Date: 22 January 2021
Time: 6.30PM (SGT, UTC+8)

Synopsis

The Paris Climate Agreement commits countries to hold global warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. Achieving these ambitious targets requires countries to not only undergo the rapid decarbonisation of their energy sector, but also implement changes to policy and practices in agriculture, forestry and other land use activities. In a recent study, an international group of scientists reported that Nature can provide 37% of the necessary climate mitigation between now and 2030 for a greater than 66% likelihood of achieving the 2°C target of the Paris Climate Agreement. These so-called nature-based climate solutions include the conservation, restoration and improved management of forests, wetlands and agricultural lands to increase carbon sequestration, reduce CO2 emissions, and enhance climate resilience.

Professor Koh will briefly discuss the opportunities and challenges of nature-based climate solutions in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region.

About the MEM seminar series

The Master of Science in Environmental Management (MEM) program organizes seminars roughly each fortnight during both semesters of each academic year, and are delivered by prominent practitioners and researchers from Singapore and abroad, on subjects in a broad range of fields relating to environmental management.

About the Master of Science (Environmental Management) programme

The Master of Science (Environmental Management) or MEM programme is a multi-disciplinary integrated programme which provides education in environmental management for senior and mid-level managers and officers in corporations, institutions, and government and non-governmental organizations, both in Singapore and in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The MEM programme is mounted jointly by nine faculties and schools in the National University of Singapore (NUS), demonstrating its broad-based approach to education in the field of the environment. The programme has national, regional and international perspectives, drawing upon the expertise of professors at NUS who are specialists in their particular fields as well as established environmental agencies and organsations both locally and globally.