NUS experts share insights of their research on Climate Change


09 November 2012


Mr. Toh Wee Khiang presents the use of satellite images for environmental monitoring.

NERI gathered experts in the university and organised the Land-Air Interactions and Climate Change in Southeast Asia Seminar on 09 November 2012. With support from the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), the seminar was aimed to identify key priority areas in land-air interactions and their importance in climate change at the regional scale. The discussions extended to the science and policy interface in this domain to shape priorities for NUS researchers.

Chaired by Mr. Tan Yong Soon, Adjunct Professor from the LKY School of Public Policy, the seminar included NUS experts and guest speakers, who shared valuable insights on the different aspects of climate change research in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Mr. Toh Wee Khiang, Director of the Environment Technology Office, NEA gave the opening talk on the state-of-the-art methodologies and tools for environmental monitoring in the 21st century.

The seminar showcased the interdisciplinary research work of NUS on climate change, with includes the following:

  • Terrestrial Processes affecting GHG Emissions from Tropical Peatlands: Lessons from a Field Study by Sanjay Swarup (Deputy Director - NERI, Associate Professor - DBS)

  • Evaluation of Impacts of Transboundary Biomass Burning Smoke on Singapore: Questions, Understandings, and Challenges by Liya Yu (Associate Professor - CEE)

  • Responses of Nonlinear Systems to External Forcing - Can Climate Undergo Rapid and Abrupt Changes by Lim Hock (Professor - Physics)

  • Deforestation and Biomass Burning in the Peatland of Insular Southeast Asia by Liew Soo Chin (Principal Research Scientist - CRISP)

  • Combining Models of the Climate System with Measurements to Analyse the Impact of short-lived (non-CO2) Climate Forcers over the Maritime Continent by Jason Cohen (Assistant Professor - CEE)

  • SEAC4RS Campaign, Southeast Asia, and Singapore by Brent Holben (Aeronet Project Scientist - NASA)


    • It was a timely opportunity for NUS to present the different climate change related studies, highlighting the integration of disciplines and sharing of information and expertise among faculties and research institutions. The activity concluded with identifying priorities and suitable future works with government agencies to provide scientific basis for climate change policies and options for Singapore and the region.

    This is the second in the series of seminars on Climate Change that NERI has been organising. Stay tuned for more upcoming seminars.