S1E48: Green Finance 101 (Pt 2) - Understanding carbon services & Singapore's potential to be a leader: Green Pulse Ep 48

Green Pulse Ep 48: Green Finance 101 (Pt 2) - Understanding
carbon services & Singapore's potential to be a leader


15:22 mins


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 in this podcast
series.


Singapore is charting a more sustainable future for itself, and
has identified growth opportunities in carbon services.


In this second part of a two-part series on green finance, ST
environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor
David Fogarty discuss this issue with Mr Eugene Wong, chief
executive of the Sustainable Finance Institute Asia in Malaysia,
as well as Mr Anders Nordheim, who is senior vice-president for
Asia sustainable finance at the World Wild Fund for Nature
Singapore (WWF-Singapore).


Learn more about what carbon services are, and why Singapore is
in a good position to take a lead in this area.


They discuss the following points:
What are carbon services? (1:05)  The case for and against
carbon credits (4:30)  How carbon services can provide a
business case for nature conservation (5:54)   Why Singapore
is an ideal hub for carbon services (8:34)  Future of green
finance (13:30)

Listen to Pt 1 - Green Finance 101: Directing capital to meet
climate goals:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/green-finance-101-directing-capital-to-meet-climat


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


Edited by: Adam Azlee


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