Updates on Singapore’s environmental efforts in the Committee of Supply Debate

Last Friday, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, and Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Water Resources, delivered the speeches at the Committee of Supply Debate in Parliament. They gave an update of what the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) has done over the past year for the environment in Singapore and what they will be doing in the coming year. The speeches are available in four parts at the MEWR website and includes the following content:

Part One

(i) Towards Environmental Sustainability

• Our Firm Foundations
• Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development
• Opportunities from Environmental Sustainability
• Everyone Has a Part to Play

(ii) Addressing Climate Change & Achieving Energy Efficiency

• Addressing Climate Change
• Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation measures
• Becoming more energy efficient
• Sustainable Energy Fund
• Improving Energy Efficiency of Industries
• Efficiency of the Power Generation Sector
• Improving Energy Efficiency of Buildings
• Improving Energy Efficiency on the Road
• Improving Energy Efficiency for Our Consumers

(iii) National Campaign on Energy Saving & Clean Energies

• National Campaign on Energy Saving
• Clean Energy
• ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Sustainability and Singapore Declaration on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

Part Two

(i) Clean Air

• Air Pollution
• Green Vehicle Rebate
• CNG Refuelling Stations
• Transboundary Haze

(ii) Smoking Ban

(iii) Creating a sustainable waste management system

• Voluntary Packaging Agreement
• Recycling
• School Recycling Programme

Part Three

(i) Keeping our Neighbourhoods Dengue Free

(ii) Litter-Free Singapore

(iii) Hawker Centres

Part Four

(i) Water Conservation

• Water Conservation in the Domestic Sector
• Update on 10L Water Conservation Challenge
• Update on Voluntary Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme
• Water Conservation for the Non-Domestic Sector
• 10% Challenge

(ii) Water Supply, EWI and ABC Waters

• Water Supply
• Developing Localised Water Supply on Jurong Island
• Water Pricing
• Developing the Water Industry
• Marina Barrage
• ABC Waters Programme
• Some upcoming ABC Waters projects
• Community Participation

Source: MEWR.

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