Green Pulse Podcast: Hitting the target - can we save nature in time?

David Fogarty
The Straits Times 

Nations have agreed on a global target to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Dr Zeng Yiwen explains the importance of choosing quality habitats to protect to meet this goal, and where funding for nature conservation could come from.

Published 6 Feb 2023

NUS research initiative to boost credibility of nature-based carbon projects in S-E Asia

Cheryl Tan
The Straits Times

Carbon Integrity SG, a $15 million project aims to improve the credibility of nature-based carbon projects in areas like rainforests across South-east Asia, has just been launched. Conducted by CNCS, it builds on the Centre’s existing work, which leverages satellite data and existing information to map out potential areas in South-east Asia that can be conserved and hence developed as sources of high-quality carbon credits.

Published 11 November 2022

The Climate Conversations - S3E18: Will Egypt, holding the 'crown' of COP27, deliver? | EP 18

CNA

Even before the critical climate conference began in Egypt this week, the government clamped down on activism and Greta Thunberg is absent. But the serious business of addressing climate change continues, says COP veteran Melissa Low, Research Fellow at NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions.

Published 10 November 2022

The tool that will help fight climate change is made in Singapore

The Straits Times
In partnership with Rolex

Published 03 November 2022

Singapore to submit enhanced carbon emission goals at COP27

CNA

Singapore is set to submit its enhanced carbon emission goals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, when parties to the Paris Agreement meet at COP27. In this interview, Melissa Low speaks about why Singapore's participation in COP27 is important.

Published 29 October 2022

Stem The Tide

CNA

Stem The Tide is an hour-long documentary that takes viewers on an insightful journey to discover the existential threat of rising seas, and details the work done in Singapore to mitigate and adapt our solutions to secure a resilient future for all.

Published 14 October 2022

New mapping tool helps to spot sources of high-quality, nature-based carbon credits

Cheryl Tan
The Straits Times

Launch of the CNCS and ST EngineeringGeo-Insights' Carbon Prospecting platform, which allows users to compare how much high-quality carbon credits can be generated from different parts of the world.

Published 26 September 2022

Green Pulse Ep 54: How carbon credits can help save tropical forests (Part 2)

Audrey Tan, David Fogarty
The Straits Times

Carbon credits are gaining traction as companies and countries pledge to have their emissions reach "net-zero", some by 2050 and others later. One source of such credits are forest conservation projects. How does this growing appetite for carbon credits help to protect the planet's natural carbon sponges? And how can Singapore, with its proximity to South-east Asia's rich natural habitats, contribute to their conservation?

Published 19 July 2021