Singapore Climate Rally

Description

### Social Media

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sgclimaterally//Twitter -https://twitter.com/sgclimaterally

/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SGClimateRally/

## Summary

SG Climate Rally (abbreviated as **SGCR**) was "born from the understanding" of a "climate emergency", and that "individual action alone is insufficient to tackle it". They stand for "collective action, systemic change and justice", and "work with those in power to achieve ambitious climate policy".

On 17 June 2019, LepakInSG organised an event Unpacking Singapore’s Progress Towards the Paris Agreement. Some participants desired for greater climate action, and they met in subsequent weeks to form "a rapidly growing group that became Singapore Climate Rally".

Later on 21 September 2019, over *2,000* rally goers gathered at Hong Lim Park for Singapore's first climate Rally.  Riding on this success, SGCR has continued to push for radical change and climate justice ever since.

## Vision, mission and values

### **Vision**

Singapore Climate Rally's website states the following:

> A world built on equity, inclusion and a regenerative relationship with the natural world.
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> In this world, the continuous pursuit of endless growth and extraction is no more. In its place is a world built on non-material ideas of success such as well-being, sufficiency and contentment.
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Read the full vision on their website.

### **Mission**

SGCR mentioned this on their website:

> We aim to bring about a bold, just and necessary transition to net zero emissions in Singapore by 2050 by mobilising broad support from the public, policymakers and businesses.
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> This transition must be premised on equity, collaboration and care, and will require the transformation of our economic and socio-political systems, as well as our current relationship with the natural world.
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###  **Values**

Values underpin all of SG Climate Rally’s actions, grounding their mission and vision.

They are as follows:

* *We seek **justice** for all communities, both human and non-human, especially ones that have been systemically marginalised.*

* *We strive for a world built on **equity** and **inclusion**, premised on care for all communities.*

* *We aim to foster **civil empowerment** in Singapore*

## Calls to Action 2019

Leading up to Singapore's first climate rally, a 15-page Call to Action document  for Singapore and the government was released. In general, they hope to...

*Slash Singapore’s*

*absolute greenhouse gas emissions to*

*peak by 2020, halve by 2030,*

*and reach net zero by 2050.*

To achieve this, they call on the Singapore government to implement the following:

1. Face the Truth
	* Declare a national climate emergency in recognition of the need to bring absolute greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.
	* Commission and release, by 2020, a comprehensive report that assesses the direct and indirect impacts posed to Singapore by the climate crisis
2. Combat the Crisis
	* Craft and make publicly accessible, by 2020, a national climate mitigation master plan to slash emissions.
	* Decarbonise our economy
	* Divest fully from polluting industries.
3. Engage the People
	* Educate all Singaporeans on the urgency and severity of the climate crisis.
	* Convene quarterly meetings to consult and update the public on the progress towards achieving the emissions targets.

## History

### **Origins**

On 17 June 2019, LepakinSG organised an event Unpacking Singapore’s Progress Towards the Paris Agreement. The goal of the event was to educate and engage the public and to eventually present a report on Singapore’s Biennial Update Report (BUR). However, as announcements of the Global Climate Strike started to flood the Internet, some participants felt that more vocal and visible action was required in Singapore. They met again a few weeks later to form a rapidly growing group that became Singapore Climate Rally.

### **Singapore's First Climate Rally**

On 21 September 2019, over *2,000* rally goers gathered at Hong Lim Park for the SG Climate Rally. The rally was "Singapore's first ever physical climate rally", a show of "political solidarity" to urge the government to take "bold systemic climate action".

## Initiatives

22 September 2019: Singapore's First Climate Rally

11 January 2020: Greenwatch [link here]

25 April 2020: Chiang Mai Fires Solidarity Series

20 June 2020: Launch of Neighbourhood Greenwatch

1 - 8 July 2020: SG Climate Rally Instagram Takeover

3 - 23 August 2020: Activism in Crisis Festival

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 sgclimaterally.com/about-us *Singapore Climate Rally.* Retrieved 2020-08-30.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LepakInSG (2019-06-17) "Unpacking Singapore’s Progress Towards the Paris Agreement" https://www.facebook.com/events/the-red-box/unpacking-singapores-progress-towards-the-paris-agreement/2285381738210737/ Past event. *Facebook*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T11eF6Dx5g909hY9IFREsDwRw1qzv1HikK8cfIKIbdM/view *Singapore Climate Rally.*Retrieved 2020-08-30
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1  https://www.sgclimaterally.com/sgcr2019 *Singapore Climate Rally.* Retrieved 2020-08-30.
5. ↑ https://www.sgclimaterally.com/ *Singapore Climate Rally.* Retrieved 2020-08-30.
6. ↑ "Our Calls to Action" (2019-08-17)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f7EZP85dM7v2Rn9v1ffxjpufdwxR8akL/view *Singapore Climate Rally.* Retrieved 2020-08-30.
7. ↑ https://www.sgclimaterally.com/contact-us *Singapore Climate Rally.* Retrieved 2020-08-30.