Government

• [New] The Shanghai government says that it will go all out to save energy and reduce green house gas emissions in its power and steel sector as well as chemical industry in a bid to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2025.
• [New] Although there is great variation within and across Asia in terms of commitment to climate action, governments are increasingly aware of the risks of climate change.
• [New] At the beginning of March, the federal government and Germany's 16 federal states agreed that each state could reopen slowly in stages depending on the rate of new COVID infections.
• [New] If the Biden administration does overrule the ITC decision, it might send a signal to other companies that the U.S. will look the other way on intellectual property disputes when jobs or other policy goals are at stake.
• [New] The US government said last month it will no longer distribute bamlanivimab for use on its own because of a sustained increase in coronavirus variants in the United States.
• [New] Corporations have been making money in Earth orbit for half a century and will continue to lead innovation in space, creating opportunities and challenges for governments.
• [New] The New Zealand government has introduced several policies to lower emissions during its second term including promising to make its pubic sector carbon-neutral by 2025 and buy only zero-emissions public transport buses from the middle of this decade.
• [New] Beyond SDG 16, reengaging with the larger overarching framework offers the U.S. government the opportunity to reinforce shared norms and practices.
• [New] Today's decision by the government of Japan is a milestone that will help pave the way for continued progress in the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
• [New] External risks, stemming from the fragile global economic recovery, include weak demand for RMG products and reduced employment of Bangladesh's overseas workforce.
• [New] The fragile outlook for the global economic recovery adds external risks, if it impacts demand for RMG products and employment of Bangladesh's overseas workforce.
• [New] The logistics industry, including road transport, is fully committed to achieving net-zero transport emissions by 2050, but government must also recognise the vital role it must play.
• [New] In the next few months, the US Air Force will award contracts to two companies to perform national security launches for the next five years.
• [New] The emerging economies in South and Southeast Asia will be hot destinations for investments because of its attractive markets, growth opportunities, and opening up policies.
• [New] India has to prepare itself through its policies, politics and internal rearrangements to seize and realise the single biggest global opportunity of leading a global effort to mitigate emissions of the future.
• [New] Netanyahu has for years described Iran as an existential threat to his nation due to Iran's alleged pursuit of a nuclear weapon and its support for militant groups like Lebanon's Hezbollah.
• [New] To move toward a global recovery will require sustained, differentiated, and targeted financial and technical support to governments and the private sector.
• [New] Depending on the level of non-U.S. ownership of a venture capital fund and whether non-U.S. parties manage a VC fund, transactions may require filings with the U.S. government, with the risk that the U.S. government will disapprove transactions or cause prior transactions to be unwound.
• [New] The Scottish Government has plans to increase the number of hectares of woodland to 15,000 per year by 2025.
• [New] The Liberal state government in South Australia is betting the future on batteries and says it will be 100% net renewable by 2030.
• [New] If state regulators do not rein in oil and gas emissions, California will not meet its legislative mandate of lowering greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

Last updated: 14 April 2021