The Business Times
business-time-50
ESG Insights
·
SUBSCRIBERS

Issue 147: GIC, Temasek find adaptation opportunities; Singapore, Malaysia grow private green finance

Summarise
google-preferred-sourceAdd BT as a preferred source
Kenneth Lim

Kenneth Lim

Published Fri, May 9, 2025 · 07:00 PM
    • Climate adaptation and resilience will need US$500 billion to US$1.3 trillion of funding globally every year until 2030, Temasek estimates.
    • Climate adaptation and resilience will need US$500 billion to US$1.3 trillion of funding globally every year until 2030, Temasek estimates. ILLUSTRATION: KENNETH LIM

    This week in ESG: Singapore’s sovereign wealth investors find adaptation potential; South-east Asia’s private green finance reaches US$8 billion in 2024

    Sustainable investing

    Adaptation in the spotlight

    The likelihood and extent of climate-related losses and damage have increased, with global warming likely to breach the 1.5-degrees Celsius threshold and possibly even 2.0 deg C.

    ESG Insightssustainable investingGICTemasekGreen economysustainable financeESGPrivate capitalImpact Investing

    TRENDING NOW

    Longest-serving chief minister Taib Mahmud’s legacy looms large over Sarawak as a family feud over his estate threatens to expose skeleton’s in the eastern state’s political closet.

    On the board but frozen out: The Taib family feud tearing Sarawak construction giant apart

    Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How said the government is working with partners who have access to Anthropic's Mythos to understand its capabilities.

    MAS convenes bank CEOs over AI cyberthreats; boards told to own risks, not leave to IT teams

    Thailand’s target is to export seven million tonnes of rice globally in 2026, but the Middle East war has turned the world topsy-turvy with supply disruptions, high oil prices and economic uncertainty.

    Thai and Vietnamese farmers may stop planting rice because of the Iran war. Here’s why

    The message was sent with addresses under the carbon copy feature instead of blind carbon copy, meaning that all recipients could see all the other e-mail addresses in the chain. 

    LTA circular to potential EV charger owners reveals hundreds of e-mail addresses under carbon copy feature 

    Latest T-bills Treasury Bills Results & Interest NewsLatest SSB Singapore Savings Bonds NewsLatest COE Certificate of Entitlement News
    Latest Johor-Singapore SEZ NewsLatest BTO Build To Order & Sales of Balance NewsLatest STI Straits Times Index NewsLatest SGX Dividends, Share Price NewsLatest Bonds Market NewsLatest Singapore Stocks To Buy NewsLatest Singapore Economy News
    View More