Opinion / Singapore
Policy & Finance
The elusive inflection point in impact investing
In Asia, industry experts have noted that there is an urgent need for the region to accelerate sustainable financing efforts to achieve net zero emission targets.
Rising costs of living and airfares point to long-haul travel being affordable for fewer people. It also might re-shape the way we think about tourism.
Building tensions between Singapore and Malaysia over its water agreement are setting the two on a collision course over scarcity and sustainability.
Policy & Finance
Degrowth is a dead end
The degrowth movement lacks a coherent theory of change and its goals are politically impractical. Degrowth might actually harm climate policy.
All Singapore Opinion
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Policy & Finance
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How the Indo-Pacific can beat the SDG cash crunch
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Consultants find climate crisis is good for business
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