Climate change conference/COP

Who pays for a climate-ready Singapore? Navigating the multi-billion bill for adaptation efforts

To protect itself from rising sea levels alone, Singapore estimates that it must spend $100 billion over the long-term.

Commentary

Funding gap stretches wide at the scene of Sri Lanka’s cyclone tragedy

hssrilanka - Landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah toppled buildings and destroyed plantations still left their mark throughout the area, with mounds of upturned soil and broken pieces of concrete seen strewn by the wayside.
ST PHOTO: AZIM AZMAN

Green Pulse Podcast

Why Greta Thunberg’s shock protests in Venice can backfire

Fight over fossil fuels torpedoes key text of UN environment report

Major oil producers Saudi Arabia and the US have opposed phasing out fossil fuels, which are used to make plastic.

Commentary

What a visit to the Amazon during COP30 taught this S’pore youth delegate about climate action

Zaheer Abdul Malik, a NUS undergraduate, outside the COP30 venue in Belem, Brazil.

What impact will UN climate conference COP30 have on South-east Asia?

The conference ended more than 26 hours late.

Commentary

COP30 was marked by fire and doused in rain. But UN climate summits can still work

People using fire extinguishers to put out a fire at COP30 on Nov 20.

Stormy weather ahead, and ASEAN has no choice but to adapt

A road is covered in water in a flood-affected village in Indonesia on Dec 2.

Experts work on UN climate report amid US pushback

The United Nations now says the world is set to breach the 1.5 deg C warming limit earlier than feared.

The real failure on climate didn’t happen in Brazil

Protesters wearing masks depicting world leaders in Belem, Brazil, on Nov 20.

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