Discussions at GenZero Climate Summit 2025 revealed practical pathways to overcome inertia across financing, regulation, and policy while highlighting Southeast Asia's emerging role as a catalyst for climate solutions.
As global climate action faces headwinds from economic pressures and policy uncertainty, the GenZero Climate Summit 2025 brought together leading voices to address key barriers holding back decarbonisation efforts.
Critical barriers that need to be overcome include the lack of harmonised standards across carbon markets, talent gaps, limited flow of climate finance, scalability of solutions, and more. There is also a need to shift the climate conversation from moral obligation to economic value.
Sustainability must make commercial sense by 2030, if we are to win over detractors concerned by pressing issues such as energy insecurity and cost of living.”
Frederick Teo
Chief Executive Officer
GenZero
Southeast Asia (SEA) has emerged as a region of promise, offering abundant natural resources and supportive policy environments in countries like Singapore. The region is poised to become a hub for sustainable aviation fuel production, carbon project development, and climate financing.
Looking ahead, the discussions also revealed key enablers for progress:
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