Christina Ng

Sep 4, 2024 | eco-business.com | Christina Ng

As the dust settles on the Song Hau 2 coal power deal, its cancellation sends a clear message: Southeast Asia is pivoting away from coal. With rapid urbanisation and rising energy demands, the region faces a choice – cling to the past or embrace a cleaner future. The market seems to have made up its mind.

May 3, 2024 | esginvestor.net | Christina Ng

Christina Ng, Managing Director of the Energy Shift Institute says Asia’s transition finance complications could harm its climate goals. Is transition finance an attempt to extend the spectrum of green finance? Or is it a covert means of financing non-green activities, which have had limited opportunity in gaining access to sustainability-conscious investors? This phenomenon appears to be occurring in Asian markets.

Feb 28, 2024 | eco-business.com | Christina Ng

COP28 was interesting. For the first time it called for the world to move away from all fossil fuels, and in the same breath gave a nod to natural gas as a transition fuel. The juxtaposition of those two statements is both jarring and contradictory. While there has been controversy around this, the transition fuel narrative has been prominent since the early 2000s. The fact that it needed some form of recognition at a global climate event seems curious.

Feb 9, 2024 | esginvestor.net | Christina Ng

Christine Ng, Managing Director of the Energy Shift Institute, says Asia’s approach to transition finance makes greater investor scrutiny inevitable. COP28 was interesting. For the first time it called for the world to move away from all fossil fuels, and in the same breath gave a nod to natural gas as a transition fuel. The juxtaposition of those two statements is both jarring and contradictory. The transition fuel narrative has been prominent since the early 2000s.

Dec 23, 2023 | abcnews.go.com | Nadine El-Bawab |Christina Ng |Tess Scott

ABC News brought together 18 women from across 10 states who say their medical care was impacted by abortion bans -- bringing some of them to the brink. These women said they have been turned away in medical emergencies for not being sick enough and had their health care delayed or denied due to state laws. The women were not alone. Their partners walked alongside them on the journey, and together they faced the life-changing fallout from abortion bans in their home states.