The New Paper ponders recently on whether Singapore needs a new Ministry of Energy to tackle energy issues more holistically and ensure our future energy security. The article says that “energy security lies in a muddy middle zone” and “there’s no one body fully in charge”. It also suggests some ideas on what a Ministry […]

350 ppm (parts per million) is the safe upper limit for the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that we need to achieve to prevent runaway climate change. The world’s leading climate scientist, James Hansen, says: “If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life […]

The Hot Topic: How To Tackle Global Warming And Still Keep The Lights On by Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King, discusses the problems and solutions of climate change in a clear and straightforward way. The authors explain the science of global warming and describe the possible changes that could take place due to climate […]

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June each year to increase environmental awareness and action. This year’s focus is on climate change, with the theme, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. There will be activities around the world on 5 June to highlight the problem of global warming and climate change, and […]

The National Environment Agency (NEA) is organising the 10% Energy Challenge to encourage households to reduce their electricity usage. In this national campaign, households who reduce their energy consumption by 10% between May and August will stand to win lucky draw prizes. The prizes include a hybrid car, energy efficient refrigerators and air-conditioners, LCD televisions […]

Check out Al Gore’s new slideshow on climate change, presented at TED. He gives us new evidence on the climate change problem, and argues persuasively and emotionally about the need for a worldwide global mobilisation to “solve this crisis and lay the basis for a bright and optimistic human future”.
 
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Three of our favourite heroes (Thomas Friedman, Al Gore and Bono) on the same stage at the World Economic Forum, discussing the need to have solutions that address both extreme poverty and climate change. Includes a very funny joke where Bono confessed his oil addiction sins to Father Al. Enjoy!

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The seminar on Post-Bali UN Climate Change Conference: What Lies Ahead? was conducted today and we share some notes from the four speakers.
Dr Chen Gang spoke on the need for economic incentives to help in the success of post-Bali negotiations. Economic and social incentives are requisites for states to join international cooperation. The Bali conference […]

We were going through various news and reports from the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. All of a sudden, we had this feeling that everything and nothing was happening in Bali.
EVERYTHING was happening in Bali - multitude of speeches, debates, negotiations, demonstrations and reports from thousands of government officials, NGOs and businesses.
Yet we felt that NOTHING […]

The United Nations Climate Change Conference starts today in Bali and anyone interested in climate change awaits the results of this conference. This conference is a crucial step in negotiating our post-Kyoto actions to tackle global warming and climate change. Will there be a breakthrough or will it be business as usual?
If you can’t be in […]

Sometimes, we are hurt by comments that tell us the truth. We find them unpleasant even if they are spoken for our own good. We often ignore them or try to dispel them. Recently, there are some comments about Singapore’s efforts in energy and climate change:
Today reported the following comments by National University of Singapore Associate Professor […]

Bangkok-Manila-Jakarta-Dhaka - Global warming is set to reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, home to more than four billion people or 60 per cent of the world’s population, according to a new multi-agency report published today called ‘Up in Smoke: Asia and the Pacific.’
The report–the fourth in a series, compiled by more […]

(Just for fun, rest assure that the carbon credits from CDM projects are not earned in the above manner.)
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was discussed in our previous article. We are encouraged by the interest and participation of China and India in the CDM projects. However, the other Asian countries are still not making full use of […]

ChinaDialogue published an interesting article (below) by Jonathon Porritt. We agree with him that Chinese leaders do know the need for sustainability and China could be the leader in tackling climate change through its innovations. Jonathon Porritt is the Founder Director of Forum for the Future, Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, and also the […]

We attended the recent Carbon Forum Asia 2007, which has given us more knowledge about the carbon market and how carbon trading works. In particular, we realised that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) works and is useful in helping developing countries reduce their carbon emissions through the use of cleaner and better technology.
Background
Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed […]