The UK has announced new finance at COP26 for ASEAN countries to invest in clean infrastructure, following the region’s commitment to build £5bn worth of projects

The two countries have agreed to share and agree with each other’s climate priorities, including energy transition and nature-based solutions

The UK’s ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme aims to encourage the transition to low carbon energy in Thailand while creating real energy cost savings for households and businesses

More than half of the land-based plastic pollution in the world’s oceans originates from just five countries, four of which are in Southeast Asia