A Just Energy Transition: Powering Singapore’s Sustainable Future
Amidst a rapidly changing climate largely driven by fossil fuel use, rising temperatures, erratic weather patterns and flash flooding are increasingly becoming the norm in Singapore. As our nation takes steps to shift away from fossil fuels and move into clean, renewable energy sources, how do we ensure that such energy transitions are carried out with both environmental and people’s needs at its centre? Join us in our first session for the year in exploring alternatives to power Singapore’s future collectively and sustainably, with youth experts working hard on the ground, through various organisations and spaces.
Angela Hoten, Environmental Activist and Researcher
Angela and her team works specifically with indigenous and working class communities from Pulau Rempang, Batam, of whom are currently, forcibly dislocated to make way for the construction of Rempang Eco-City - an economic development project featuring the second largest glass and solar panel factory in Asia that will likely contribute to Singapore’s ‘green’ transition. Her organisation works on the ground to support and amplify the communities’ voices, initiatives, struggles and fight for their right to land, building towards a just and inclusive energy transition in the region.
Rachel Cheang, Co-Founder, Energy CoLab
Energy CoLab is a youth-led initiative that aims to create greater access to energy education with a focus on the often-overlooked social and environmental impacts of existing energy transitions. We create resources and spaces for collective learning and dialogue to equip young adults with the skills and connections to develop solutions and make more informed choices.
Rachel Tey, Campaign Strategist, Students for a Fossil Free Future
Students for A Fossil Free Future is a ground-up, national coalition of concerned youths holding their universities accountable for ties with fossil fuel industries, who have for decades and still continue to delay crucial climate progress. As future-oriented educational institutions, they call on local universities to walk the talk of their leadership by cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry.
In 2022, they had their first nation-wide campaign spotlighting a 62-page report "Fossil-Fuelled Universities" highlighting the existing relationships between the fossil fuel industry and their university's workings. Tey and her team was involved in building the inter-university network of the movement and shaping the organisation to fuel ecosystems of collective changemaking.
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Wild Conversations: A Just Energy Transition
Date: Thursday, 23 January 2025
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Location: Strangers Lounge, 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, #02-38D
Entry Fee: min. $5/pax
The entry fee a minimum of $5 and will go towards Students for a Fossil Free Future in support of the Rempang project in Batam. If you would like to contribute more in support of them please do so.
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