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South-east Asia has a crucial role in the world’s energy future
That is why the IEA is taking the major step of opening a centre in Singapore, the first of its kind outside the agency’s Paris headquarters
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South-east Asia is one of the few regions globally where GDP and emissions continue to march on shoulder to shoulder.
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Fatih Birol
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It is impossible to consider the world’s energy future without looking to South-east Asia, a dynamic region and increasingly influential force in global energy trends.
Following two decades of remarkable growth, the countries of Asean are collectively poised to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030. At that point, the region – with a population of over 720 million – is set to be home to nearly one in every 12 people globally.
