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Issue 180: Sembcorp shareholders vote on Alinta deal; new directorship institute launches

This week in ESG: Sembcorp acquisition’s coal exposure raises questions; GDInstitute offers alternative to Singapore Institute of Directors

Public funds are not enough to meet the adaptation financing needs of Asia-Pacific, and that private finance needs to plug the gap.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 179: No longer the poorer cousin of mitigation?

This week in ESG: Growing momentum in adaptation financing

Asia-Pacific’s underinsurance problem means those with the least financial capacity are bearing the greatest share of economic losses from climate-driven extreme weather events.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 178: Asia’s perennial problem of underinsurance

This week in ESG: Only 12.3 per cent of the region’s natural disaster losses were insured

Among competing and urgent needs, oceans have often been at the bottom of the funding priority list.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 177: Investing in the blue economy

This week in ESG: Mark Dalio lays out a viable pathway to investing in oceans

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Coal consumption growth in South-east Asia will lead the world until 2030, says the International Energy Agency.
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Issue 176: Indonesia’s U-turn on coal phase-out; climate scenarios caught in paper retraction

This week in ESG: Cancellation of coal plant’s early retirement jeopardises multilateral programme; Retracted study used to model climate damage by central banks

Alinta’s indirect emissions exceed Sembcorp’s mostly due to contracted power purchased from a coal plant.
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Issue 175: Sembcorp courts still-brown Alinta; Asia can’t let coal go

This week in ESG: Sembcorp to buy Australian utility A$6.5 billion; coal phase-out fizzling out in Asia

Key Asian utilities mostly meet only some or fail expectations in addressing climate risk, says a new report.
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Issue 174: Asian utilities ill-prepared for climate risk; compliance sparks demand for carbon credits

This week in ESG: MSCI, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change analyse power sector’s exposure to climate damage; carbon exchange Climate Impact X launches Corsia contract

East Asia and South-east Asia are key regions with large pipelines of potential coal phase-out projects, a study finds.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 173: Coal confronts imperfect pathways; COP30 leaves world wanting more

This week in ESG: Coal Transition Commission tackles scaling solutions; COP30 wraps up with adaptation target

Singapore and Indonesia use different criteria for financing the early retirement of coal plants.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 172: Asean Taxonomy’s unfinished business; data centres encroach on palm oil

This week in ESG: Asean launches complete version of sustainable finance criteria; Malaysian plantations to build green data centres

Developed countries committed US$26 billion of adaptation finance for developing nations in 2023, says Unep.
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ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 171: COP30 turns spotlight on adaptation; MAS pushes forward on transition credits

This week in ESG: Climate negotiators tackle adaptation finance, indicators; industry coalition issues final report on carbon credits for early retirement of coal plants

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