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Singapore Marina Bay Finance Centre Towers

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Poor sustainability credentials are rarely seen as a barrier to investment for Asia funds: Study

..., sovereign wealth funds, insurance asset managers and pension funds. By geography, 35 per cent of respondents were based in China and Hong Kong, 25 per cent in Japan, 15 per cent in India, 15 per cen...

9 Nov 2023

Poor sustainability credentials are rarely seen as a barrier to investment for Asia funds: Study

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The debt-for-nature lifeline

..., disruptions to soil formation and thus food production, longer recovery times from natural disasters, and, potentially, climate and resource conflicts. According to the World Economic Forum, the cli...

23 Jun 2023

The debt-for-nature lifeline

Tom Brzostowski speaking at the Cities:Possibilities Eco-Business event in November 2022

News / Carbon & Climate

The Nature Conservancy appoints founding Singapore director

..., China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, New Zealand, Mongolia and Myanmar. TNC's launch in Singapore comes at a challenging time for non-government organisations in the region, which have faced growing ...

20 Mar 2023

The Nature Conservancy appoints founding Singapore director

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the 36-year-old son of President Joko Widodo

News / Policy & Finance

Which of Indonesia's election hopefuls has the most climate credibility?

..., climate adaptation, air, water and waste pollution, and natural disaster resilience. On social and economic injustice, there are three key issues: unequal access to education, poverty, unemployment,...

5 Feb 2024

Which of Indonesia's election hopefuls has the most climate credibility?

News / Policy & Finance

Singapore ‘potential claimant’ for global loss and damage funding: Environment minister

..., and has an urgent need to channel money towards climate adaptation, Fu said. “We emit 0.1 per cent of the carbon emissions [globally], but are affected by 100 per cent of the impacts of climate cha...

25 Feb 2023

Singapore ‘potential claimant’ for global loss and damage funding: Environment minister

COP27 article 6 implementation partnership

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Singapore's ambition in novel bilateral carbon markets faces competitor, near-term supply hurdles

..., founder of Singapore-based carbon project developer AJA Climate Partners, dialled in from the woodlands in Ghana. The connection might be spotty, he said, and it was. AJA’s reforestation project in ...

16 Oct 2023

Singapore's ambition in novel bilateral carbon markets faces competitor, near-term supply hurdles

Press Releases / World Wide Fund

Shift to renewable energy must protect nature, says clean energy coalition

..., IRENA, ICLEI, The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (full list of members in the notes below). Dean Cooper, WWF global energy lead, said: &l...

25 Apr 2023

Shift to renewable energy must protect nature, says clean energy coalition

Press Releases / Energy Development Corporation

PLDT, Smart expand transition to renewables, power up 7 Visayas sites with First Gen

..., Samar, Capiz, and Iloilo. These facilities will source their renewable energy supply from First Gen’s 100 per cent renewable energy arm, Energy Development Corporation (EDC). “This geot...

17 May 2023

PLDT, Smart expand transition to renewables, power up 7 Visayas sites with First Gen

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The IMF's turn to lead on climate

...Climate, Development, and the IMF. Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate Finance at EDHEC Business School and EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, is a member of the Task Force on Climate, Developme...

1 Jun 2023

The IMF's turn to lead on climate

Opinion / Policy & Finance

A pragmatic COP?

..., security, and cost-effectiveness. The EU, for its part, needs a new framework for climate action that reflects a more practical, global perspective – one with the broad appeal that will be essential...

28 Jul 2023

A pragmatic COP?

News / Energy

Explainer: What is the Global Biofuel Alliance?

..., said the Indian presidency. It will form a virtual marketplace for countries, and stakeholders to regulate the demand and supply of biofuels. At present, 19 countries – including Singapore, Argenti...

1 Oct 2023

Explainer: What is the Global Biofuel Alliance?

News / Policy & Finance

Explainer: Why has blended finance not lived up to its promise?

..., it has secured US$11 from the private sector. Of the 17 SDGs, Goal 17 (partnership for the goals) has been the most frequently targeted in blended finance transactions, while Goal 13 (climate action...

13 Sep 2023

Explainer: Why has blended finance not lived up to its promise?

News / Policy & Finance

Filipino activists: Loss and damage fund a win, but what about fossil fuel phaseout?

..., which add to the debt burden of countries most affected by the climate crisis. The G7, which include leaders of Japan, Germany, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and France, made a p...

23 Nov 2022

Filipino activists: Loss and damage fund a win, but what about fossil fuel phaseout?

Press Releases / UN Global Compact Network Singapore

UN Global Compact Network Singapore launches 2023 Summit, 8th Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards

..., Rolls-Royce Southeast Asia, Pacific and South Korea; Prof. Lynn Loo, Co-founder, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD); Ms. Yuki Yasui, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow F...

1 Nov 2023

UN Global Compact Network Singapore launches 2023 Summit, 8th Singapore Apex Corporate Sustainability Awards

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

Former Verra veteran envisions an unshackled carbon market and a new endgame

..., governments need to take over the protection in, say, 30 or 40 years. It is going to be challenging, some governments will change, and that’s fine – that’s what we deal with, right? But I bet there ...

23 Jul 2024

Former Verra veteran envisions an unshackled carbon market and a new endgame

Press Releases / Gentari Sdn Bhd

Gentari partners with Sarawak Energy, SEDC Energy to drive clean energy growth

..., with a focus on the green hydrogen sector,” commented Sushil Purohit, Chief Executive Officer, Gentari. "We are excited to continue working together with PETRONAS, through Gentari, in this im...

3 Jul 2023

Gentari partners with Sarawak Energy, SEDC Energy to drive clean energy growth

Cambodia environment minister Eang Sophalleth

News / Cities

‘I need to plant more trees than they cut’: Cambodia's environment minister wants to boost nation's green credentials

..., we will advocate for better waste separation in schools, temples, hospitals and public facilities, even in rural areas, which do not even have sufficient garbage bins. This major clean-up and rejuv...

11 Sep 2024

‘I need to plant more trees than they cut’: Cambodia's environment minister wants to boost nation's green credentials

News / Waste

Indonesia's 'fly guy' finds grubby fix for Jakarta's food waste

..., like food and garden waste, accounted for 50 per cent, plastics made up 23 per cent and paper 17 per cent, he said. "In two years, if the condition is the same, we will reach our maximum capacity," ...

22 Dec 2023

Indonesia's 'fly guy' finds grubby fix for Jakarta's food waste

News / Policy & Finance

Macron finance summit tackles global debt and climate reforms

...climate action, ahead of crucial annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Marrakesh, Morocco, in October. "Many MDBs are becoming climate banks", said Annalisa Prizzon, principal research fellow a...

28 Jun 2023

Macron finance summit tackles global debt and climate reforms

Podcasts / Green Buildings

'Sustainability must be accessible': Arthaland's CSO on making sustainable real estate in the Philippines a norm

...climate threats, from multiple typhoons each year, flooding, heatwaves, and extreme temperatures this year in particular. At the same time, the price of electricity in the Philippines – among the high...

20 Nov 2023

'Sustainability must be accessible': Arthaland's CSO on making sustainable real estate in the Philippines a norm

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