Teaching Climate Change through Role Play – The example of the CEMS-MIM climate change strategy course [Events]
August 16, 2011 by Eugene Tay
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Date: Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Time: 5.15 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Speaker: Prof. Rolf Wuestenhagen, Good Energies Professor for Management of Renewable Energies; Director of the Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Synopsis: Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major global challenge. Therefore, an increasing number of universities and business schools are considering ways to include climate change in the curriculum. An innovative example of teaching climate change is the CEMS-MIM* climate strategy course and role play, which has been developed by the University of St. Gallen with support from the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment and taught three times with up to three CEMS partner universities. Read more
Post-Fukushima European Energy Policies: The Rationale for a Nuclear-Phase out and the Transition to Renewable Energy [Events]
August 16, 2011 by Eugene Tay
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Date: Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Time: 5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.
Venue: 11 Slim Barracks Rise, NTU@one-north campus, Level 3, Auditorium 302, Singapore 138664
Speaker: Prof. Rolf Wuestenhagen, Good Energies Professor for Management or Renewable Energies, Director of the Institute for Economy and the Environment University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Synopsis: After the March 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, a number of European countries have revised their nuclear policies. The German government has revised a previous decision to extend the lifetime of existing nuclear power plants, and then agreed with an overwhelming majority of the federal parliament on a 10-year phase-out plan by 2022. Read more
Singapore Standard ISO 50001 on Energy Management Systems [Events]
July 20, 2011 by Eugene Tay
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Singapore Standard ISO 50001 on Energy Management Systems – Requirements with Guidance for Use
Date: 4 August 2011, Thursday, 1.30pm – 5.00pm
Venue: SPRING Auditorium, Podium Block Level 3, 2 Bukit Merah Central, Singapore 159835
Introduction
More organisations around the world are becoming environment conscious in view of increasing costs of energy and climate change. One key area that is gaining growing global attention is energy management, a key to reduce energy consumption and improving energy performance in organisations.
The new Singapore Standard ISO 50001 on Energy Management Systems – Requirements with Guidance for Use will provide public and private sector organisations with management strategies to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and improve energy performance in organisations. It is estimated to have a positive impact on up to 60% of world’s energy demand. Read more
Urban Adaptation to Climate Change: Imperatives and Strategies [Events]
July 20, 2011 by Eugene Tay
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Speaker: Prof. Matthias Ruth, Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Date: Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Time: 12.15 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Room 3-5, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772
Synopsis: The rising threat from climate change is one of many factors to be considered in investment and policy making. In many instances, climate impacts magnify existing needs of businesses and local populations, and function as multipliers on their vulnerabilities. Nowhere are such impacts of climate change more noticeable, and faster growing, than in urban areas, given their density of people, infrastructures and economic activity. This presentation illustrates on the basis of several case studies the need for urban climate adaptation and identifies a set of local to global investment and policy strategies to reduce vulnerabilities.
For those interested in attending, please email to lkyspppl@nus.edu.sg
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Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Cancun: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region’s Energy Security [Events]
March 2, 2011 by Eugene Tay
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Date: Friday, 18 March 2011
Time: 9:00am to 6:00pm
Venue: Ballroom 3, Orchard Hotel Singapore, 442 Orchard Road, Singapore 238879
About the conference:
The Energy Studies Institute (ESI) at the National University of Singapore is organising a conference on “Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Cancun: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region’s Energy Security”. This conference is a sequel to the conference held in July 2010, which examined policy responses post-Copenhagen.
Following the disappointing outcome of COP15 in 2009, many observers were not particularly sanguine about the results of COP16. However, it seems that some small positive steps were made at the latest gathering in Cancun and all the concerned parties, particularly governments, must continue to play their part in monitoring and lowering their greenhouse gas emissions while pursuing their energy security objectives.
The post-Cancun conference will involve participants from various companies, government offices and academic institutions and will specifically focus on the world’s largest energy consumer, the Asia-Pacific Region. There will be presentations from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Singapore.
To register, please send your name, organization and email address via the ESI website. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Jan Lui at 65162000.
Source: ESI
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