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Ambition

Overview:

We should set bold climate change targets and action plans, prioritizing them alongside environmental and societal well-being.

Industry

1.1 Green Transition

Overview:
Singapore is a regional and global hub for high-emissions sectors like petrochemical refining, finance, and data centers. To achieve our climate goals, industrial and financial policies must support the green transition.

1.2 Carbon Pricing

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Industrial activities contribute to around 60% of Singapore’s emissions. The carbon price must therefore incentivise companies and industries to reduce missions. To achieve this, carbon pricing must be ambitious and fair.

1.3 Agriculture

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Singapore’s imported food supply is vulnerable to global and climate-induced disruptions. The global food system accounts for 20-40% of our global emissions and is also the leading cause of biodiversity loss.

1.4 Aviation & Maritime

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Ship and plane refueling activities in Singapore accounts for several times of Singapore’s emissions. Although not included within our national emissions profile, the resulting global aviation and shipping contribute enormously to emissions worldwide. Tackling these emissions is key to meeting global climate targets.

Infrastructure

1.1 Electricity

Overview:
Fossil fuels account for almost all of our power generation fuel mix. The power sector therefore accounts for 39% of Singapore’s overall carbon emissions. Industry, commercial, and service-related uses are the largest consumers of electricity, with households accounting for only 14%.

1.2 Transport

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The land transport sector accounts for about 14% of Singapore’s total greenhouse gas emissions—mostly petroleum-powered vehicles. Thus, car use reduction and a full conversion to clean energy vehicles is essential to reducing emissions from this sector.

1.3 Buildings

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Buildings account for 20% of Singapore’s carbon emissions. Building emissions arise throughout the construction life-cycle, from product manufacturing, construction, operational energy use, air conditioning, and demolition. Due to their long lifespan, immediate action is needed to avoid the lock-in of high emission buildings that will be in use for decades to come.

1.4 Waste & Recycling

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Waste accounts for 4% of our reported national emissions, but does not account for the carbon emissions embodied in imported goods. Singapore ranks 21st for production emissions per capita. In terms of consumption emissions per capita, including embodied carbon, Singapore is the top emitter worldwide.

Cost of Living

1.1 Inequality

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Inequality hinders our ability to sustain people and the environment within Earth's limits. High-income groups tend to have higher resource consumption. In contrast, lower-income groups are more vulnerable to climate risks including rising living costs and health risks.

1.2 Healthcare

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A rapidly heating world threatens human health, from extreme weather hazards, to vector borne disease, to mental stressors. A comprehensive and available healthcare system is necessary to ensure our population is adequately protected against those risks.

1.3 Social Support

Overview:
Social welfare systems are essential protections provided by the state to meet the challenges from climate change by ensuring adequate income security and access to care services for all families in Singapore.

Nature

1.1 Conservation

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Singapore sits at the heart of a biodiverse region and is a global stronghold for critically-endangered species. Our green and blue habitats also provide a valuable space for recreation and an indispensable barrier against heat and sea level rise. Therefore, national policies should protect and rehabilitate remaining natural spaces and species.

1.2 Engagement, Education And Research

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Conservation is a collaborative process that requires the cooperation of the government, nature groups, scientists, industry, and the general public. Fostering greater environmental stewardship requires effective engagement and education that is accessible to all.

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Collective Action

1.1 Civic Participation

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Climate change poses an existential threat on a national and global scale. Its solutions must be formulated with the participation and consent of the affected communities.

1.2 Transparency & Accountability

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Transparency, openness and accountability are critical to measuring and tracking progress on climate action. Public scrutiny is necessary to implement and audit climate solutions.

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Labour

1.1 Protection

Overview:
Climate change introduces numerous threats to worker’s livelihoods and safety. In Singapore, outdoor workers, and workers whose jobs involve physical labour, are the most vulnerable to climate change and excessive heat. Besides this group, the climate crisis makes work more challenging for most workers through various physical and mental effects.

1.2 Just Transition

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Addressing climate change also requires helping workers whose job prospects could be marginalized by the green transition. Workers in sunset industries, such as the fossil fuel industry, will require support and assistance to continue working.

1.3 Voices

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Workers form the backbone of our economy. It is critical that their concerns are given appropriate weight in public forums, and that they are given adequate opportunities to create avenues of representation to best defend their labour interests, both formally and independently.

Greenwatch 2025 Climate Scorecard