Mark L. Clifford

October 30, 2015

2015 Chris Welles Prize interview

Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford discussed in an interview the book The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency. He was awarded the 2015 Chris Welles Prize by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism for describing the environmental cost of Asia’s growth.

October 12, 2015

Hong Kong Utility Executive On Paris Climate Talks: ‘The World Doesn’t Want Another Failure’

Business is getting tired of waiting for climate negotiators to get their act together on pricing carbon, says Richard Lancaster, the CEO of CLP Holdings. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

September 30, 2015

China’s Xi Jinping Announces Cap-and-Trade Carbon Program: Will it Work?

China’s President Xi Jinping won kudos for announcing on his state visit to Washington, D.C. in late September that China will by 2017 enact a cap-and-trade system designed to cut carbon emissions. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

September 10, 2015

Indonesia’s Forest Fires Choke Malaysia, Singapore: ‘Burning Land….Just for Fun’

Planes can’t land, schools are closed, states of emergency imposed and the Indonesian President Joko Widodo makes a surprise visit to still-smoking South Sumatra. This is the new normal for Southeast Asian summers — choking haze from Indonesian forest fires. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

September 3, 2015

China’s Economic Slowdown: We May Have Seen Peak Coal

The coal market has known that China’s economy has been slowing even before the recent bout of stock market turbulence. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

August 15, 2015

Huawei: Chinese Telecoms Giant Says Its Growth Will Be Green

Huawei is one of those really big Chinese companies that should be better known in the rest of the world. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

August 12, 2015

Xinjiang Goldwind: The Profits Are Blowin’ In The Wind

When China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. Ltd., successfully floated its first U.S. dollar debt offering in July, I decided to take another look at the company. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

May 11, 2015

California’s drought is Asia’s nightmare

If the technology capital of America cannot manage its water, what hope is there for Asia? By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

April 28, 2015

The Greening of Asia: Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency

Asia is enduring an environmental nightmare. In China alone, air pollution kills 1.2 million people a year. Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford gave a talk on what is needed to start cleaning up the mess in China and throughout Asia. The talk was covered by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club.

April 27, 2015

Fair Winds Law Means Better Air For Hong Kong

Hong Kongers will breathe a bit more easily after July 1. That’s when container ships and cruise liners at one of the world’s busiest ports will have to switch to low-sulphur fuel. By Asia Business Council Executive Director Mark Clifford.

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