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Pendapat / Pengangkutan

The global road-building explosion is shattering nature

If you asked a friend to name the worst human threat to nature, what would they say? Global warming? Overhunting? Habitat fragmentation? A new study suggests it is in fact road-building. “Road-buildin...

20 Dec 2016

The global road-building explosion is shattering nature

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Reaping demographic dividends to achieve the SDGs

Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – which aim to end poverty, boost shared prosperity, and promote sustainability, between now and 2030 – will require overcoming some major ...

26 Oct 2016

Reaping demographic dividends to achieve the SDGs

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

To meet the SDGs, Asia and Europe must work together

When global leaders adopted the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) last September, the move sparked optimism among development practitioners, civil society and communities alike. The...

18 Oct 2016

To meet the SDGs, Asia and Europe must work together

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

New fund aims to fuel growth in market for clean cookstoves

A new $4 million fund aims to speed up the development of supply chains for less polluting cookstoves in poor communities, by lending to businesses that would otherwise struggle to finance their growt...

15 Aug 2016

New fund aims to fuel growth in market for clean cookstoves

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indian women braid straps for big brands in conditions 'worse than sweatshops'

Every day, after she finishes cooking, cleaning and fetching water for her tiny one-room home in India's financial capital Mumbai, Saubhagya Nadelkari picks up a stack of leather strips and makes her ...

5 Aug 2016

Indian women braid straps for big brands in conditions 'worse than sweatshops'

Press Releases / Sunseap Group Pte Ltd

TRIREC invests into Sunseap Group

TRIREC achieves first close, and led a S$27 million stake into solar energy firm Sunseap Group as its first investment. Investment by TRIREC spurred on by opportunities in the renewables industry as ...

10 Aug 2015

TRIREC invests into Sunseap Group

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Nations adopt global strategy on sustainable cities, capping two-year process

Nearly 170 countries on Thursday unanimously adopted the New Urban Agenda, the United Nations’ 20-year strategy on sustainable urbanisation, at the closing of this week’s Habitat III summit on cities....

24 Oct 2016

Nations adopt global strategy on sustainable cities, capping two-year process

Berita / Air

India’s tech capital looks underground for answers to water shortage

Bengaluru, a city of 11 million, formerly known as Bangalore, is home to India’s software giants and its startups, as well as multinationals such as Samsung, Oracle and Amazon. com. The growing tech s...

10 Feb 2017

India’s tech capital looks underground for answers to water shortage

Pendapat / Tenaga

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

The rejection by the Federal Court of the most serious remaining legal challenges to the proposed Carmichael mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin means it is finally time for the project’s proponent, Ad...

1 Sep 2016

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Time for the Green Climate Fund to grow up fast, or it will die slow

An executive search firm recently contacted me to hear my thoughts on recruiting a new boss for the UN’s South Korea-based Green Climate Fund, or GCF. Everyone should be aware (though few are) of the ...

22 Aug 2016

Time for the Green Climate Fund to grow up fast, or it will die slow

Berita / CSR

Singapore Exchange launches its first Sustainability Index

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday announced its first ever set of equity indices focused on sustainability, underscoring the growing importance of environment, social and governance (ESG) issues ...

31 May 2016

Singapore Exchange launches its first Sustainability Index

Berita / CSR

How much do Singapore businesses care about sustainability?

Singapore-based companies are starting on the journey towards sustainability, although most of them have not yet made the connection between corporate responsibility and profitability. This is the mai...

1 Sep 2016

How much do Singapore businesses care about sustainability?

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Spurring private investment for development

Successful economic development has hewed to a well-known pattern. Lifting a country out of poverty and placing it on a path of sustainable growth requires hard work, the creation of a robust system o...

6 Jun 2016

Spurring private investment for development

Press Releases / Energy Market Authority

“New energy realities” to take centre stage at SIEW 2016

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) announced “New Energy Realities” as the theme for Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2016. The theme reflects the opportunities and challenges we...

1 Apr 2016

“New energy realities” to take centre stage at SIEW 2016

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

New tool traces US mutual funds to deforestation

Individual and institutional investors in the United States can now easily check if their funds are supporting palm oil-linked tropical deforestation and land grabs, thanks to a new online transparenc...

28 Jul 2016

New tool traces US mutual funds to deforestation

Berita / Bandar-bandar

The top 5 cities stories in 2016

Cities, which are responsible for three-quarters of all global emissions and 70 per cent of energy consumption, have long been considered a crucial part of any solution to climate change. This year,...

21 Dec 2016

The top 5 cities stories in 2016

Pendapat / Tenaga

Fuel subsidy cuts need not come at the poor's expense

Many Asian governments have subsidized coal, oil and gas as well as electricity for decades with the goal of making energy more affordable to the public and to domestic industry. Oil has traditionally...

22 Jul 2016

Fuel subsidy cuts need not come at the poor's expense

Berita / Pembuatan

Cleaner, healthier cookstoves may — at long last — be catching on

For about 3 billion of the world’s poorest people, the simple act of cooking dinner is fraught with risk. They burn wood, charcoal, dung or crop waste, often on open fires, fouling the air they breath...

2 Nov 2016

Cleaner, healthier cookstoves may — at long last — be catching on

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Development finance with Chinese characteristics?

After a late flurry of additions to the founding membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, attention now turns to setting the China-led AIIB’s rules and regulations. But important questi...

22 May 2015

Development finance with Chinese characteristics?

Berita / Tenaga

What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?

“Subsidy-free” is a nebulous phrase that means different things to different people. In fact, many of the “subsidy-free” schemes announced in the UK over the past 12 months would not meet the purest i...

28 Mar 2018

What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?

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Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Sustainable finance still growing in Asia as real economy moves towards decarbonisation

Studio EB As environmentally-friendly solutions become more commonplace, sustainable finance has become less about hitting targets and more about using …
Pendapat / Pengangkutan & Logistik

Why the electric SUV boom is a problem for climate, health and equity

The rise of electric SUVs is challenging the idea of green transport, with experts warning that heavier vehicles …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

New US$100 million fund bets on Southeast Asia’s climate startup boom

Singapore-based 100x100 has launched a US$100 million fund to build and scale 50 climate-focused startups across Southeast Asia …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Climate standards group SBTi launches new net zero rules to help Asia turn climate pledges into action

Asia, which has seen a 53 per cent jump in firms setting SBTi‑aligned targets and now accounts for …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

SpaceX’s rock bottom ESG rating reignites debate over sustainability scores

MSCI assigns newly listed aerospace company a CCC rating, highlighting governance concerns and renewed questions over how ESG …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Singapore unveils coastal defence rules requiring long-term protection against rising seas

Landowners with 30 years or more remaining on leases must plan for a potential 2.15-metre sea level rise …

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