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How e-mobility can power Thailand to net zero
Oped, Published on 08/07/2021
» Thailand's rich natural resources have been helping driving the country's economic growth for decades. Minerals -- from tin, gypsum, natural gas and coal, not to mention teeming forests -- have been exploited and minted many businessmen in the kingdom. Yet, there is something rarely tapped into, despite being relatively cheap and abundant, and that is sunshine. Solar energy is a natural resource that has been here in abundance yet it has been taken for granted for so long.
Asia needs bolder climate action
Oped, Published on 23/06/2021
» As Asia and the Pacific confronts and recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, we must continue our pursuit of sustainable development and take action on global climate change, the existential challenge of our time.
Crypto: A curse worse than cash
Oped, Kenneth Rogoff, Published on 11/06/2021
» Ransomware -- a type of malicious software that restricts access to a computer system until a ransom is paid -- is not a good look for cryptocurrencies. Proponents of these digital coins would rather point to celebrity investors such as Tesla founder Elon Musk, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, star football quarterback Tom Brady, or actress Maisie Williams (Arya in Game of Thrones). But recent ransomware attacks, and cryptocurrencies' central role in enabling them, are a public relations disaster.
Thailand's key role in tackling climate emergency
Oped, Published on 05/06/2021
» Friends and allies are coming together to support Thailand in taking bold action on climate change. Less than a year after Thailand experienced its worst drought in 40 years, forest fires wreaked havoc in Chiang Mai for the third consecutive year in 2021, contributing to toxic air quality. This is not a coincidence -- increased fires are just one example of how climate change is already impacting Thai people. In fact, Thailand is among the 10 countries most impacted by extreme weather events linked to climate change.
Shifting climate costs to the world's poor
Oped, Bjorn Lomborg, Published on 28/05/2021
» To tackle climate change, rich nations are promising to end fossil fuel use in 29 years. As this becomes excruciatingly costly, the G7 is now thinking about making the world's poor pay for it. That will go badly.
Renewables are the future
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/05/2021
» A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) to slash its greenhouse gas emissions in a landmark victory with good implications for energy production and consumption worldwide.
A climate tipping point we want
Oped, Published on 19/05/2021
» Like most worthwhile pursuits, reducing carbon pollution comes with costs. If it didn't, climate change wouldn't be a problem in the first place -- at least not from a narrow economic perspective. But climate change, and what it demands of us, is also a deeply political issue. Now that the direct economic costs of climate action have declined, the debate is shifting to the political and social difficulties of moving away from fossil fuels and toward a low-carbon, high-efficiency world.
US and China's healthier rivalry
Oped, Published on 04/05/2021
» 'This is the decade that we must make decisions to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis," said US President Joe Biden on Thursday 22 April at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate held by the White House.
Green consumer taxes can work
Oped, Published on 30/04/2021
» Many governments, aiming to foster a green and inclusive post-pandemic recovery, have embraced the slogan "Build Back Better". So far, policymakers have focused on increasing public spending in ways that address climate and environmental challenges while also creating jobs. But fiscal conservatives worry that the rising tide of red ink will drown economies in debt and lead to a financial-market backlash.
Who'll pay for energy transition?
Oped, Published on 29/04/2021
» The transition from a fossil-fuel dominated energy system to one with zero emissions would require trillions of dollars of investment in new production, distribution and consumption equipment worldwide.