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Welcome to the fifth edition of Singapore FinTech Festival and SWITCH.
More than 60,000 participants from over 130 countries have joined us in the world s first week-long-round-the-clock hybrid digital and physical event.
Let me also welcome participants of the Milken Institute Asia Summit joining us.
FinTech as a Force for Good
We are in the
midst of three global crises – a pandemic; a recession; and climate change.
Covid-19 has infected 67 million people and taken the lives of 1.5 million across the world.
The global economy has plunged into its worst recession since the Second World War.
One in five people in the world were affected by climate disasters in the last decade.
15 December 2020
Imperial students have collaborated with students from Tsinghua University in Beijing to devise solutions for the smart cities of the future.
Imperial’s Enterprise Lab partnered with Tsinghua University’s x-lab in Beijing to hold the Innovating Smart Cities Hackathon 2020, a unique opportunity to collaborate across borders. The aim of the week-long hackathon was to devise innovative solutions to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Alongside the hackathon competition, attendees also had the opportunity to hear a series of keynote speeches and panel discussions, on various themes related to smart cities.
Making cities inclusive
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Indian firms risk losing billions of dollars in renewable energy transition
Coal-dependent companies in India are falling behind as the world shifts to greener energy, posing broader risks to the fifth largest economy.
The report highlights that the cost of solar power has fallen well below the cost of new fossil-fuel power. The shift towards solar poses significant challenges for firms whose revenues depend on coal.
The authors of the report use scenarios to quantify financial risks facing three large companies: Coal India, Indian Railways, and NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation). The report indicates at least US$9 billion in free cash flow is at risk for these companies over the next decade. The analysis does not consider the introduction of a domestic carbon tax.