Audrey Tan

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Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sam Tan speaking at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Norway

Lessons for the Arctic from Singapore's smart nation drive

7 hours ago
A polar bear in the Svalbard Islands in Norway. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sam Tan said melting polar ice caps "pose a threat not just to the surrounding region, but to low-lying islands such as Singapore".

Arctic events will have big impact on Singapore: Sam Tan

Jan 21, 2019, 5:00 am
A pin-striped tit babbler at Kent Ridge Park. By analysing genetic material in samples taken from 46 babblers here, scientists traced the trail of genetic decline to about 50 years ago, when large parts of Singapore were urbanised.

No safety in numbers for pin-striped tit babbler

Jan 12, 2019, 5:00 am

Dispute over key findings of Tengah environmental study

Jan 12, 2019, 5:00 am

Ecologists dispute HDB's finding that Tengah forests were mostly of 'low conservation significance'

Jan 11, 2019, 8:20 pm

Battle to curb climate change gets a boost with Poland pact

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Katowice Rulebook also about protecting those most vulnerable to climate change

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Relief over climate deal but critics want faster emission cuts

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Greater certainty for Singapore on global commitment: Masagos

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 am

For planet and people: Katowice Rulebook not just a political document

Dec 16, 2018, 10:10 pm
Masagos Zulkifli on the adoption of the global climate action plan

Adoption of global climate action plan gives Singapore greater certainty of world's commitment: Masagos

Dec 16, 2018, 8:13 pm

Relief, joy as climate deal clinched in Poland, but many say world needs to step up action

Dec 16, 2018, 9:24 am

Global climate action plan adopted by almost 200 nations after marathon talks

Dec 16, 2018, 5:22 am
A rally by environmental groups being held alongside the UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland, on Friday. Delegates at the two-week talks were tasked with completing a complex rule book that would allow the 2015 Paris climate agreement to go into act

Carbon emissions accounting blamed for holding up talks

Dec 16, 2018, 5:00 am

UN climate talks go into extra time, as nations seek consensus on key roadblocks

Dec 16, 2018, 12:01 am

Issues still unresolved, parties still working on a deal: COP24 Polish president

Dec 15, 2018, 5:46 am
Images of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (top), and (from left) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, Social Democratic Party chairman Andrea Nahles and German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer projected by Greenpeace activists on a cooling tower

Disputes delay deal on tougher action to tackle climate change

Dec 15, 2018, 5:00 am
The Singapore skyline shrouded in haze in 2016. Stepped-up efforts to protect Indonesia's fire-prone landscape are among measures that will help avert a haze crisis in the region again, said the chief of Indonesia's Peatland Restoration Agency.

S-E Asia unlikely to face haze crisis in 2019: Jakarta official

Dec 15, 2018, 5:00 am
Climate strike at COP24 by teenagers

UN climate talks set to go into extra time, as nations disagree on key issues

Dec 14, 2018, 10:08 pm

Haze unlikely in 2019 despite developing El Nino: Indonesian official

Dec 14, 2018, 9:49 am

Singapore asked to help bridge divisions on thorny issue

Dec 14, 2018, 5:00 am

'We are not prepared to die,' says Maldives as small island states pile on pressure at UN climate talks

Dec 13, 2018, 11:10 pm

Singapore asked to help facilitate on key issue at international climate talks

Dec 13, 2018, 7:28 pm

Singapore urges show of unity in advancing global action

Dec 13, 2018, 5:00 am
An open brown coal mine behind Jezeri Castle in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. In neighbouring Poland, where the UN climate change talks are being held, Singapore Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli acknowledged that put

Carbon tax a key step in Singapore's climate strategy: Masagos

Dec 13, 2018, 5:00 am