Sustainability and the Environment Ministry launches Climate Action Week series of events to raise awareness of 'existential challenge'

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MSE launches Climate Action Week series of events to raise awareness of 'existential challenge'

SINGAPORE - A week-long series of ground-up initiatives to raise awareness of the long-term existential challenge posed by climate change is under way.

Other events as part of the initiative that will run till Aug 21 include webinars, panel discussions, workshops and even a virtual Youth4Climate concert by real estate giant City Developments Limited .The 30 initiatives organised by 27 partners from the people, private and public sectors are aimed at building broader public awareness of key issues in sustainability and climate change, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

The MSE said climate change is a long-term existential challenge for Singapore, and the nation must press on with sustainability efforts even as it addresses the immediate issues posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the second edition of Climate Action Week, which was initiated last year following the success of the MSE's Year of Climate Action campaign in 2018, which saw about 800 climate action-related events initiated and organised here.

 

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