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S’pore’s climate targets still ‘highly insufficient’, even after clean energy push: Research group
The new rating is an improvement from its previous one of “critically insufficient”.
Prioritise resilience when rebuilding after disasters, as extreme weather events worsen: UN official
Boosting resilience against the next disaster saves money and strengthens economies.
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COP27
Key takeaways from COP27 climate summit in Egypt
The two-week UN climate summit saw negotiations by nearly 200 nations about the future of global action on climate change.
COP27 explainer: What is 'Loss and Damage' compensation, and who should pay?
The phrase refers to costs already being incurred from climate-fuelled weather extremes or impacts.
Why UN Climate Change Conference COP27 matters for Singapore
Singapore is no small player in summits such as COP27 and can help steer the world to meet climate change targets.
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ST Explains: What are bilateral carbon credit pacts, and how do they benefit S’pore?
One carbon credit represents one tonne of CO2 that's prevented from being released into or removed from the atmosphere.
ST Explains: Will climate change increase the likelihood of lightning strikes in Singapore?
Singapore has one of the highest lightning strike rates in the world.
ST Explains: What causes turbulence and is climate change making it worse?
It's not uncommon to encounter in-flight turbulence, but such episodes can have severe consequences.
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Asia's energy transition
Australia approves $17.6 billion project to export solar power to Singapore
Project plans to ship energy from giant solar farm in the country’s north to Singapore through 4,300 km undersea cable.
Have CO2 emissions in China peaked? A 3% fall in March gives reason to hope
Record wind and solar capacity additions continued in the first quarter of 2024.
Climate science
S-E Asian typhoons to intensify faster, shift northwards
Coastal cities such as Bangkok, Yangon and Hai Phong are likely to bear the brunt of these more powerful cyclones.
Extreme wildfires have doubled in two decades: Study
Researchers identified 2,913 extreme events out of more than 30 million fires across the world..
Antarctic faces melting ‘tipping point’ as oceans warm: Study
The risk to sea-level rise comes when the accelerated melting outpaces the formation of new ice on the continent.
Clean Energy/ Solutions
Impacts and Nature
Global climate action has failed to halt deforestation, United Nations Environment Programme warns
The agency emphasised that forests are key in regulating climate, air and water quality.
Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows: Study
Record low sea-ice levels in 2023 contributed to the second-worst year for chick mortality since 2018.
Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event as climate change warms oceans
At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023.
Debt-for-nature swops could give $136 billion boost to climate fight, says report
Countries that collectively owed $587 billion received only $19 billion in climate finance.
Exploration of the deep sea has much to offer for science, but caution needed for mining of its resources
Deep sea mining could compromise marine life at those depths, of which much is still unknown.
Climate finance
Record debt costs mean climate spending could push nations to brink of insolvency
Nearly four dozen countries risk default if they invest the necessary amounts to hit Paris Agreement goals.
September 3 2024
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US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks
BEIJING - U.S. climate envoy John Podesta will visit China for three days from Wednesday to discuss climate change issues, the environment ministry said, as the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gas look to bridge gaps on issues such as finance.
ST Explains: What are transition credits and how can they help phase out the region’s dirty coal?
Transition credits come from closing coal plants earlier so less planet-warming gases are released into the atmosphere.
