Climate change

It’s not just Singapore that will benefit from the Asean Power Grid: philanthropy platform CEO

2026-09-09T12:44:09.000Z
Former US vice-president Al Gore is “optimistic” that China will “provide leadership for the world toward genuine solutions for the climate crisis”.

Asean leaders should focus on energy transition, not US-China rivalry: Al Gore

2026-09-08T12:02:24.000Z
Cathay Pacific is Google’s first airline partner in the Asia-Pacific to try out its AI-powered contrail mitigation technology.

Google, Cathay Pacific use AI to tackle aviation’s top climate headache

2026-09-07T09:07:57.000Z
Singapore’s 2015 haze produced losses in tourism, hospitality, retail and entertainment, as footfall collapsed.

People care about clean air. Climate action starts there

2026-09-06T04:00:00.000Z
Sembcorp Green Infra plans to repay about a quarter of its borrowings with its initial public offering proceeds.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 210: Sembcorp’s India unit lodges IPO prospectus; moving past 1.5 deg C

2026-09-04T11:00:00.000Z
The panel is part of a sustainability conference organised by the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore on Sep 3. Left to right: David Kelly, executive director of British Chamber of Commerce Singapore; Sadik Arslan, Turkish ambassador to Singapore; Emily Follett; Australian deputy high commissioner to Singapore; Joseph Teo, Singapore's chief climate change negotiator.

Asean can be self-sufficient in energy, food with integrated market: Singapore’s chief climate negotiator

2026-09-03T10:14:41.000Z
Current forecasts predict that all glaciers in Germany will vanish within the next decades. The Noerdliche Schneeferner will lose its classification as a glacier, presumably around 2030.

UN says global warming will cross 1.5 deg C soon, hit at least 1.8 deg C

2026-09-02T05:44:29.000Z
Aug 26’s devastating flood in Nepal was triggered when parts of a glacier near the Langtang Lirung mountain peak collapsed and fell to the valley floor.

Millions face rising Himalayan glacial flood risk as climate change speeds melting: UN

2026-09-02T04:06:45.000Z
The sector faces a 34% profit drop by 2030, with supply chain disruptions and higher expenses, unless firms act fast to rein in carbon pollution. 

Fashion climate emissions rose almost 14% over two years; cost a decarbonisation hurdle: report

2026-09-01T07:08:45.000Z
From left: The latest edition of the Sustainability Impact Dialogue was moderated by Kavitha Menon, director of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association. The panel comprised Ong Tze-Ch’in, the chief executive of Singapore’s national water agency PUB; Graeme Riddell, managing director of insurance broking and risk management firm Marsh Risk; and Jasper Wong, UOB’s head of construction and infrastructure (sector solutions group).
NAVIGATING WATER RISK

Beyond the utility bill, into the boardroom: The business case for investing in water resilience

2026-08-24T23:00:00.000Z