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ARTICLE · 09 JANUARY 2023

Singapore Green Energy Transition – Recent Developments

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This post delivers updates on some of the key recent developments in Singapore's energy transition landscape, building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts...

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This post delivers updates on some of the key recent developments in Singapore's energy transition landscape, building on Akin Gump's previous coverage on Singapore's efforts to develop its green transition initiative1 and following on from our insights into the Asia Climate Summit 2022.

Article 6 Implementation Partnership

Singapore joined the Article 6 Implementation Partnership as a member country at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt, which aims to foster the trade of carbon credits and thereby advance the implementation of carbon markets around the world through coordination of international capacity-building efforts.2

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