When global consensus can no longer be assumed, what does credible climate and economic leadership look like for Singapore — and for Asia?
Asia Pacific generates 60 per cent of global GDP, yet the region is contending with what the UN has called a "triple crisis": climate impacts, mounting debt and biodiversity loss, just as geopolitical tensions and shifting trade alignments fracture the multilateral consensus that once underpinned economic cooperation. The pressure on Asian economies to chart their own course toward resilient, low-carbon growth has never been greater.
In this fireside chat, Guest-of-honour Jeffrey Siow, Minister for Transport, Second Minister for Finance for Singapore who oversees Singapore's air, land and sea transport as well as its fiscal and economic strategy, joins Jessica Cheam to discuss what credible leadership on the transition looks like when global cooperation can no longer be assumed.
The conversation will explore what it takes for Asia to move from ambition to implementation, and what role Asian nations like Singapore can play in holding the transition together when the old playbook no longer applies.
This is a joint session of Unlocking Capital for Sustainability Singapore and IMPACT WEEK 2026.
