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Ng Wai Mun

Assistant Editor at Eco-Business

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  • Next phase in transition credits push to find buyers has started: Rockefeller Foundation

    5 days 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).

  • Gates Foundation sets up Singapore office; fronts US$100 million philanthropic effort for regional health initiatives

    1 week 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.

  • No 'passive bystander’: Clean energy trade among Singapore's 'recalibrations' to tackle new geopolitical reality

    3 weeks 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.

  • No 'passive bystander’: Clean energy trade among Singapore's 'recalibrations' to tackle new geopolitical reality

    3 weeks 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.

  • Why calls for Asean to appoint its first female secretary-general are getting louder

    2 months ago | 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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