Tracking the emerging technological, commercial, political and social revolution that is greening China’s red-hot economy.
Posted in automotive, capital and finance, transportation on Sep 27th, 2008
Legendary investor Warren Buffet has had a busy, busy, busy week. (That’s one “busy” for each of the high profile deals he has made and he certainly deserves to take a seat after that, as pictured, if even for a brief moment.)
In the midst of a financial meltdown in Wall Street, Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway made [...]
Posted in automotive, energy efficiency, transportation, uncategorized on Sep 26th, 2008
Consider this fact. March 29, 2008 was Earth Hour, a global campaign in which 50 million people across 370 cities and towns and 35 countries, including Singapore, switched off their lights for one hour starting at 8:00 pm to demonstrate a collective concern on the paramount issue of climate change. And guess what organizers of [...]
Posted in automotive, climate change, coal, energy efficiency, government, green hops, policy, solar, transportation, water, wind on Sep 22nd, 2008
Cleantech news has been slow on The Green Leap Forward lately, so we play catchup on recent developments in the sector over the past two months…
Efficiency is King. Energy efficiency continues to be the clean energy policy priority of Beijing. New regulations governing energy efficiency in civil construction projects are on the cards, [...]
Posted in energy efficiency, governance on Sep 18th, 2008
Modern Japan is touted the most energy efficient economy in the world as well as a pioneer of electronic innovation, and increasingly, cleantech innovation as evidenced by the likes of its world leading solar companies like Sharp and Kyocera and the likes of Toyota for fuel efficient cars. Recently, Japan announced that it would revive [...]
Posted in climate change, policy on Sep 9th, 2008
An influential voice from within calls for hard carbon emission targets.
A prominent policy academic has urged China to bind itself to carbon emission reductions. The substance of the academic’s message is not new–that as a (the?) world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases, China should take active steps to curb emissions. What is new is that [...]
Posted in government, policy, wind on Sep 4th, 2008
I was recently interviewed by Social Bridges, a relatively new but excellent blog on sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The interview touched on various topics, including the following question on China (followed by my response):
Q: As your main focus is on China, what’s your take on the sustainability/greener efforts in your country and are you [...]
