China lags in efforts to achieve 2025 green steel goals, analysts say
CHINA is falling short when it comes to decarbonising its huge steel industry, with slowing demand, low recycling rates and lingering overcapacity...
Pressure builds for charge on global shipping sector’s CO2 emissions
THE European Union, Canada, Japan and climate-vulnerable Pacific Island states are among 47 countries rallying support for a charge on the international...
Australia to miss 2030 climate goal by couple years, Oxford says
AUSTRALIA’S carbon emissions are not dropping fast enough to reach its 2030 climate target, Oxford Economics said, as the rollout of renewable...
Nato chief says climate change undermines global security
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a “crisis multiplier” with...
Voluntary carbon markets are making progress – even if official ones aren’t
IT HAS been eight years since the Paris Agreement’s endorsement of carbon markets as a tool for efficient decarbonisation, which paved the...
Singapore’s healthcare industry moving to measure carbon emissions
A LOCAL research institute is working on the first assessment of carbon emissions in Singapore’s healthcare industry. This includes hospitals, polyclinics and...
Starbucks drops executive pay package tied to inclusion goals amid conservative pressure
STARBUCKS shareholders approved a plan to drop a bonus tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals for its executives and replace...
Pessimism for ‘net zero by 2050’ grows as executives grapple with poor ROI prospects: Bain
NET zero by 2050? Fewer executives on the frontlines of the world’s energy transition now view this as realistic, as 62 per...
Shell weakens climate targets with growing bet on gas
SHELL weakened a 2030 carbon reduction target and scrapped a “perilous” 2035 objective, citing expectations for strong gas demand and uncertainty in...
A simpler solution is needed in tracking financed emissions from early coal retirement
SUSTAINABLE finance in South-east Asia looks set to be entering its next phase as major banks shift their stance slightly on how...