The Government of Singapore has formally submitted its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC Secretariat, making it the 45th Party to do so.
According to its submission, the country intends to achieve a 36% reduction in its 2005 emissions intensity by 2030.
It also plans to stabilize its emissions levels, aiming to peak emissions by around 2030.
3 July 2015: The Government of Singapore has formally submitted its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UNFCCC Secretariat, making it the 45th Party to do so. According to its submission, the country intends to achieve a 36% reduction in its 2005 emissions intensity by 2030. It also plans to stabilize its emissions levels, aiming to peak emissions by around 2030.
Focused on the 2021-2030 timeframe, Singapore’s INDC covers the energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and waste sectors. It also covers the following greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
According to the INDC, Singapore will continue implementing a “whole-of-government effort” under its Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change (IMCCC) to achieve its goals. The Party seeks to accomplish these goals entirely through domestic measures, but states it will continue to study the potential of international market mechanisms.
The INDC includes a section on adaptation, describing the adaptation challenges the country faces in terms of food security, increased rainfall, temperature rises, rising sea levels and the complexity of adaptation planning with a lack of observational climate data. The Government describes existing and future adaptation measures addressing: food security; infrastructure resilience; public health; flood risks; water security; coastline protection; biodiversity conservation; and regional climate modeling.
All Parties to the UNFCCC are expected to submit INDCs in advance of the Paris Climate Change Conference, which will take place in November-December 2015. Those submitted by 1 October 2015 will be included in a synthesis report on their aggregate effect by 1 November 2015. Parties are anticipated to agree on a global climate change agreement to take effect in 2020 at the Paris Climate Change Conference. [UNFCCC Press Release] [Singapore’s INDC] [UNFCCC INDC Portal]