Singapore has recently submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat. Each country is requested to submit their INDC before the Conference of Parties in Paris in December this year so as to facilitate the development of a new global…
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The Use of Coal in Singapore
Here’s an update on the use of coal in Singapore: Tuas Power’s coal plant Read the chronology of the clean coal and biomass cogeneration plant by Tuas Power. Tuas Power’s new coal and biomass plant at Jurong Island would start operations mid next year, and the company has signed a…
Continue ReadingSingapore’s Second National Communication on Climate Change Report to the UNFCCC Secretariat
Singapore submitted its Second National Communication on Climate Change report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat in Nov 2010. The report is an update of the first National Communication report submitted in 2000, and details the strategies for managing sustainable growth and climate change in…
Continue ReadingSingapore to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 16% Below 2020 Business-As-Usual Levels
Before the Copenhagen Conference On 2 December 2009, the Singapore government announced that Singapore will reduce its carbon emissions by 16% below 2020 business-as-usual levels, provided that: Singapore will only commit to this if there is a legally binding global deal that obliges all countries to cut emissions, and if…
Continue ReadingTrue or False: Singapore to Reduce Carbon Emissions Growth by 16% from 2020 BAU Levels
This post was first published at AsiaIsGreen. You must have already heard of the announcement yesterday that Singapore will reduce carbon emissions growth by 16% from 2020 business-as-usual levels, provided that: Singapore will only commit to this if there is a legally binding global deal that obliges all countries to…
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