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Copenhagen: failure or success

Copenhagen: failure or success

Jan. 11 | ECO Singapore Assoc Prof Pauline Tay-Straughan had the following questions brought up to the Minister of Environment and Water Resources Dr Yacoob Ibrahim and the Parliament over the weekend. Response is to be expected at the Parliament session on the...

PM Lee addresses Govt’s position on climate change

PM Lee addresses Govt’s position on climate change

Dec. 20 | On the last day of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15), the ECO Singapore delegation finally met PM Lee Hsien Loong for a short interactive session. In this 2-part video, PM Lee clarified the government’s position at COP15, domestic...

Government must act against climate change

Government must act against climate change

Dec. 19 | ECO Singapore   Climate Change is a global phenomenon and all states small and big will face the brunt of it if no action is taken. Singapore, though a small island state, has a role to play. Beyond our own survival, Singapore has the moral duty...

Does Singapore have a climate change policy?

Does Singapore have a climate change policy?

Dec. 17 | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives today at Copenhagen to attend the high-level negotiation at the UNFCCC COP15. Civil society participation at COP15 has been reduced to meagre 1,000 today. By friday, the number would be reduced to 90. Donaldson...

Let’s ask the Government!

Let’s ask the Government!

Dec. 17 | Update: ECO Singapore will be meeting PM Lee at 5pm (Danish Time, i.e. SGT minus 7h) on 18 Dec 2009 Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is...

Copenhagan must push US Congress

Copenhagan must push US Congress

Dec. 17 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention for...

Urban solutions for Singapore

Urban solutions for Singapore

Dec. 15 | Mellow Mellow is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...

Drama rocks Copahengen

Drama rocks Copahengen

Dec. 15 | Hu Ching Hu Ching is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...

We want Climate Justice, there is no Planet B

We want Climate Justice, there is no Planet B

Dec. 15 | On 12 December, a huge rally involving 100,000 people took place at Copenhagen in support of a global deal to cap carbon emission. Demonstrators chanted and carried banners reading “Demand Climate Justice,” “The World Wants a Real Deal”...

Addressing Climategate

Addressing Climategate

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Little green applause for Singapore

Little green applause for Singapore

Dec. 12 | aLgae aLgae is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention for...

Philippines must demand deep and early cuts in GHG emissions from developed countries in Copenhagen

Philippines must demand deep and early cuts in GHG emissions from developed countries in Copenhagen

Dec. 12 | Walden Bello Walden Bello, is an Akbayan Representative in the 14th Congress of Republic of the Philippines. He is also a senior analyst of Focus on the Global South and professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines. This article is Walden’s...

Put an end to carbon colonialism, says Singaporean

Put an end to carbon colonialism, says Singaporean

Dec. 11 | At the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Singaporean Amira Karim told off government representatives of developed countries for attempting to overturn the balance of obligations and responsibilities enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate...

The process of the UNFCCC

The process of the UNFCCC

Dec. 11 | Zhang Yi Tao Yi Tao is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...

Analysing Obama

Analysing Obama

Dec. 10 | Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the United Nations Framework Convention...

What does China’s Climate Change target mean?

What does China’s Climate Change target mean?

Dec. 10 | Feng Wang Feng Wang is a Chinese student who is enrolled in graduate study on environmental economics and carbon management at the Illinois Institute of Technology. As part of the coverage on COP15, TOC will be featuring opinions from all over the world...

Hopenhagen or Flopenhagen?

Hopenhagen or Flopenhagen?

Dec. 9 | Hu Ching Hu Ching is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15)...

How old will you be in 2050?

How old will you be in 2050?

Dec. 9 | Eleina Eleina is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...

ECO’s Adaptation Policy Focus

ECO’s Adaptation Policy Focus

Dec. 9 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (IYCM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...

Asian Youth and Climate Change

Asian Youth and Climate Change

Dec. 9 | Amira Amira is a member of ECO Singapore, hoping to bring forward the gravity of the climate change issue in Copenhagen this December. The group is part of the International Youth Climate Movement (ICYM) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of...