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2 weeks ago | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
Singapore prime minister Lawrence Wong unveiled his new cabinet on Wednesday, retaining experienced ministers in trade, economic and sustainability portfolios while creating a new role to oversee energy issues. The announcement follows his party’s electoral victory last month. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
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4 weeks ago | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
An alliance of more than 20 potential buyers of a novel form of carbon credits designed to close coal plants in Asia early launched this week. Called the Kinetic Coalition, the group of companies including consumer goods firm PepsiCo, tech giant Amazon and credit card company Mastercard plan to ultimately offset their emissions by buying transition credits. The group is organised by Washington-based think tank Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES).
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1 month ago | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
The United States’ Gates Foundation – one of the world’s largest private philanthropic organisations – will be establishing a physical presence in Singapore, as it opens a new office to deepen partnerships in global health and development in Southeast Asia.
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1 month ago | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
Singapore has signalled that climate and clean energy initiatives will be key to its strategic response to geopolitical and economic upheaval, which its political leader says “has reached a new level of intensity” with the imposition of sweeping tariffs by the United States. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ng Wai Mun
1 hour ago'Cue The Meltdown': Wall Street Journal Exposes Trump's 'Biggest' Mistake In DecadesThe newspaper said this move by the president is causing the markets to sink and confidence to plunge. The Wall Street Journal is calling out President Donald Trump’s threat to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for refusing to cut interest rates as Trump has repeatedly demanded.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
In 2021, amid a raging Covid-19 pandemic and confronted by deep political uncertainties brought about by a military coup in Myanmar, some Asean observers floated the idea of having a woman at the helm of the regional group’s secretariat. Tackling the dual crises might require a different style of leadership, they suggested, and Asean was due to have Cambodia – its next rotating chair – appoint a new secretary-general in 18 months time.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun |Gabrielle See
Enthusiasm is building for small modular reactors in Southeast Asia, and Singapore – with its ambitions to stay ahead in energy-intensive frontiers such as artificial intelligence (AI) – plans to proactively look into the potential deployment of nuclear power. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
All eyes were on the world’s largest polluters before a 10 February deadline for submitting national climate plans, but observers say the majority of countries are withholding announcing their updated targets in light of a “volatile geopolitical situation”. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
A market for trading water credits is a viable way to conserve water, because the commodity can be easily measured, said Singapore president Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan. Unlock unlimited access to our content and archive with EB Circle. Publish your content with EB Premium.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
eco-business.com | Ng Wai Mun
As the spectre of new trade wars looms following United States president Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Davos crowd of policy and business leaders has been looking to China for answers on how to respond to the climate emergency amid a rapidly transforming world order. Already subscribed? Sign in There's something for everyone. We offer a range of subscription plans. Access our stories and receive our Insights Weekly newsletter with the free EB Member plan.
