Japan has avoided imposing sanctions on Myanmar or withdrawing from key infrastructure investments. This is despite calls for the country to place financial pressure on the Tatmadaw, following the military takeover in February. In an interview with Bloomberg, Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman of the...
30 years ago, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines rocked the planet with a series of eruptions. The eruption on 15 June 1991, the largest recorded in the past century, blew ash to Singapore which hung in the air for three weeks. Recalling the event, Associate Professor...
More countries and regions are starting to see the appeals of a climate-based approach, with many significant net-zero announcements by nations such as the UK, Japan, China, South Korea, Japan, the US and the European Union bloc. Ms. Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment,...
Even amid a global push towards renewable energy, work to stop carbon emissions and deforestation needs to continue, and efforts must be made to implement nature-based climate solutions, an expert panel said at the 8th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources (SDSWR) last Tuesday, 25...