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Issue 23: COP27 gets a heart; Sembcorp under fire

Kenneth Lim
Janice Lim
Published Mon, Sep 4, 2023 · 03:39 PM
    • Closing all of Indonesia’s coal mines could lower GDP, wages, taxes and imports for the country.
    • Closing all of Indonesia’s coal mines could lower GDP, wages, taxes and imports for the country. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

    In this issue: COP27 confronts challenges of a “just transition”, while Sembcorp get heat for plan to sell its Indian coal power plant.

    COP27

    Balancing the S pillar

    [SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT] The world’s biggest climate conference, COP27, is underway at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Outside formal negotiations between delegations at the international level, emerging economies are also in talks to source for funding for a “just transition”.

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