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Articles by Ingrid van Wees
There Will Be a Next Pandemic. Innovative Finance Can Help Us Prepare.
About the author: Ingrid van Wees is a member of the board of the International Finance Facility for Immunization, and the former vice president for finance and risk management of the Asian Development Bank. Covid-19 has been the worst pandemic in 100 years. But the next global health emergency, which could involve a more transmissible or virulent virus, could be much worse. As many had predicted, the world was not prepared to prevent or respond to this crisis.
Taking the risk out of blue investments
IMAGES of dying or dead whales stuffed with plastics, sea turtles caught in fishing nets, and seagulls covered in oil underscore the perilous state of our oceans more powerfully than any statistics. More than 90% of global warming from 1971 to 2010 occurred in the oceans, resulting in massive destruction of marine life. If treated as a nation, oceans would have been valued at an estimated $24 trillion. Millions of people depend on ocean resources.
Time to ride the tide of blue ocean business
(SHI YU / CHINA DAILY) The global economy would not exist without the ocean. Ocean-based industries contribute US$1.5 trillion annually and hundreds of millions of jobs in fishing, shipping, marine tourism, and renewable energy. These economic services, however, are at risk due to unsustainable marine practices and overexploitation of ocean resources.
Navigating a rising tide of blue ocean business
Navigating a rising tide of blue ocean business By Ingrid Van Wees and Melissa Walsh The global economy would not exist without the ocean. Ocean-based industries contribute US$1.5 trillion annually and hundreds of millions of jobs in fishing, shipping, marine tourism, and renewable energy. These economic services, however, are at risk due to unsustainable marine practices and overexploitation of ocean resources.
Navigating a rising tide of blue ocean business
The global economy would not exist without the ocean. Ocean-based industries contribute USD 1.5 trillion annually and hundreds of millions of jobs in fishing, shipping, marine tourism, and renewable energy. These economic services, however, are at risk due to unsustainable marine practices and overexploitation of ocean resources.
Race to restore
‘UNPRECEDENTED’ might be judged the most used adjective of 2020. The end of the year brought one more occasion to use the word, when the leaders of 14 countries put forward a new ocean action agenda underpinned by sustainably managing 100 per cent of national waters. Asia-Pacific nations were well represented on the High Level Panel. This signals new or strengthened national policies that balance sustainable use of the ocean with the protection and restoration of the marine and coastal ecosystems.
OP-ED: Building Asia-Pacific's Sustainable Ocean Economy
If fully implemented, December’s pledge could kickstart an unprecedented shift toward ocean management Unprecedented might be just the most used adjective of 2020, and too often for dire reasons. Yet, the end of the year brought one more occasion to use the word, when the leaders of 14 countries put forward a new ocean action agenda underpinned by sustainably managing 100 per cent of national waters.
Catching the wave of blue finance
Ingrid van Wees | Published: November 19, 2020 21:23:54 Our oceans have been generous to us. They generate oxygen, help protect us from the sun's heat, provide food and livelihoods to millions of people, and serve humanity in myriad other ways. In return, we are destroying these nurseries for marine life by overharvesting fish and polluting the waters with untreated sewage and plastics. Marine ecosystems are now threatened by extinction.
Deep clean: How âblue financeâ can save our oceans
Environment By Ingrid van Wees Reprint | | Print | The worldâs oceans are under siege. Wide ranging projects and innovative financing are needed to clean up the seas before it is too late. Photo: Francesco Ricciardi Jan 14 2020 - Cleaning the worldâs oceans and keeping them clean is a gargantuan task that will involve far-reaching projects backed by innovative forms of financing The worldâs oceans are running out of breath.
Asian Reserve Managers Navigate Increasingly Complex Risks
The EAEU–Singapore Free Trade Agreement was signed at the EAEU summit in Yerevan on October 1, 2019. The document constituted the first step towards the creation of a comprehensive free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Singapore and, in addition to trade in goods, it will also regulate trade in services and the terms of investment.
Helping Bhutan’s SMEs is Critical for Women Empowerment
Moving forward, the world of borderless global business managed by monstrous-hyper-metadata, mysterious-artificial-intelligence and mandatory-cyber-security intertwined with mobilized-block-chain will soon become new reality.Who will own it, control it, what will drive it or destroy what or whom. Why it’s so critically important today on how and why century old businesses and institutions with global expertise and rich experiences are now extremely vulnerable.
Reducing gender gaps in Asia and Pacific essential to realizing region’s potential
This month, Malaysia celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence, led by 94-year old but digitally savvy Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Singapore also celebrated its 54th National Day this month, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking in Malay, Mandarin and English about how to prepare Singapore for climate change. At the 74th anniversary of Independence, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced an ambitious plan to move the capital from Jakarta to Borneo.
We need to deep clean the oceans. Here's how to pay for it
By Ingrid van Wees The world’s oceans are running out of breath. In the past 50 years, we have lost nearly half our coral reefs and mangrove forests and the size of marine populations has halved. A third of global fish stocks are already depleted. If these trends continue, it is estimated that there will be no stocks left for commercial fishing by 2048 in the Asia-Pacific region alone. By 2050, the oceans might contain more plastic than fish by weight and 90% of coral reefs may be lost.
Deep clean: How ‘blue finance’ can save our oceans
The world’s oceans are running out of breath. In the past 50 years, we have lost nearly half our coral reefs and mangrove forests and the size of marine populations has halved. A third of global fish stocks are already depleted. If trends continue, it is estimated that there will be no stocks left for commercial fishing by 2048 in the Asia-Pacific region alone. By 2052 oceans might contain more plastic than fish by weight and 90 per cent of coral reefs may be lost.
Want to build low-carbon infrastructure? Try local currency green bonds
Leading climate experts at last year’s COP23 conference in Bonn highlighted that we have only three years to safeguard our climate. There is no more room for delay in implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. One of the milestones to be achieved by 2020 is to expand the green bond market to at least 1 per cent of the global bond market, currently about $90 trillion. For this to happen, sovereign issuers must be completely on board.
How the Fourth Industrial Revolution Will Change the Future of Work in Asia
Workers check materials at a factory in Dongguan, in China's southern Guangdong province. Photo: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images Share this article Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Article The nature of work in Asia and the Pacific has changed dramatically in recent decades. Labor market shifts have transformed societies, and rapid economic growth provides workers with better paying and more productive jobs. International trade and new technologies have been the two key drivers.
The future of work in developing Asia
The nature of work in Asia and the Pacific has changed dramatically in recent decades. Labor market shifts have transformed societies, as rapid economic growth provides workers with better paying and more productive jobs. International trade and new technologies have been the two key drivers. First, trade has enabled the region to utilise its most important asset: its workers. Second, new technologies have triggered productivity growth that has in turn created good jobs and lifted incomes.
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