Photos courtesy of Singapore Green Plan 2030 year-on-year, energy-related CO2 emissions increased to 9.95 gigatonnes
of carbon dioxide (GtCO2) in 2019. This increase was due to a shift away from the direct use of coal, oil and traditional biomass towards electricity, which had a higher carbon content due to the high proportion of fossil fuels used in generation.
This report delved on the disruptions of COVID-19 and some of the responses in 2020, and includes a snapshot on emerging key issues: materials, nature-based solutions, health and resilience. When adding emissions from the building construction industry on top of operational emissions, the sector accounted for 38 per cent of total global energy- related CO2
emissions.
“Rising emissions in the buildings and construction sector emphasise the urgent need for a triple strategy to aggressively reduce energy demand in the built environment, decarbonise the power sector, and implement material strategies that reduce lifecycle carbon emissions,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Net zero by 2050 To get on track to net-zero carbon building stock by 2050, the
the pandemic.
International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that direct building CO2 emissions need to, by 2030, fall by 50 per cent and indirect building sector emissions by 60 per cent. This equates to building sector emissions falling by around 6 per cent per year until 2030, close to the 7 per cent decrease in CO2
City in Nature: To develop over 130 hectares of new parks by the end of 2026
emissions in 2020’s global energy sector due to
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Singapore
Singapore Green Plan 2030 Emerging Stronger Together
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on 16 February 2021 that the Singapore Budget 2021 will shift “from containment to restructuring” as Singapore’s economy continues to reopen. Minister Heng also spoke about how we can “embrace sustainability and build a sustainable home for generations to come”.
“We have identified up to $19 billion of Green projects in the public sector as a start. One such Green project to be financed with Green bonds is Tuas Nexus. Tuas Nexus integrates waste and water treatment facilities, and maximises energy and resource recovery in the solid waste and used water treatment processes,” Minister Heng shared.
Ambitious and concrete targets
The Government unveiled the Singapore Green Plan 2030 on 10 February 2021. The Green Plan charts ambitious and concrete targets over the next 10 years, strengthening Singapore’s commitments under the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement.
It seeks to position Singapore to achieve her long-term net-zero emissions aspiration as soon as viable. There are five ministries backing the plan: Ministries of Education, National Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Trade and Industry, as well as Transport.
“The comprehensive plan will strengthen Singapore’s economic, climate and resource resilience, improve the living environment of Singaporeans, and bring new business and job opportunities,” said the ministries in a joint statement.
In her speech on 1 February 2021, Grace Fu, Minister For Sustainability
Singapore’s solar energy deployment will quadruple by 2025
and the Environment, spoke about the motion to accelerate and deepen efforts against climate change.
“Over the last few months, the Government has been making preparations to launch a whole-of-nation movement to advance the sustainability agenda in Singapore. Under the Green Plan, agencies will set ambitious and concrete targets on a sectoral basis, building on what we have achieved,” Minister Fu shared.
“Through this process, we hope to catalyse bold, balanced and collective action,” she commented.
The aim is to get the whole nation together as it seeks to transition into a more sustainable future—in line with global momentum for countries to “build back better” as they recover from the economic fallout of COVID-19.
Key targets
There are altogether five pillars in the plan: City in Nature; Sustainable Living; Energy Reset; Green Economy; and Resilient Future. The key targets include:
• Develop over 130 hectares of new parks, and enhance around 170 hectares of existing parks with more lush vegetation and natural landscapes by the end of 2026.
• Green 80 per cent of all buildings by 2030. • New registrations of diesel cars and taxis to cease from 2025. • All new car and taxi registrations to be of cleaner-energy models from 2030.
• Plant 1 million more trees. • Increase solar deployment to 1.5 gigawatt-peak (GWp) by 2025, and at least 2 GWp by 2030.
• Expand cycling network to 1,320 kilometres by 2030. • Reduce waste sent to landfills per capita per day by 20 per cent by 2026, with the goal of reaching 30 per cent by 2030.
• At least 20 per cent of schools to be carbon-neutral by 2030. • Phase out refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment that use high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants from the fourth quarter of 2022.
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