Prior to the UNFCCC climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009, Singapore committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 16% below standstill levels in 2020, provided there is a legally binding global agreement in which all countries implement their commitments in good faith. In line with the agreement adopted in Paris in December 2015, Singapore has also committed to reducing its emissions intensity by 36% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels and to stabilising its greenhouse gas emissions with the aim of peaking around 2030. Singapore is a partner in key regional initiatives such as the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City project with China and our collaboration with Jambi Province in Indonesia to improve peatland management and promote sustainable land use practices. As a small, low-lying city-state with an open economy, Singapore is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. We have a deep interest in global efforts to address potential disruptions to natural ecosystems and human societies. Singapore has always been a strong advocate of multilateral approaches to global issues, and we are working closely with other countries to address the climate challenge. The Singapore government, for its part, will create the appropriate incentives and facilitate capacity development to facilitate the transition, he said. On 4 November 2019, the United States notified the depositary of its withdrawal from the Agreement, which is to take effect exactly one year after that date. [30] M. Masagos highlighted several ways Singapore – which depends on natural gas, the cleanest form of fossil fuels, for its energy needs – is doing its part to make energy more sustainable. Singapore has played an active role in international climate negotiations.
We ratified the UNFCCC in 1997 and acceded to the Kyoto Protocol in 2006. In addition, we ratified the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol in 2014. As part of the UNFCCC process, we have worked with other parties and will continue to do so to advance the international climate change agenda. With regard to the Durban Platform, agreement has been reached on a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. It was also agreed to start negotiations on a new legally binding global agreement that would apply to all countries and is expected to enter into force in 2020. The Durban conference also agreed on a set of important decisions, including the creation of a Green Climate Fund to provide climate-related finance to developing countries to reduce emissions and adapt to climate change. Singapore also strongly believes in contributing to global efforts by building the capacity of other developing countries to meet their climate commitments and take effective action against climate change. In particular, in 2018, as part of the Singapore Cooperation Programme, we developed a special climate protection package (CAP) to support capacity building in developing countries in areas such as climate science, flood management and disaster risk reduction.
Recently, we have taken a number of capacity-building initiatives with other ASEAN member states to effectively implement the Paris Agreement. Our technical assistance programmes have been implemented bilaterally, with other countries or in partnership with relevant international organisations. «Singapore, as a small, low-lying island city-state, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change,» he added. The causes and effects of global climate change can only be effectively addressed through a concerted international effort. Every country must do its part to reduce global greenhouse gas concentrations (GGS) and adapt to the effects of climate change. On June 1, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the agreement. [24] Pursuant to Article 28, the earliest possible date for the effective withdrawal of the United States is November 4, 2020, with the Agreement having entered into force in the United States on November 4, 2016. If it had chosen to withdraw from the UNFCCC, it could enter into force immediately (the UNFCCC entered into force for the United States in 1994) and a year later. On August 4, 2017, the Trump administration sent an official notice to the United Nations stating that the United States intended to withdraw from the Paris Agreement as soon as it was legally allowed to do so.
[25] The formal declaration of withdrawal could only be submitted once the agreement would have been in force for the United States for 3 years in 2019. [26] [27] At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, the parties agreed on a new eight-year commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, agreed on a set timetable for the adoption of a universal agreement on climate change by 2015 and agreed on a way to increase the ambitions needed to respond to climate change. They also endorsed the completion of new institutions and agreed on ways to provide developing countries with increased climate finance and technology. On 12 December 2015, at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-21) in Paris, 196 Parties adopted a new climate agreement that applies to all Parties. The Paris Agreement, which will enter into force after 2020, aims to keep the global average temperature rise well below 2°C and make efforts to limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C. The U.S. decision to return to the agreement is a positive development that gives a major boost to global efforts to jointly combat climate change, the State Department (MFA) said thursday, January 21. .