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Published on 1 August 2022 by Woo Hoi Yuet
The city-state is all-in on its commitment to greening its urban fabric with data, digital technology, smart resource use and environmentally responsible construction. Much has been made of Singapore’s leafy environment, with foreign visitors to the city-state often describing it as a “garden city” – to the point at which the characterisation has become almost a cliché. In reality, Singapore’s green credentials involve much more…
Published on 17 March 2021 by Agence France-Presse
Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state’s push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It may be one of the world’s smallest countries, but the prosperous financial hub is among the biggest per capita carbon dioxide emitters in Asia. And while authorities have been pushing to change that, renewable energy…
Published on 8 September 2020 by Ashley Tan
President Halimah Yacob delivered an address on Aug. 24 for the commencement of Singapore's 14th Parliament to establish the government's upcoming policies and priorities. Under the theme of "Adapting to New Norms and Building Our Home of the Future", three ministries have outlined their plans on how Singapore can thrive sustainably in a post-Covid-19 landscape, taking in mind the the looming threat of climate change. They are…
Published on 15 August 2020 by Yun Xuan Poon
The Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) shares how social science research and zero-waste efforts will prepare the nation for a sustainable future. Harsh policies and tough crackdowns do the job, but there are more delicate ways to change behaviour. To deter speeding, Japan built some of its highways to play music when cars drive at exactly the right speed. To reduce littering, the…
Published on 16 April 2020 Singapore
Young people questioned by police after sharing photos of themselves criticizing oil companies on social media. On 13 March, Wong J-min skipped school and headed to a glass-walled tower at the Harbourfront complex on Singapore's west coast.  While her peers sat in their classrooms, the 18-year-old posed for a series of photos before the building housing ExxonMobil's Singapore office, holding up messages scrawled on pieces…
Published on 17 February 2020
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Published on 17 December 2019
BCD Travel predicts an increasing preference for green travel as executives strive to achieve climate-neutral journeys. In its new online report, How to Travel Beyond 2020, BCD Travel identifies the sustainability and mobility trends for 2020 and beyond. Research shows that every dollar spent on business travel results in USD12.50 in incremental revenue, and prospective clients are 50% more likely to sign a contract after…
Published on 14 October 2019
Its score for environmental quality fell 16 points over a year. Singapore can do more to improve its environmental quality in its efforts to tackle climate change, according to the 2019 Social Progress Index. This year, the Lion City ranked 27th out of 149 countries, the highest in Southeast Asia. Last year, in its first year on the index, the country placed 23rd out of…
Published on 4 July 2019
Global sea levels are expected to rise by at least half a meter by the year 2100 due to climate change. The projected rise can affect important environmental factors such as habitat suitability and availability of light, threatening the health and survival of marine ecosystems. For the corals dwelling in the sedimented, turbid waters around Singapore, rising sea levels can imperil species, as those living…
Published on 18 June 2019
The notoriously difficult-to-predict El Niño weather pattern that clouded Singapore in a haze crisis four years ago could be back in some form this year. But this time, the Republic will be better prepared for it. Read more.
Published on 30 May 2019
Warnings about the global impact of climate change continue to mount. And Northeastern student Ryan Maia has heard these warnings. But working on a research project in Singapore compelled him to him turn his attention more toward the solutions to climate change than the risks it poses to people and the environment. In 2017, Maia visited Singapore and interviewed government officials, leaders at non-governmental organizations,…
Published on 20 January 2019
This was thrice the number reported over the same two-week period in January last year, said Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor yesterday. Over the past year, dengue cases have climbed as well. There were 3,285 incidents last year, almost 20 percent more than in 2017. In a Facebook post, Dr Khor said higher temperatures and rainfall…
Published on 9 November 2018
The study, which was conducted by researchers from the Department of Geography at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, indicates that nations with large coastlines could expand these ecosystems to further counteract their fossil fuel emissions. These findings were published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters on 24 October 2018. With the recent Paris Agreement setting a target for all nations to…
Published on 16 October 2018
Corteva, for instance, has access to seven million farmers in South and Southeast Asia through its educational and outreach schemes, while Irri has expertise in rice genetics. Mr Peter Ford, president ofCorteva Agriscience (Asia-Pacific), said: "Our shared goal for this partnership is to help rice farmers to become more productive and sustainable." Irri director-general Matthew Morell said Singapore's importance to international…
Published on 4 July 2018
As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, ASEAN nations, including Singapore, are bearing the brunt of intensifying climate impacts such as rising sea levels as well as more intense extreme weather events. The reaction to this climate challenge, at the government, community, and business levels, has been to ramp up the search for sustainable solutions that help reduce waste and emissions, improve resource efficiency…
Published on 4 June 2018
As the last pristine wilderness of our planet, Antarctica officially belongs to no one — yet everyone has a stake in it. This remote continent is a window into both our past and future, and it is trying to tell us something. A giant, ice-covered landmass about a third the size of Asia, Antarctica’s existence is under siege. The rapid collapse of the Antarctic glaciers…
Published on 10 May 2018
The reasons for UHI are well known. Cities have less vegetation than rural areas to provide shade and to cool the air; they consume huge amounts of energy in electricity and fuel; they trap the sun’s radiation in deep urban canyons between high buildings, and they contain massive amounts of steel and concrete that store the sun’s warmth. To be clear, UHI is not the…
Published on 15 February 2018
As chair of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, Singapore will also host a special ministerial meeting on climate change in July, announced Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli on Friday (Jan 26).Speaking at the launch event for the Year of Climate Action held at the Singapore Sustainability Academy, Mr Masagos said Singapore’s journey to fight climate change is…
Published on 7 February 2018
This comes after the Finance Ministry was reported to have engaged over 50 of them to do the same for the Budget process. A Mewr spokesman told The Straits Times that it has paid 28 micro-influencers, with a combined reach of 100,000, for a three-month marketing campaign which started last month. According to a Forbes article, micro-influencers refer to everyday consumers who have a following…
Published on 31 January 2018
The Sydney-based financial green group has shared exclusive data with Eco-Business that shows that DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and United Overseas Bank (UOB)—Singapore’s big three banks—have provided loans to 21 coal power projectstotallingUS$2.29 billion over the last five years. These projects—mainly large-scale coal-burning facilities in Indonesia and Australia—throw shade on the banks’ responsible lending policies and public commitments to reduce carbon emissions…
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