The Business Times

Eric Yep

LNG AND ENERGY TRANSITION LEAD EDITOR, S&P GLOBAL COMMODITY INSIGHTS

For a major LNG hub like Singapore, the current disruption in the world order raises critical questions about the future reliability and cost of securing “non-aligned” energy cargoes.

Reordering Asia’s energy security 

Navigating supply risks in an era of weaponised trade

Coastal erosion seen in Togoru, Fiji. The same countries that are most exposed to climate change and are likely to incur the most economic damage from it, are the same ones that can least afford to put systems in place to combat it.

Global South unprepared for climate policy-driven trade conflicts

As differences over climate initiatives increasingly turn into skirmishes over international trade, poor and developing countries lack clout to fight on both...

The JERA Hekinan Power Station in central Japan is the largest coal-fired facility in the country. The governments of Japan and South Korea are among the most reluctant in fighting climate change.

Blunted by inertia

Asia’s most developed nations are far from leading the region’s fight against climate change

A LNG tanker in the Singapore Strait. Old energy hierarchies are giving way to new ones, presenting opportunities for Singapore and South-east Asia.

Stress testing a commodity trading hub 

Beyond staying resilient, Singapore needs to play a central role during periods of uncertainty

An immediate need is for Asia’s governments to reconfigure their power grids from a system based on fossil fuels to a system based on clean energy sources.

Climate policy is the new energy policy

THREE distinct trends are dominating global energy systems.

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