Energy Shift Southeast Asia

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Energy Shift is a network of groups advocating for a just energy transition in Southeast Asia.

Check this page regularly to stay updated on the network’s evidence-based research and publications.

Vietnam’s ecologically sensitive Mekong Delta is facing increasing threats from fossil gas expansions. All operating gas stations totaling 7.77 GW are located around the Mekong Delta, and about 64% of Vietnam’s gas capacity by 2030 will be around the Mekong Delta. International corporations, including financial institutions and energy companies from the US, Europe, Japan, France,

Amid record-high fuel rates and a raging climate crisis, Southeast Asia is spiraling into a fossil future thanks to a massive fleet of gas projects, risking the region’s energy security, biodiversity, and any and all hope to limit global temperature rise to less catastrophic levels. This report published by CEED and partners dives into fossil […]

The Global Oil & Gas Exit List (GOGEL) is the most comprehensive publicly available database on the oil & gas industry. GOGEL 2022 covers 901 companies responsible for 95% of global oil & gas production. It is tailored to the needs of financial institutions looking to phase out fossil fuels. GOGEL’s forward-looking data on companies’ […]

Southeast Asia has been bannering ambitious plans for gas in recent years, backed by financiers keen to fuel a more catastrophic climate crisis. Soaring energy prices and a rapidly closing window to meet climate imperatives dictate that the mad dash for gas in SEA must be stopped. Launched as the second week of COP 27 […]

Net zero emission is a must goal for our future.

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) drives the continued proliferation of dirty and costly energy from fossil fuels in the Philippines, which goes against climate, environmental, and socio-economic interests of Filipinos.

Studies on the evolving international energy landscape, creating databases, reports, and interactive tools that enhance understanding.

Civil society across the world is urging Swiss banking giant UBS to stop purchasing new bonds issued by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). In a letter, groups detail JBIC’s financing of several fossil fuel projects across Asia and beyond that have caused significant harm to local communities and the environment.  Data collected by […]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark opinion affirming that States have legal obligations to combat climate change as an urgent and existential threat. Southeast Asia civil society welcomes this historic affirmation, which signals the end of fossil fuels and a pathway to climate justice and accountability. The ICJ emphasized that the right […]

Japan megabanks, Mizuho, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) are among the world’s top ten biggest fossil fuel financiers. A new analysis by Banking on Climate Chaos reveals that in 2024 alone, these three megabanks collectively committed USD 106.27 billion in financing, accounting for 12% of global fossil fuel financing. […]

The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) was an important moment for the conservation and sustainable utilization of marine resources and the global ocean, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) and the Kunming-Montreal Agreement within the Convention on Biological Diversity. While this critical conference sounded the alarm on the intensifying impacts of […]