Climate change

Low-carbon transition to face ‘stronger headwinds’ at COP31, says Grace Fu 

2026-11-08T21:00:00.000Z
This year, 95 countries have introduced emergency price caps, subsidies or fuel-levy cuts to support consumers’ energy needs.

Markets are pushing electrification. Governments must push harder

2026-11-04T10:00:00.000Z
While Singapore’s heat mitigation solutions are largely mature, the challenge now lies in integrating them effectively at scale.
BRUNCH

Singapore is designing for a hotter future, but can it beat the heat?

2026-10-30T06:00:00.000Z
Temasek Trust’s Desmond Kuek (left) with World Bank Group’s Paschal Donohoe at the MOU signing.
TAKING HEART

Temasek Trust, World Bank Group tie up to advance initiatives in climate and energy

2026-10-14T08:17:54.000Z
Property insurers have already scaled back, or even cancelled, policies for wildfire losses in California.

Insurance pullback coming as climate risk grows and ‘entire regions’ could get uninsurable: report

2026-10-14T04:59:22.000Z
El Nino disrupts markets for commodities such as rice, contributes to water shortages and slows traffic in the Panama Canal, forcing up shipping costs.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The economic shock that’s almost too hot to handle

2026-10-12T07:00:00.000Z
The summer of 2026 was the hottest one on record for Austria and many of its European neighbours.

The lucrative business of cooling off in a hotter world

2026-10-07T04:22:17.000Z
(From left) Amandeep Bedi, partner at climate change and sustainability services, EY; Lee Cheh Hsien, vice-president of group sustainability at Singtel; Melissa Low, head of the National University of Singapore’s sustainability academy; Calvin Chong, divisional director for energy and climate policy at the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment; Jackie Surtani, regional director and head of the Asian Development Bank’s Singapore office.

Boards concerned about climate resilience, but face information gap: Singtel sustainability executive

2026-10-02T10:03:30.000Z
Spain recorded 5,805 excess deaths attributable to heat between May 15 and Sep 30, data from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III shows.

Heat deaths in Western Europe top 34,600 during warmest summer ever

2026-10-02T04:31:25.000Z
For many organisations, the real cost of climate change on their business is a big unknown.
BT50: THE NEXT CHAPTER

How climate resilience enhances business resilience

2026-09-30T23:00:00.000Z