Singapore Youth for Climate Action

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## Summary

A network of Singapore residents ready for climate action. SYCA members have undergone 2016 Learning & Leadership Program (LLP) in 2016, or have attended United Nations Climate Change Conferences.

## Mission

**Creating a platform for Singapore residents, particularly youths, to:**

* Step forward, connect and take climate action together
* Clarify what climate action is, and how it is relevant for us in the Singapore context
* Engage decision makers and climate negotiators in meaningful dialogue that can influence policy decisions

## Initiatives

#### 2021

* 1 Mar: Lastrina – Sharing at Yale-NUS for Year 1 students as part of their Week 7 programme.
* 27 Feb: Lastrina – Webinar with YNOT – Younified Network of Talents
* 20 Feb: Saloni – Sharing at Why Do Our Everyday Actions Matter in 2021 and Beyond? | WWF Explains
* 20 Feb: Lastrina – Sharing at CAPTISS (College of Alice and Peter Tan Student Symposium) 2021 as part of the Special Collections segment.
* 16 Feb: Hanisah – On CNA 938 Live giving her comments on Budget 2021.
* 8 Feb: Saloni – Panelist in a Discussion on Clean Energy and Transport in Singapore organised by Environmental Studies undergraduates from the National University of Singapore.
* 16, 23, 30 Jan – Singapore Local Conference of Youth. Visit the dedicated event website here https://sites.google.com/view/sycascoy2021/home

