Conducive environments critical to unlocking finance for South-east Asia’s green transition: Panellists

SINGAPORE – The South-east Asian region needs over a trillion dollars to meet its 2030 climate change targets, but unlocking the funding needed to cut emissions would require governments to develop conducive regulatory and policy environments to give investors the confidence to take the plunge.

This was a key theme that emerged from the first day of Ecosperity Week, a sustainability conference convened by Singapore’s investment company, Temasek, and held from April 15 to 17 at Marina Bay Sands.

Speaking at a panel discussion on April…