Commentaries

Commentary: Learning from past year’s forest fires in Southeast Asia

By Simon Tay, Wu Hui Juan and Aaron Choo For The Straits Times Fires have…

March 17, 20201 min

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Commentary: Next steps to finance a green economy

By Simon Tay and Lau Xin Yi For The Business Times Opportunities to grow the…

November 19, 20196 min

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Commentary: A climate for change

By Simon Tay Despite sceptics – most notably US President Donald Trump – people today…

October 18, 20197 min

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Commentary: Transforming climate risks into opportunities

By Simon Tay and Lau Xin Yi For The Business Times The recent Singapore National…

September 3, 20196 min

Insights

Making Infrastructure Financing and Public-Private Partnership Work for Asia and the Pacific

The lack of good quality, adequate infrastructure has been a long-standing challenge in Asia and…

August 19, 20196 min

Commentaries

Commentary: Ending coal financing, and jump-starting sustainability

By Simon Tay and Lau Xin Yi All major Singapore banks recently announced that they…

May 31, 20195 min

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Commentary: Malaysian minister’s criticism of Singapore Zoo shows why we need consensus on sustainable palm oil

By Simon Tay and Liyana Othman For TODAY Sustainable development requires cooperation and a balance…

May 16, 20197 min

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Commentary: Why severe haze may return in 2019 and how to mitigate the risk

By Simon Tay, Wu Huijuan and Aaron Choo For TODAY A Haze Outlook developed by…

May 16, 20196 min

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Commentary: Making sustainable consumption of palm oil the norm in Asia

By Chen Chen Lee and Lau Xin Yi For The Jakarta Post Relations between the…

April 11, 20191 min

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Commentary: Thailand must take action for cleaner air in Asean

By Simon Tay and Liyana Othman For Bangkok Post When complaints are made about the haze crisis…

April 5, 20196 min

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Commentary: Sustainability is gaining traction as a business move

By Simon Tay and Wu Hui Juan For The Business Times Singapore is now one…

March 7, 20195 min

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Commentary: EU’s palm oil curb may hurt campaign to save forests

By Simon Tay and Liyana Othman For The Straits Times As the global community seeks…

December 20, 20187 min