#### 2020

* 12 Dec 2020: Cheryl – Panelist in the Climate Change and International Youth Movement session of the Climate Advocacy Training for Youth (CATY) organised by CarbonCare InnoLab, Hong Kong.
* 6 Dec 2020: Hanisah, Rachel, Ilisha, Ai Xin, Yuk Yi, Lastrina, Adil, Asyraf – Organising ‘Inspiring Climate Action’ event in support of #GivingWeekSG.
* 5 Dec 2020: Swati – Panelist in The Climate Activists and Leaders Fireside Chat session of the Malaysian Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) organised by Malaysian Youth Delegation.
* 5 Dec 2020: Saloni – Panelist in the Multilateral Climate Action and Governance in ASEAN session of the Malaysian Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) organised by Malaysian Youth Delegation.
* 2 Dec 2020: Terese and Rachel participating in Greening NDP: NDP2020 Focus Group Discussion organised by MP Louis Ng.
* Dec 2020 to Jan 2021: Tricia, Rachel, Khushi: Volunteer Researchers for a stakeholder engagement project for a Good Samaritan Law in Singapore to legitimise food donations.
* Across November 2020: Rachel – profiling SYCA volunteers in support of #GivingWeekSG.
* 28 Nov 2020: Terese and Lastrina – Clean & Green Singapore (CGS) 2020 – Q&A session on Environmental Sustainability: “Ask Us Anything” with Team MSE (Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment)
* 20 Nov 2020: Swati – Panelist for Official launch of “Sustainability Exchange” by EB Impact.
* 12 Nov 2020: Lastrina – Audio recording ‘Journey as a Climate Action Advocate’ was aired on CNA 938 Live.
* 8 to 13 November: Saloni and Swati –  Participants in Global Youth Climate Challenges (GYCC) program organised by Korea’s National Council on Climate and Air Quality (NCCA).
* 4 Nov 2020: Hanisah – Live interview on CNA938’s prime time evening show, Singapore Today. This is part of a weekly segment called Climate Q&A.
* 31 Oct 2020: Lastrina – Guest Speaker at the first Local Conference of Youth Hong Kong (LCOY HK) for the panel session Regional Sharing on Climate: Local solutions for global lessons cum small group discussion.
* 27 Oct 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for a sharing organised by Irshad (Roses of Peace) and UAE Embassy Singapore for youths in UAE and Singapore
* Oct 2020 to Feb 2021: SYCA is also organising a Local Conference of Youth. Local Conferences of Youth (LCOY) are events by YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change. We are putting together a programme for January 2021. This project is coodinated by Terese, and led by Tricia, Yuk Yi, and supported by Lastrina.
* Oct to Dec 2020: SYCA is supporting #GivingWeekSG 2020 organised by the National Volunteer & Philantrophy Centre (NVPC) happening the week of 1 – 7 December 2020. This project is coordinated by Hanisah, and led by Rachel, Ilisha, Yuk Yi, Ai Xin and supported by Lastrina.
* Sep 2020 to Jan 2021: Kate and Lastrina – Engaged as Resource Person for National Environment Agency’s Citizens’ Workgroup on Reducing Excessive Consumption of Disposables. Also Panelists during the Civil Society sharing on 10 Oct 2020.
* 28 Sep Signatory to #LepakInSG Letter calling Samsung to pull out from coal investment.
* 27 Sep 2020: Ilisha – Audio recording ‘Journey as a Climate Action Advocate’ was aired on CNA 938 Live.
* 26 Sep 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for Global Day of Climate Action: Singapore edition organised by Fridays 4 Future SG.
* 25 Sep 2020: Swati, Lastrina, Hanisah – SDG Chat with Dutch Ambassador Margriet Vonno.
* 19 Sep 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for the Climate Change track of Social Impact Day event organised by the NUS Chapter of Conjunct Consulting.
* 15 Sep 2020: As part of SYCA’s contribution to the Climate Action SG Alliance, we published a Citizen’s Guide to Disposing E-Waste in Singapore. This project was led by Swati, and contributed by Shreyas, Jun Hao, Rachel, Khushi. We engaged a designer Queenie who offered her service via the platform Making Meaning.
* 10 Sep 2020 onwards: Hanisah – Representing SYCA in Good Samaritan Food Donation Legislation Review Committee organised by Member of Parliament Louis Ng.
* 23 Jul 2020: Cuifen and Ilisha: Sharing on Low Carbon Footprint for Fullerton Hotel.
* 28 Jun 2020: Khushi, Samuel, Jun Hao, Rachel Lee, Rachel Cheong, and Tricia ran a book club session using the book Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene.
* 20 Jun 2020: Kate and Terese attended an informal dialogue to generate ideas and possible collaborations for climate action with Parliament organised by MP Louis Ng.
* 15 Jun 2020: Adil and Swati – Represented SYCA in 2nd climate catch-up organised by SG Climate Rally.
* 30 May 2020: Adil – Represented SYCA in Greenwatch Webinar organised by Climate Media Hub.
* 29 May 2020: Saloni, Samuel, Mohksin, Hang Chong, Rachel, Khushi, and Lastrina – ran a programme for Canadian International School.
* 24 May 2020: Terese – Represented SYCA in Brainstorming activity Environment x Vulnerable Communities organised by A Good Space.
* 8 May 2020: Mohksin, Rachel, Jun Hao, Yuk Yi, Cheryl, Tricia and Lastrina – ran a programme for Eunoia JC.
* 23 Apr 2020: Nur Friday – SYCA organised a Climate X Arts Zoom webinar featuring Singapore poet and playwright Alfian Saat and several other panellists.
* 20 Apr 2020: Adil – Represented SYCA in 1st climate catch-up organised by SG Climate Rally.
* 19 Apr 2020: Khushi, Samuel, and Terese – SYCA was invited to share on Post-Museum’s Really Really Free Chat Room #5. SYCA members Khushi, Samuel, Terese shared on climate change, and then Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity Karl and Edric to talk about biodiversity.
* 7 Apr 2020: Swati and Lastrina – Spoke at ESI-SYCA Youth-Dial In on Singapore’s Updated NDCs and LEDS, organised by Energy Studies Institute.
* 8 Feb 2020: Lastrina – Represented SYCA and gave inputs to Young PAP’s position paper on climate change.
* 5 Feb 2020: Lastrina – Represented SYCA and gave inputs to Singapore Democratic Party’s policy paper on climate change.
* 30 Jan 2020: Lastrina – The Nanyang Technological University’s Student’s Union’s Ministerial Open Discussions and Events (MODE) committee organised a Youth Talk 2020 with the topic being Environment. She was on the panel alongside Senior Minister of State Dr. Amy Khor, and Pek Hailin of Zero Waste SG.
* 20 Jan 2020: Lastrina – The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised their annual flagship conference Singapore Perspective. She spoke in the second panel: New Forms and Movements.

