Singapore International Energy Week | 22 October

Seeing Green as the new investment

By WEF | 5 April 2013

To support a future global population of 9 billion people, over US$5.7 trillion a year will need to be invested in global infrastructure, estimates The Green Investment Report.

Is 2015 the new Copenhagen? How the UNFCCC process risks falling into faulty patterns

By J Jackson Ewing and Gianna Gayle Amul, RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies | 14 February 2013

Failures from the climate change talks in 2009 at Copenhagen were brought to mind during the UN climate talks in Doha last December. The process of working out agreements, emissions targets, striking bargains between developed and developing countries on funding and more, is arduous. What can UNFCCC participants do to avoid falling into the faulty patterns of Copenhagen and Doha in 2015?

The Green Climate Fund: An opportunity to rationalise climate finance?

By Gianna Gayle Amul, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies | 14 December 2012

Is the new Green Climate Fund (GCF) set to be yet another unwieldy addition to the climate finance web? This article argues that its promise lies in the possibility that it could help rationalise the overly complex climate finance architecture, and in the process tackle the critical problems seen in current funding arrangements.

Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods

By TED Talks | Reposted 3 October 2012

Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) and how it might power the future.

5Qs with Accenture's Arthur Hanna

By EMA staff | 21 September 2012

Accenture's Global Energy Industry Managing Director shares what he thinks about challenges in Asia Pacific's hot capital projects markets, the role of gas as a future fuel, and other energy insights.

Accenture's Global Energy Industry MD shares insights, from challenges in Asia Pacific's hot capital projects markets to the role of gas as a future fuel. More

5Qs with BMW Asia's Neil Fiorentinos

By EMA staff | 20 September 2012

From sustainability and transportation to CO2 emissions, BMW Asia Group's Managing Director shares how governments, corporate and individuals can all play a part.

From sustainability in transportation to CO2 emissions, BMW Asia Group's MD shares how governments, corporates and individuals can all play a part. More

Greening the smog: A case of China

By Economist Intelligence Unit | 13 August 2012

China has taken active steps to promote green policies and renewable energy, but a deeper look into the regime reveals old habits that continue to drive economic growth and the environmental problems that plague the country.