Singapore on fast train to cutting carbon emissions

Singapore has announced that it is ready to voluntarily slash its carbon emissions growth by 16% below “business as usual” levels by 2020. This refers to the projected level of 74 million tons of emissions that would be reached if there are no proactive measures taken to mitigate such emissions. This latest target, which will reduce that amount by 12 million tons, is what the Singapore delegation will put on the table when world leaders and officials meet at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen in December. Singapore will be represented at the negotiations by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security S Jayakumar and Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim. (December 3, 2009)