SINGAPORE — The Government will use a combination of sources to fund the S$100 billion needed over the coming decades to mitigate rising sea levels caused by climate change, said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in response to TODAY’s queries. During Sunday’s (Aug 18) National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong outlined various climate […]

While Singapore hopes never to go to war, it cannot avoid taking on another threat to the country’s existence: climate change. Sea levels will rise, posing a grave threat to the low-lying island, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The only question is when. He estimates it will cost $100 billion or more, over […]

SINGAPORE: Climate change is one of the gravest challenges the human race faces and Singapore is already feeling its impact – which is likely to worsen over the next few decades, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Aug 18). “Climate change may seem abstract and distant for many of us, but it is […]

Kuala Lumpur (CNN Business)The world is heating up, making us rethink not just how we live but where we live and work too. Buildings account for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and more renewable energy will be needed to meet targets mandated by the Paris climate accord, according to Architecture 2030, a nonprofit group that […]

We are all going to have to count the cost of climate change one way or another. If it is not the huge economic cost of implementing the correct mitigation strategy, it is the dire cost of coping with the impact. One part of that statement is incorrect, and it is not the part you […]

At his fourth State of the Nation address, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced policies to advance renewable energy deployment to tap the archipelago’s enormous solar, wind, hydropower, ocean and biomass potential. ne President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to fast-track a transition to renewable energy from coal use is a welcome move for most civil society groups and the […]

On July 20, Darell, who is also International Trade and Industry Minister, witnessed Penampang District Council join the 10,000-member coalition Global Covenant of Mayors (GcoM) for Climate and Energy at the Kinabalu Hyatt Regency. Also present was Local Government and Housing Minister, Datuk Jaujan Sambakong. Immediately, this puts Penampang on GCoM’s massive worldwide team who […]

WHETHER it is due to water or electricity cuts, Malaysians are now being compelled to examine the way we generate and use the energy, water and other resources available to us. With regard to energy, how can Malaysians take further proactive action to encourage more efficient use of it? Total energy consumption in this country […]

HCM City (VNA) – Denmark has considerable experience in green and sustainable development and is willing to share with Vietnam, said Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam Louise Holmsgaard on July 26. During an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City to introduce the European country’s pump products and solutions, which was jointly held […]