Singapore Keen On Having Greener Economy, To Significantly Lessen Its Carbon Emissions

Singapore pledges an ambitious goal to trim down carbon emissions by around 2030, in an effort to decrease the impending dangers of global warming.
The country is also set to become greener economically by reducing the greenhouse gases emissions without affecting its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The latest figures were set out in a document to be forwarded to the United Nations, ahead of the Paris talk regarding climate change by the end of the year.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Chairman of Inter-Ministerial Committee in Climate Change, said that the move is timely for a very small country like Singapore which actually has a limited alternative energy options. The effort to decrease the carbon emissions by 2030 requires serious effort from its citizens.
Record shows that in 2010, Singapore emitted greenhouse gases equivalent to 46.83 million tons of carbon dioxide. The country plans to limit the figure to 65 million tons by 2030, and stabilize at that level.
Deputy Prime Minister also called for the use of “best-in-class” technologies from the industry to reach the high levels of energy efficiency.
Industrial energy efficiency will be the “the toughest target, as industries are focused on high-quality, reproducible products with tried and true processes,” Michael Quah, Director of the National University of Singapore Energy office said in a statement.
According to the send documents, Singapore has 0.11 percent share of the global emissions, even though it makes up 2.2 per cent of global trade.
On December, Paris will host the UN Climate Change Conference. The meeting aims to find consensus on keeping the global warming level below 2 degrees Celsius by reducing carbon gas emissions.
According to the United Nations, if the global warming level increases by 4 degrees Celsius every year, it would lead to massive flash floods and droughts.
Burning fossil fuels is the leading contributor of rising gas emissions.  It emits carbon dioxide that traps the heat radiating from Earth towards the space.
Previous records show that the rate of carbon emissions has doubled since 1960’s.

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