Opinion Pieces

July 5, 2022
If there was ever a time to rethink the way food is produced, distributed and consumed, it is now.… Read More

April 19, 2022
From solar farms to carbon capture, PUB (Singapore’s National Water Agency) is looking at all ways and means to meet rising demand for water while keeping down carbon emissions.… Read More

March 22, 2022
World Water Day, which falls on March 22, is an occasion to reflect on how we manage this vital resource amid the uncertainties of climate change. PUB is tackling the challenge with an array of digital approaches, from radar rainfall monitoring to robotic swans.… Read More

November 24, 2021
Singapore is at the forefront of nearly all countries that have formulated a long-term plan for managing climate change and is steadfastly implementing that plan.… Read More

November 12, 2021
The speed, scale and span of the economic and social transformation of China during the past 40-odd years have been unprecedented in human history.… Read More

October 26, 2021
COP26 will start in Glasgow, 31 October to 12 November 2021. The event will bring together governments to accelerate actions to achieve the goals that were unanimously agreed to in the Paris Agreement during COP21, in 2015.… Read More

October 19, 2021
Globally, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent due to a warming planet which is changing climates. While scientifically it is still not possible to say if a specific climatic event was intensified by global warming, and, if so, by how much, the overall trajectory of available scientific evidence during the last two decades is becoming increasingly clear.… Read More

October 8, 2021
China has proven all the doomsayers wrong. It has not slid into stagnation like Japan or the Republic of Korea, as the doomsayers had predicted, because of two key factors.… Read More

July 9, 2021
The 1920s were not a good time for China. Its 400 million people mainly lived in rural areas, mired in poverty. The government of the day couldn’t do much to improve the lives of the Chinese people. The Chinese people faced poverty and famine. The reform and opening-up initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s totally changed the economic and social development trajectories of China.… Read More

June 30, 2021
While competition can foster innovation, in the current global crisis, concerns about intellectual property protection and efforts to cultivate diplomatic loyalties through vaccine provision can obstruct the type of cross-border collaboration needed.… Read More