Singapore-Denmark tie-up spurs innovation for greater good

WHILE we are facing one of our generation's greatest challenges, a larger crisis is lurking in the background. As we work hard to overcome the pandemic, we cannot afford to lose sight of the much greater threat to our economic, developmental and societal gains as we know them: climate change.

Covid-19 has undermined the foundation for many companies and industries. It has turned our daily lives upside down. But despite the upheavals, the virus outbreak has brought about two positive consequences.

The first is a taste of the air that we could breathe in a low-carbon future. Clearer skies, disappearing smog and thriving ecosystems have given us a glimpse of how the environment may come to life when consumptions are balanced and emissions reduced. In a sense, we are rolling out the largest pollution experiment right now - and it is working.