#### 2019

* 2-13 Dec 2019: SYCA had 1 representative to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 22nd Conference of Parties (COP25), in Madrid, Spain. Member: Cheryl Lee.
* 20 Nov 2019: SYCA organised a pre-COP25 session “What about COP leh?”. Our speakers included SYCA’s members Swati and Cheryl, Anshari Rahman from the National Climate Change Secretariat, as well as Liang-Yi from 350.org.
* 14 Nov 2019: Cuifen, Jeremy, Cheryl – met up with Anshari to connect on COP.
* 29 Oct 2019: Cuifen – Sharing with NUS SAVE members. “SYCA and personal reflection on climate action”.
* 27 Oct 2019: SYCA in partnership with Energy Studies Institute co-organised a pre-COP25 Climate Change Capacity Building Workshop and Panel discussion on Eco-Anxiety.
* 26 Oct 2019: Lastrina – Panel Speaker for Environment Track of SG Youth Action Plan’s (YAP) Youth Action Challenge organised by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and National Youth Council. Share efforts undertaken with other youth in championing climate change.
* 3 Oct 2019: Cuifen – GIIS Youth for Climate Action’s Climate Action summit at Global Indian International School Punggol. “Role of Youth in Climate Action”.
* 26 Sep 2019: Cuifen and Swati – Speak Your Mind event at A Good Space. Co-Organised with Mother Earth Toastmasters club.
* 21 Sep 2019: Lastrina – Judge for Scholastic Environment Fund’s Oral Competition on Environmental Solutions.
* 30 Jul 2019: Cuifen – MOE Forum on Active Citizenry. Secondary school students from 2 schools. Mentioned SYCA in speech. “Finding my voice to advocate for sustainable living”.
* 6 Jul 2019: Cuifen – Campus Party. Big picture sharing on choosing to care for earth as earth citizens. Included story of persons met at COP. “Child of Earth, we have a choice”.
* 10 Jun 2019: SYCA organised “What’s Hot in Singapore?” a dialogue with the youth in Singapore and talk about how we can collectively create meaningful climate action.
* 26 Mar 2019: Lastrina – Part of the Climate Action panel discussion for ENV4101, a capstone course in the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) programme in NUS.

#### 2018

* 3-14 Dec 2018: SYCA had a Youth Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 24th Conference of Parties (COP24), in Katowice, Poland, accredited by Avelife, going under the capacity of SYCA. Members: Swati Mandloi and Cheryl Lee.
* 15 Nov 2018: SYCA co-organised the ASEAN Youth Pre-COP Capacity Building Workshop with Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Environmental Law Students Association at NUS Law and Malaysian Youth Delegation #MYD
* 3rd Oct 2018: Lastrina – Sharing at Singapore American School
* 22nd Sep 2018: Lastrina – Judge and Speaker for Scholastic Environment Fund’s Oral Competition on Environmental Solutions
* 21st Sep 2018: Lastrina – Yale-NUS Environmental Movements class
* 17th Sep 2018: Lastrina – Sharing at Climate Change Negotiations Training Workshop organised by Energy Studies Institute
* 2 & 3 June 2018: SYCA brought the +✓ art installation over to the Climate Action Carnival happening at Marina Barrage.
* May 2018: Cuifen – Hosted Skype call to Boon #SB48 with Melissa Low of Energy Studies Institute.
* 29 Apr 2018: +✓ art installation. The Singapore Youth for Climate Action – SYCA community helped spread environmental awareness by getting participants to recycle their 100PLUS cans after the run, by involving them in the building of this installation, as an expression of personal responsibility and collective commitment to creating a sustainable Singapore. Designed by Din Chan of Madlab, this installation was built with the support of Singapore Youth for Climate Action, and Ground-Up Innovation Labs for Development. This installation is in support of Singapore’s Year of Climate Action. This installation was sponsored by NTUC Income for Income Eco Run 2018 held on Sunday 29 April, at the F1 Pit Building, Singapore.
* 26 Apr 2018: Lastrina – Earth Day talk at Raffles Girls’ School.
* 19 Apr 2018: Lastrina – Earth Day Talk at Beatty Secondary School.
* 7 Apr 2018: SYCA Co-planned with National Youth Council, and Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, recruited facilitators, and also facilitated at the Singapore Youth Conversations Workshop at Raffles City Convention Centre.
* Apr 2018: Cuifen and Jeremy – Action for Sustainability 2018. Breakout session for Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) students on  SYCA and broad overarching theme of “Singapore Year of Climate Change Action”.
* 18 Mar 2018: Lastrina – Panelist at Global Compact Network Singapore Youth Forum 2018.
* 20 Jan 2018: Lastrina – Judge for Global Youth Summit by Hemispheres Foundation.

