https://www.scmp.com/rss/515966/feed Wing Thye Woo, vice-president for Asia at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Davis and a research professor at Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur and Fudan University in Shanghai. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Greenhouse gas emissions from transport have more than doubled since 1970 and are now the second-largest contributors to climate change. Countries must find a way to decouple demand for transport with carbon dioxide emissions. Rail transports about 7 per cent of global passengers and 6 per cent of global freight but accounts for only around 1 per cent of transport emissions – despite diesel providing 53 per cent of the energy that powers the global rail industry. Road freight is the biggest... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3240929/why-railways-are-southeast-asias-answer-decarbonisation-and-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3240929/why-railways-are-southeast-asias-answer-decarbonisation-and-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Nov 2023 01:30:18 +0000 Tensions between the United States and China have reached such a high level that the Group of 7 (G7) recently changed its objective in its relations with China from “decoupling” to “de-risking”. But the reality is that de-risking, like decoupling, requires the participation of both sides and a common agenda. And while the objective of de-risking might be clear, its substance is not, besides keeping communication channels open. The first step towards a productive dialogue is to recognise that the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3224694/decouple-us-china-competition-trade-tech-and-geostrategy-ease-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3224694/decouple-us-china-competition-trade-tech-and-geostrategy-ease-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:30:08 +0000