Grace Fu on Singapore peaking carbon emissions earlier

Singapore expects to peak its carbon emissions earlier than its target year of 2030. The Government's best estimate is for carbon emissions to peak between 2025 and 2028, said Sustainability and the Environment Minister Grace Fu. Giving this update in reply to Parliamentary questions on Tuesday (Nov 8), she said this will be earlier than the previous 2030 target of around 60 million tonnes, or five million tonnes lower than what it set out in 2020. She said this reduction of five million tonnes is substantial as it is more than the total emissions from households today. She added that peaking emissions earlier than 2030 is significant and requires substantial transformations across industry, economy and society. Unlike countries which have access to abundant abatement resources domestically, Singapore has to rely on external measures such as electricity imports and carbon capture, utilisation and storage. Negotiations with foreign partners on several arrangements are still ongoing. As such, it is premature to announce a precise year in which Singapore's emissions will peak, she said.