#### 2017

* 20 Dec 2017: SYCA co-organised “Thrash it Out for 2018 Year of Climate Action” event. The meetup saw 61 registered attendees, with 48 of them being able to turn up for the event. Additionally there were also 3 attendees who were there as observers.
* Nov 2017: Cuifen – Arranged for Cuifen and Cheryl to meetup with Santhosh and Anshari, SG Climate Negotiators.
* 6-17 Nov 2017: SYCA had a Youth Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23), in Bonn, Germany, accredited by Avelife, going under the capacity of SYCA. Members: Cuifen Pui and Cheryl Lee.
* Nov 2017: Jeremy and Cuifen – Submitted feedback for National Climate Change Secretariat’s carbon pricing public consultation.
* 16 Sep 2017: Lastrina – Guest Speaker and Judge at 15th Scholastic Environment Fund Oratory Competition.
* 3 Sep 2017: Lastrina – Panelist at The Singapore Eco Film Festival Day 3 Rise Up Track 7.
* 7 May 2017: SYCA organised a Community Meetup over brunch.
* 17 Apr 2017: Cuifen – Gave a talk at CHIJ on “How I found my voice to advocate for the environment & people”.
* 4 Apr 2017: Cuifen – Organised a Dialogue session on Water and Climate Action with 3 speakers: How is water quality and health risks related? by Dr Claus Jørgensen (DHI), The great water divide in Singapore,  by Ashokan Ramakrishnan (Mother Earth ToastMaster Club) and Virtual water footprints of food by Michael Broadhead (Animal Allies).
* 25 Mar 2017: Lastrina – Presented on SYCA’s experience at COP22 and how youth can get involved in climate action at Earth Hour, Our Green Generation, organised by EarthLink NTU.
* 18 Mar 2017: Lastrina – Presented on “Being part of the climate movement in Singapore” at TEDxNUS, organised by students of the National University of Singapore.
* 13 Mar 2017: Lastrina – Presented on “Environmental Advocacy in Singapore” at a Yale-NUS, Environmental Movements class.
* 11 Mar 2017: Theresa, Madhu, and Lastrina – Shared SYCA’s experience at COP22 at Youth Inventors 2017.
* 27 Feb 2017: Cuifen and Lastrina – Attended Ministry of Environment and Water Resources’ Government Parliamentary Committee meeting.
* 12 Feb 2017: Madhu and Lastrina – Shared SYCA’s experience at COP22 at Earth Fest 2017 organised by EarthFest Singapore.

