#R&D News
Policy & Finance
Can pandemic pact avert Covid chaos in next crisis?
New WHO pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during Covid-19.
Lawrence Wong says the government will reorganise itself to “provide greater emphasis” on looking at how atomic energy can be tapped. He downplayed the potential of hydrogen.
China’s “new energy vehicles” (NEVs) have been the centre of media and geopolitical attention in recent months.
Economist Michael Greenstone, who first put a price on emissions for the US government, says that unless the price gap between fossil fuels and clean energy narrows, poor countries will face difficult trade-offs amid climate breakdown.
Transport
Life after subsidies for China’s EVs
Carbon & Climate
Global warming on course for 2.9°C, UN report warns
Food & Agriculture
Rattled rice importing countries eye self-sufficiency
#R&D Opinion
Through recycling, R&D and diversifying imports as well as by facilitating a regional market for rare earth minerals, the dependence on the Chinese supply chain can be reduced.
Hepatitis C treatment is no longer prohibitively expensive in the Global South because Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed ravidasvir – a low-cost antiviral. Such breakthroughs are possible for other neglected diseases if low- and middle-income countries agree to act collectively.
Chinese and American firms are seeking to export their autonomous driving technologies to Southeast Asia. The signal lesson is that their data-driven models require sensitivity and adaptation to the region’s diverse markets.
Energy
Closing the clean tech gap
Despite the challenges of addressing climate change, technology and innovation are accelerating the net-zero transition.
#R&D Videos
There are large financial and environmental benefits from reducing waste, says a recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
From seawater to gravity, startup firms are using basic science to create simple and sustainable innovations to light up rural and off-grid communities around the world.
#R&D Press Releases
Purpose Venture Capital
Purpose Venture Capital co-invests in Bioworks
Energy Market Authority
Singapore’s clean energy sector poised for 80 per cent workforce growth
