Tech Supply Chain Decarbonisation and Apple’s New Commitments

11/06/23 • 25 min

We speak with Katrin Wu about supply chain decarbonisation in the technology sector. We cover topics like what supply chains include, Apple's decarbonisation strategy and its new commitments, how Microsoft and Samsung compare to Apple with supply chain decarbonisation commitment, the price of consumer goods during the energy transition and other topics.
Katrin is a climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace East Asia. She focuses on corporate energy transition and the technology industry's supply chain. She leads Greenpeace East Asia's campaign that calls for technology company suppliers to transition to renewable energy.

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LNG Expansion in the Philippines: Harming People and Corals

Energy Insights speaks with Liza Osorio from Oceana in the Philippines about the impacts of LNG development on marine ecosystems and communities nearby gas plants. Liza is an environmental lawyer and is the legal policy director of Oceana, Philippines.

She is also a professor at the University of Cebu School of Law. She was elected the first Asian Chairperson of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Academy of Environmental Law between 2019 and 2023. She has also been involved in several environmental cases in the Philippines, including landmark cases that dealt with the rights of marine animals and the halting of illegal oil drilling and exploration in marine protected areas.

We discussed many topics, including how LNG developments affect marine ecosystems and fishing communities, how much LNG development is occurring near the Verde Island Passage marine ecosystem, the risks of increased shipping, why gas is becoming a more prominent energy source in the Philippines and other topics.

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COP28's Implications on Fossil Fuels and Climate Finance

In this episode of Energy Insights, we speak with Ulka Kelkar. Ulka is the Executive Director of Climate at the World Resources Institute India. She is an economist with 24 years' experience in climate change research, outreach, and capacity building.

Ulka works on low-carbon development pathways, sub-national climate action, and just transitions in small industry. Previously, she worked on climate change at the Asian Development Bank and has been involved in projects with several organisations that have worked on issues across India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Ulka's research has also appeared in journals such as the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Global Environmental Change, and Climate Policy, and Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.

Topics included the recently concluded COP28 climate conference in the UAE's Dubai, including the controversy surrounding the appointment of Sultan Al-Jaber as the conference's president, the final adopted text that referred to transitioning away from fossil fuels, the new loss and damage fund, climate finance, and other topics.
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