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COMMENTARY
UN calls for green investment to meet UN targets 4

POLICY
IEA warns slowdown in energy efficiency gains threatens climate goals 6
Urgent action needed to decarbonise heating and cooling 7

CLIMATE CHANGE

Extreme weather compounds impact of COVID-19 on climate change 8

GAS -FIRED GENERATION

Egco applies for Thai LNG import licence 9

COAL-FIRED GENERATION
CIMB bank unveils 2040 coal exit plan 9

NUCLEAR

TVEL to introduce new fuel, longer cycle at Kudankulam 10

COAL

Mongolia to cut processed coal price as lockdown continues 10

GUEST COMMENT
Persuade, invade, blockade: Beijing’s best strategy to reunify Taiwan? 11

NEWS IN BRIEF 12

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