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SINGAPORE – The carbon tax is one of the most important policy tools Singapore has to combat climate change, and raising it is the right approach, MPs said in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1).
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SINGAPORE: Increasing carbon tax, improving the public sector’s sustainability standards, as well as improving climate education were among the recommendations proposed by Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday (Feb 1) to tackle climate change.
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SINGAPORE – About 2 per cent of Singapore’s public bus fleet now runs on cleaner energy, and it is on track to phase out diesel buses in 20 years.
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SINGAPORE – The Workers’ Party (WP) has called on Parliament to declare a climate emergency, and for Singapore to take bolder action to combat climate change.
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SINGAPORE: To address climate change and promote sustainability, Singapore will soon launch a Green Plan that will be a major policy priority for the Government, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1).
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SINGAPORE — A whole-of-nation movement will be launched to advance the sustainability agenda in Singapore, and its details will be unveiled in the coming weeks, Ms Grace Fu announced in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1).The Minister for Sustainability and the Environment said that the movement, called the Singapore Green Plan 2030, will be a major policy priority for this Government and will involve several ministries. Under it, agencies will set “ambitious and concrete” targets on a sectoral basis, she added.Ms Fu was speaking in response to a private member’s motion tabled by six members of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Sustainability and the Environment, which is chaired by Mr Louis Ng, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC).Drafted in collaboration with the youth wing of the ruling People’s Action Party, the motion called on the Government to partner the private sector and citizens to deepen and accelerate efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as embrace sustainability in the country’s development.After a debate stretching more than five hours, in which 18 MPs spoke, Parliament passed the motion after taking in two amendments, one by East Coast GRC MP Cheryl Chan and another by Mr Dennis Tan, MP for Hougang Single Member Constituency.
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SINGAPORE – The Republic may be small, but it can still punch above its weight on the climate change front by helping countries in the region and beyond cut their carbon emissions, said Mr Henry Kwek (Kebun Baru SMC) in Parliament on Monday (Feb 1).
ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) is an intergovernmental organisation within ASEAN structure that represents the 10 ASEAN Member States’ (AMS) interests in the energy sector.
