you are currently viewing:New World Bank Report Charts Pathways for Energy Security, New Jobs, and Market Opportunities in East AsiaAugust 28, 2025-A new World Bank report, Green Horizon: East Asia's Sustainable Energy Future, outlines practical pathways to modernize and upgrade the region's energy systems to support power and industrial sectors-a key step for East Asia to sustain long-term growth, create jobs, and retain economic competitiveness. This report is a follow-up to the 2010 World Bank report, Winds of Change: East Asia's Sustainable Energy Future. In 2023, East Asia produced 42 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and was the largest consumer of coal worldwide. China, Indonesia, and Viet Nam-the three economies examined in the report-account for 80 percent of the region's emissions and 88 percent of its coal consumption, with the power and industrial sectors together responsible for 75-87 percent of energy-related emissions. Source: worldbank.org |
November 6, 2025-Introduction
Since the early 2000s,Asia has become a major engine of global growth,fuelled by industrialisation,technological innovation and deeper integration into global markets. As a result,the region today accounts for nearly a third of global GDP and 55% of the world's listed companies.