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Posts tagged with "climate change"
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
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
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...
Meet our ECO Heroine – Amira Karim
Dec. 19 | Update: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP15) concludes with a non-binding Accord. Cheong En Min Amira Karim (the smiling lady in the centre) The Online Citizen (TOC) speaks to 24-year-old Amira Karim. She is a member of the ECO Singapore delegation...
The ability of countries to reduce their emissions will vary, says PM Lee
Dec. 18 | This is Singapore’s national statement to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, delivered by PM Lee to the international community. Lee Hsien Loong Mr President First, I wish to thank you and the Government and People of the Kingdom of Denmark...
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!
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
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
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
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
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”...
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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?
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
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
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...
Debunking Singapore’s government claims on climate change action
Dec. 5 | Charles As the Singapore mainstream media announced the government’s decision to reduce its carbon emission by 16 percent below ‘business as usual’ levels by 2020, the public is conned into believing that the PAP is doing something to combat or...
Climate Change
Dec. 4 | The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP15, will take place at Copenhagen in Denmark from 7 Dec 2009 to 18 Dec 2009. 350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying...
I survived the Red Storm in Sydney
Sep. 28 | Gilbert Goh / Sydney, Australia I experienced the mother of all storms in Sydney last week when I woke up to a cold and dusty morning completely darkened by a reddish dull cloud of dust. It looked like Sydney was on fire! (right: Sydney Opera House...
JCI seeks volunteers for climate change event
Sep. 17 | JCI Singapore City1 is organizing this event to promote 60 ways of Active Citizenship in conjunction with the UN Worldwide Campaign on Climate Change. We are appealing to you to be one of our volunteers for this campaign to help spread the message...
Cookie Boy waxes on Earth Hour-not, and Starbucks
Apr. 2 | Echoing the words of Madonna’s song You Must Love Me, Cookie Boy wonders, “Where do we go from here?”… 48 hours after the lights dimmed out and the curtain fell on Earth Hour. By Cookie Boy In an ironical twist on Monday 30 March, Sydney,...
