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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.
China is still providing support for electric vehicles, but the policies are shifting from carrot to stick.
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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.
Despite the challenges of addressing climate change, technology and innovation are accelerating the net-zero transition.
As countries scramble to procure personal protective equipment, another quickly accelerating problem sits on the back end: the disturbingly massive amount of medical waste of all types that must be disposed of.
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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.
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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
