#Carbon capture, use and storage News

Helge Muenkel, CSO, DBS
The Singapore lender, which has cut a third of its coal exposure since 2021, said that its pledge to cease financing new coal assets remains unchanged. It is still undecided on how to account for this emerging emissions category.
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The plant, backed by Singapore's water agency PUB and US-based startup Equatic, aims to remove 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the ocean each day.
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EB Studio While there is potential for clean energy to one day power Asia Pacific, high costs and the intermittent nature of renewables stand as barriers in the way. Businesses, especially in the tech sector, must channel efforts towards solutions that provide round-the-clock clean energy.
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While the EU Taxonomy is the "gold standard" for green finance, an equivalent for transition finance is notably absent. Market participants have welcomed the new guide from Singapore's central bank, but whether it emerges as a widely used standard remains to be seen.
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#Carbon capture, use and storage Opinion

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The country’s presumed incoming leaders have said they would continue food estate projects that have caused deforestation, while Prabowo’s coal ties may make it hard for him to advance the energy transition. The public needs to speak up.
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The Just Energy Transition Partnership is not the triumph the current president claims it is. It is a debt trap. The new president should turn their back on a flawed energy transition legacy and adopt a bolder path towards net-zero that leaves no one behind.
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Wording of the report's summary reflects the presence of political wrangling – net-zero terminology was prioritised over a mention that there is a need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Feasible solutions were downplayed. This could lead less-informed policymakers to conclude that we can 'just magically plant trees and carry on as usual'.
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has left the climate tech community reeling. We need more investment in climate innovation, so how do we fill the gap SVB has left?
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#Carbon capture, use and storage Videos

Gaurav Sant
Gaurav Sant, founder of startup SeaChange, tells Eco-Business about a technology he hopes will give the world's oceans the capacity to absorb additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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How do you reduce CO2 emissions? The Global CO2 Initiative is pushing a unique approach: turn them into useful products, then sell them.
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Breakthrough casts aside fear that carbon captured and stored underground can seep back into the air and explode.
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Dutch start-up Fastned has awarded the power tech firm the contract to provide fast chargers to over 200 stations nationwide, serving most brands of electric vehicles.
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#Carbon capture, use and storage Podcasts

Eco-Business Podcast with Assaad Razzouk
Eco-Business talks to 'angry clean energy guy' Assaad Razzouk about the flaws in much-hyped climate change solutions, and how to fix them.
Where is the smart money going in renewables?
Solar, wind, carbon capture, nature-based solutions—what are the technologies needed to combat climate change? Eco-Business asked clean energy entrepreneur Hendrik Tiesinga where the smart money is going.
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