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Green goals

Property
COMMENTARY

In with the old: Let our older buildings age gracefully

The authorities’ hard-won grip on supply has left them relatively more sanguine than in recent years when it comes to assessing threats from surges in demand.
Energy & Commodities

Cheap Chinese coal is making it difficult to reduce consumption

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

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

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

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

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.
International

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

Manah II Solar Power Plant, Sembcorp’s largest utility-scale solar farm in its global renewables portfolio, highlights its capability to harness renewables for green hydrogen production and export.
ESG

Asia leads decarbonisation push to build green hydrogen economy

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”.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Global leaders should end their flirtation with green virtue-signalling

Steelmakers have suffered from a collapse in earnings and the industry lost money for most of last year.
Energy & Commodities

China must cut 15% of steel capacity to meet 2025 climate goals

Singapore's plant industry seems thriving, but some businesses struggle amid inflationary pressures and rising costs.
Opinion & Features
BRUNCH

Singapore’s plant trade thrives but rising costs, market saturation threaten businesses

When Northvolt filed for bankruptcy last week, it was a blow to the story that the road to net zero will be paved with secure ‘green jobs’ in places that need them.
Opinion & Features

Why the public doesn’t buy the idea of a ‘green jobs’ bonanza

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