“There will never be a perfect time to drive sustainable development,” adds Fang. “Meeting these milestones can help the city-state gain momentum and confidence in achieving net zero by 2050.”
With 2050 as a destination, Singapore’s plans to cut emissions will meet their first checkpoint at the turn of the decade. Major climate milestones are congregating around 2030, and Singapore is not far away from its “first exam”, says Fang Eu-Lin, sustainability and climate change leader at PwC Singapore.
Fang points to the 2030 Green Plan — a whole-of-nation initiative with targets ranging from solar energy to waste reduction — and Singapore’s emission target of 60 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) by 2030.
