Singapore Green Plan 2030
The Singapore Green Plan 2030 () is a plan released by the Government of Singapore on 10 February 2021 that sets targets for sustainability in Singapore by 2030. The plan is spearheaded by five Ministries, being the Ministry of Education, Ministry of National Development, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Background. Efforts to create a sustainable Singapore hark back to 1992, when the first Green Plan was released. Another edition was released in 2002, titled the Singapore Green Plan 2012. Several carbon-neutral targets were announced, with  targets set in 2020 to half 2030 peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and achieve net-zero emissions "as soon as viable" by the second half of this century. During a parliamentary motion on tackling climate change held on 1 February 2021, several MPs called for more to be done, ranging from hiking the carbon tax to being a carbon services hub, improving sustainability standards in the public service, ensuring preservation of forests, putting up a sustainability curriculum and declaring a climate emergency. In response, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu announced a Singapore Green Plan that would  be launched nine days later, along with a review to carbon tax prices. The motion was later passed. Content. The Singapore Green Plan 2030 has five key pillars, being "City in Nature", "Sustainable Living", "Energy Reset", "Green Economy" and "Resilient Future". They will be enabled by a Green Government and Green Citizenry. As part of the plan, several new targets were announced. By 2030, there will be a projected 60,000 electric vehicle chargers with new car models required to run on cleaner energy sources, having schools reduce their net carbon emissions by two-thirds with at least 20 per cent  carbon-neutral and the rest following soon after, and making Jurong Island a sustainable energy and chemicals park. Singapore will also be made a sustainable tourism destination with plans to hone Singapore as a carbon services hub. In addition, targets to reduce waste deposited into Semakau landfill by 20 per cent were set to be achieved by 2026, building on a target to reduce waste up to 30 per cent by 2030 as part of the Zero Waste Masterplan announced in 2019. There will also be a new Enterprise Sustainability Programme and Eco Stewardship Programme for companies and schools respectively , to get sensitised to sustainability. Most of the other targets put in the Plan were previously announced. Finally, a series of Green Plan Conversations will be organised to collaborate with Singaporeans on environmental initiatives and find the best way to achieve these goals.