#### 2016

* 15 Nov 2016: Lastrina – Presented on Singapore’s Approach to Energy Efficiency, Security and Climate Change, at the Korea Pavilion.
* Nov 2016: Cuifen – Represented workplace in representing on UNEP-DHI’s water monitoring & management work in Africa.
* 7-18 Nov 2016: SYCA had a Youth Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22), in Marrakech, Morocco, accredited by Avelife, going under the capacity of SYCA. Members: Cuifen Pui, Madhumitha Ardhaaari, Nor Lastrina Hamid, Theresa Wong.
* Nov 2016: Cuifen – Created learning resources for team before going for COP.
* 26 Oct 2016: Lastrina – Panelist for the film screening of “This Changes Everything” organised by I’dECO and Science Society at Yale-NUS.
* 6 Oct 2016: Cuifen – Organised Skype call with Ye-Min to prepare for COP. Also invited Malaysian Youth Delegation team to join in.
* 29 Sep 2016: Cuifen and Lastrina – Sharing at Youth Corps Singapore’s Teh Tarik programme. Session titled “Meet the Climate Captains”.
* 24 Sep 2016: Lastrina – Shared at National Environment Agency’s Youth Environment Envoy programme (Run 31).
* 25 Aug 2016: Cuifen – Sharing with RI Literature students on “What growing up, and becoming a sustainability advocate really meant”
* 17 Aug 2016: Lastrina – Spoke on “Climate Action Warrior of the 21st Century” at Jurong Junior College. This was part of the General Paper, External Speaker’s program.
* 30 Jul 2016: Lastrina – Spoke on “Behaviour Change: The Heart of a Sustainable Community” at Climate Innovation Challenge 2016.
* 23 Jul 2016: Lastrina – Spoke on “Climate Action Warrior of the 21st Century” at the United Nations Association of Singapore (UNAS) UN Annual Seminar 2016.
* 25 Jun 2016: Lastrina – Shared on “Climate Change and Climate Action” with a team of youths from Majulah Community who are involved in Project Peduli, a reforestation project in the Leuseur Ecosystem in Sumatra.
* 28 May 2016: Lastrina – Speaker for the Sustainability Mentorship Programme led by Green Future Solutions for the Session “Energy and Climate Change”.
* 7 May 2016: Lastrina – Panelist for the seminar  on Climate Change Negotiation Landscape: The Road from Paris and Beyond, organised by the NUS M.Sc (Environmental Management) alumni group.
* 20 Apr 2016: Cuifen – Shared COP21 experience at a Green Drinks Singapore event.
* 6 Apr 2016: Lastrina – Panelist for the event ‘The Elephant in the Room’, organised by Tembusu College Debate Society.
* 10 Mar 2016: Lastrina – Shared perspective in “Volunteerism and Environmental Activism” at the NUS College of Alice and Peter Tan, GEM Module on Environment and Civil Society in Singapore.
* 5 Feb 2016: Lastrina – Shared insights into COP21 at the National Environment Agency’s Annual Youth Partners Appreciation and Networking session.
* Jan 2016 to July 2016: The SYCA Co-Founders developed a three-month learning and leadership program. The first class was on 5th March and the Graduation Day was in July 2016.

#### 2015

* 11 Dec 2015: Lastrina – Panelist for Youth Actions on Climate Change, organised by Indonesian Pavilion at Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris, France. Shared best practices with the example of 350 Singapore.
* 8 Dec 2015: Lastrina – YOUNGO representative at the High Level Segment of Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris, France.
* Dec 2015: Cuifen – Arranged meeting with SG negotiators.
* 30 Nov-11 Dec 2015: SYCA had a Youth Delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), in Paris, France, accredited by Avelife, going under the capacity of SYCA. Members: Cuifen Pui, Juliana Chia, Melissa Chong, Nor Lastrina Hamid.
* 17 Nov 2015: Cuifen – Meeting with Ye-Min (former SG climate negotiator) to prepare for COP.
* 5 Nov 2015: Officially our first SYCA discussion meetup~

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## References

1. ↑ SYCA 2021 Activities. https://syca.sg/activities-2021/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
2. ↑ SYCA 2020 Activities.https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2020/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
3. ↑ SYCA 2019 Activites. https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2019/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
4. ↑ SYCA 2018 Activties. https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2018/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
5. ↑ SYCA 2017 Activities. https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2017/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
6. ↑ SYCA 2016 Activities. https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2016/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021
7. ↑ SYCA 2015 Activities. https://syca.sg/activities/activities-2015/. Retrieved on 14 March 2021