Are ASEAN banks ignoring climate change?
ASEAN banks are not doing enough to tackle climate change and environmental degradation. Largely unaware of the climate-related risks embedded in their portfolios, most of them do not have a strategy to manage these risks.
Big problem if Singapore doesn't think ahead on climate change: PM Lee
After Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the Government will spend an estimated $100 billion in the long term to protect Singapore from rising sea levels, some people asked him: Why not take those funds to help the needy now?
ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting welcomed the first ASEAN Climate Change and Energy Project
The 37th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) was held on 04 September 2019 in Bangkok. Prime Minister His Excellency General Prayut Chan-ocha presided over the opening ceremony of the 37th AMEM and Associated Meeting and ASEAN Energy Business Forum under the concept of “Advancing Energy Transition Through Partnership and Innovation”, collaborate in developing ASEAN energy innovation in the era of energy transition into a sustainable energy era At Crystal A Room, The Athenee Hotel, Bangkok.
Temasek CEO argues against proposed approach to tackle climate change, says more data is required
Yesterday, the CEO of Temasek Holdings Ho Ching shared an article published on Today that outlines several measures Singapore can embrace to be active in the fight against climate change. The article, written by Group Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Sindicatum Sustainable Resources, Assaad W Razzouk proposed that the government mandate temperature settings in buildings, […]
New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta
Editor’s Note (10/16/19): This article has been edited after posting for inclusion in the November 2019 issue of Scientific American. A stunning 12 million people could be forced to retreat from rising seas in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta within half a century. Geographer Philip Minderhoud and his colleagues at Utrecht University in the Netherlands arrived at […]
ACCEPT in the ASEAN Cooperation on Climate Change
Singapore – Southeast Asia is a region highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly increased flooding in the context of sea-level rise, whereby approximately millions of people along the coasts will likely be at risk from flooding. According to the IPCC special report, “Global Warming of 1.5 oC”, the temperature has been increasing at a rate of 0.14°C to 0.20°C per decade since the 1960s across Southeast Asia, which coupled with a rising number of hot days and warm nights, and a decline in cooler weather. In addition, with 2°C of warming by 2040 in this region, this could lead to a decline by one-third in per capita crop production associated with general decreases in crop yields.
Multiple Game Plan for ASEAN in Tackling Climate Change
Multiple Game Plan for ASEAN in Tackling Climate Change
Climate calamities will make Asia’s poorest people poorer—UN
Climate disasters in Asia-Pacific hit poor and marginalised communities the hardest, pushing them further into poverty, a new UN report has found. How can governments break the vicious cycle between poverty, inequality and disaster?
