Two years since the Paris Agreement, many ASEAN countries are placing increasing emphasis on combating climate change and its adverse impacts. Governments have started to invest in improving air and water quality, low-carbon transport, and better use of resources to shift towards green growth. We...
On 18 May 2018, we held our 5th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. Here's some extracts from the media coverage, focusing on comments by Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning Bambang Brojonegoro about how skies in the region will remain...
Date :18 May 2018 This report focuses on the prospects of providing green finance to independent smallholders in Indonesia’s agricultural sector, especially those in oil palm. It begins by considering why independent smallholders are important and some of the key challenges they face. Benefits of financing independent...
Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release ASEAN governments and corporates increasingly implement green growth approachesAt the 5th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources, ASEAN leaders highlight deepening partnerships and financing for sustainable growth Singapore, 18th May 2018: As climate change intensifies, ASEAN countries are increasingly adopting green growth, which...
Climate Action: Seeding Green Growth and Resilience in ASEAN Two years since the Paris Agreement, many ASEAN countries are placing increasing emphasis on combating climate change and its adverse impacts. Governments have started to invest in improving air and water quality, low-carbon transport, and better use...
May 2018 | After 60 years of rule under the Barisan Nasional (BN), Malaysians elected a new coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH) to lead the country. The outcome was unexpected; most observers had judged that BN’s tricks – especially the use of gerrymandering, money politics and postal...
The Singapore Institute of International Affairs would like to congratulate Dr. Yeo Lay Hwee, Director, European Union Centre in Singapore, for winning the inaugural Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Diversity Creates Award 1997-2017. Dr. Yeo is concurrently Council Secretary and Senior Research Fellow at the SIIA. The ASEF...
The US and China are currently engaged in trade negotiations, but can a deal be struck before the first round of tariffs take effect? On 10 May 2018, we held an evening talk with Amb. Michael W. Michalak, Former US Ambassador to Vietnam and Senior...
By Simon Tay For The Business Times A BLACK SWAN has landed in Malaysia. The newly-minted Pakatan Harapan (PH or Alliance of Hope) has won a majority in the elections and, led by Dr Mahathir Mohamad - the long time and iconic former PM - expects to...
By Simon Tay and Fawziah Selamat For The Business Times SUSTAINABILITY issues are still often seen as long-term concerns, rather than requiring urgent attention, despite the Paris agreement to take action to address climate change. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), there have also been...