S1E79: Plugging Asia’s sustainability investment gap

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


The world is now in the midst of the great green transition.
Countries are looking for ways to reduce their emissions, and
grow their economies in a way that will not harm the environment.
But according to the Asian Development Bank, developing economies
in Asia are finding it difficult to finance a green, inclusive
recovery.  


In this episode, The Straits Times’ environment correspondent
Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss the
sustainability investment gap in Asia, and how to narrow it, with
Ms Valerie Kwan, who oversees corporate and investor initiatives
at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).


Highlights (click/tap above):


01:31 The current investment gap in Asia 


05:12 Reasons behind sustainability investment gap 


07:48 Standards on what constitutes green investments: Why this
is important 


13:33 What is blended finance?


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Hadyu Rahim


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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