Building our future event series – Sustainable finance: Pathways, policy and trends
On Tuesday 8 December 2020 Climateworks and the British High Comission hosted a discussion on pathways to a robust and competitive sustainable finance sector in Australia.
17.11.20
The briefing room: Growth through transformation – how governments can unlock investments that achieve climate and development goals
Achieving the Paris Agreement along with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires an estimated investment of US$2.6 trillion each year over the next decade for developing countries alone.
11.10.20
Growth through transformation: An investment vision guide for climate and development
To achieve outcomes in line with both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, developing countries will require an estimated investment of US$2.6 trillion each year over the next decade.
14.09.20
Scaling up: Impact report 2019
New research supports what is already being felt in Australia and around the world: climate change is happening faster than ever anticipated, bringing with it greater repercussions.
23.04.20
Low carbon opportunities for Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam
The global economy is transitioning towards cleaner and less carbon-intensive forms of growth. Southeast Asia could be at the forefront of this emerging ‘green race.’ How can Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam take advantage of growing low-carbon markets?
23.07.19
How emerging economies can prosper in a rapidly decarbonising world
Growing prosperity does not require growing emissions. Southeast Asia and the Pacific have the chance to leapfrog redundant technologies and thrive in a decarbonised world.
05.03.18
Building momentum: impact report 2016-17
In 2016-17, Climateworks built momentum towards net zero by 2050, through collaborative projects and solo initiatives. 2016-17 was a year of growth across government and industry in recognising and prioritising our Paris Agreement commitments.
22.11.17
Taking the long view
Strong economic growth can be achieved without increasing emissions. A long term approach to avoiding emissions growth is essential to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.