Green goals

Rich nations must hit net zero and pay up on climate, India says

More than 115 countries have now lodged updated climate plans with the United Nations, required under the terms of the 2015 Paris Agreement

China accounts for almost 30% of global emissions, meaning the speed at which it can reduce pollution has huge ramifications for efforts to limit global warming.

China climate experts see top polluter beating emissions goal

Carbon emissions from fuel combustion are likely to fall by 37% over the next decade

In addition to being the world’s second-largest polluter, the US is also a major oil and gas producer, providing power both domestically and to other countries.

US economy wins from green exit, unless the world follows suit

The country’s about-face on climate policies will be evident at the upcoming COP30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil

Refurbishing Kallang Pulse involved an investment of S$3.3 million and delivered a return on investment within 3.6 years.
COMMENTARY

In with the old: Let our older buildings age gracefully

Retrofitting, rather than demolition, allows us to preserve the character of our building facades while achieving our green goals

President Xi Jinping has pledged that coal use will start falling in 2026.

Cheap Chinese coal is making it difficult to reduce consumption

Renewables are now more than meeting demand growth for electricity

Cutting fossil fuel use is necessary to reducing carbon emissions and avoiding the worst consequences of a hotter planet.

China’s green push may cut global fossil use by 2030: report

The Asian nation is disproving the notion that green goals and economic growth are at odds, according to the report

The scale of China’s coal ambitions threatens to overwhelm its own and global climate goals.

China’s coal pipeline risks creating glut, blowing climate goals

More than 450 sites are in development across the world’s second-largest economy, with nearly 40% under construction or in test operation, according to the California-based researcher

Almost three-quarters of business leaders surveyed said the UK government cannot expand the economy while at the same time trying to reach net-zero.

British business slows climate action, sees government net zero agenda as unrealistic

[LONDON] British business leaders are putting a brake on their plans to combat climate change and do not believe the government’s approach to net zero is compatible with growth, a survey of 1,000 exec...

Manah II Solar Power Plant, Sembcorp’s largest utility-scale solar farm in its global renewables portfolio, puts the spotlight on its ability to harness renewables for green hydrogen production and export.

Asia leads decarbonisation push to build green hydrogen economy

Singapore, Japan and China are leading the charge; Singapore’s Sembcorp, for example, has projects at home and abroad to promote a cleaner, more sustainable alternative to fossil fuels

World Bank president Ajay Banga last November warned that climate change was “intertwined” with every challenge. Yet today, he somewhat implausibly tells reporters, “I’m not a climate evangelist”.
THE BROAD VIEW

Global leaders should end their flirtation with green virtue-signalling

Shareholders need to ask their companies hard questions about what their climate policies really do for the planet, and what they add to the bottom line