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Eyes in the sky, tougher rules turn spotlight on big climate polluters

Mandating disclosures can enhance scrutiny and ensure corporations are incentivised to get emissions down.

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As governments and companies pledge tough targets to cut emissions, transparency is becoming essential to monitor progress.

As governments and companies pledge tough targets to cut emissions, transparency is becoming essential to monitor progress.

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Satellite monitoring and tougher climate reporting regulations for companies are set to bring greater transparency on greenhouse gas emissions from big polluters around the globe, including Singapore.

That means emissions data from refineries, power plants, factories and even airports are set to become more accurate and open to scrutiny.

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