Category Archives: Climate Change
These are some articles on Climate Change
Share Straits Time Article and PNAS report (Mar 2016)
On 25 Mar, Straits Time published an Article on Climate Change “Meat the Culprit” http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/meat-the-culprit The Article shows that Livestock sector is a major generator of Green house gases and that a global switch to diets that includes less meat and … Continue reading
WWF Earth hour 2016
WWF is organizing Earth Hour on a Global scale on 19 Mar.(Sat) Earth Hour 2016 video: (3 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTuotGlZj60 The Future starts today video: (3 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhHhyjcTmo Earth Hour official website: https://www.earthhour.org/ Take Action on Climate change: https://www.earthhour.org/take-action …… … Continue reading
Updates from UN COP21 Paris Conference (2015)
Envoys from 190 countries gathered in Paris in Nov to Dec 2015 to attend United Nations Climate Change Conference (UN COP21). Over 140 countries out of the 190 participating countries had filed their contributions – setting either five-year or 10-year … Continue reading
USA, China, European Union pledges to cut GHG emissions (2014)
In Nov 2014, USA and China has strike a deal on carbon cuts to limit the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions of their country. The World emits about 50 GtCO2 annually. (50 Gigatons of CO2 = 50 Billion tons of … Continue reading
WWF Climate Change Talk & Earth Hour 2015
WWF Singapore is organizing a Climate Change talk on 21 Mar 2015: 21 Mar (Sat) Climate change Talk – by Mr Sandeep Chamling Rai 1.30 to 3 pm @ Botany Center/ Singapore Botanic Gardens. Anyone who is interested can register for … Continue reading
Dry Spells, Droughts and Global Warming (2014)
We are now facing abnormal weather patterns in Singapore. From Jan till mid-Mar this year, Singapore is under a “Dry Spell” and received record low rainfall. In Jan 2014, we received just 75.4 mm of rainfall. [Long-term average: 242.4mm] [ … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2014 (Singapore)
WWF is organizing an Earth Hour Lights-off event on 29 Mar 2014 (Sat) at The Float @ Marina Bay. This year, WWF has invited the Spider-man team to lead in the Lights-off. Earth Hour 2014 Super hero Ambassador: [2 mins] … Continue reading
UN IPCC 5th Assessment Report on Climate change (2013)
UN IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) released the 5th Assessment report on Climate change in Sep 2013. The last report (4th Assessment report) was released in 2007 (6 years ago). In their latest report, IPCC said it … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2013
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is organizing Earth Hour, one of the most successful global environmental movement , on 23 Mar (Sat). Last year, Earth Hour took place in more than 7000 cities and towns across 152 countries with more than … Continue reading
Updates on Climate Change by Mr Al Gore (2012)
Share some updates on Climate change by Mr Al Gore: 1.Highlight: Al Gore at 24hrs of Reality (2011) [10 mins] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY2sBLKU2x8 In this video, Al Gore explained the “New normal” of “Long periods of Droughts followed by short period of … Continue reading