Environment, Climate Change, and Policy in Singapore and the Region

Date & Time: Thursday, 27 March 2025, 3 to 6pm 

Venue: NUS FASS RD Seminar Room (#6-42)/Zoom

Venue Address: NUS AS7 Shaw Foundation Building, 5 Arts Link, 117570

Directions: To get to the Research Division Seminar Room, go to Level 6 of the AS7 Shaw Foundation Building and turn right after exiting the lift, going around the corridor past the washrooms. Turn left and you will see the Research Division Seminar Room directly ahead.

Registration

Note: As this event is aimed at research and policy, please attend the Zoom session if you are not working in the field of research or policymaking, as in-person seating is reserved for researchers and policymakers.

In-person: Eventbrite 

 

Online: Zoom

 

Programme: Download here. 

This hybrid event, organised by the Singapore Research Nexus at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, spotlights NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Yale-NUS academics’ research and insights on environment, climate change, and policy in Singapore.

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SINGAPORE RESEARCH NEXUS Environment, Climate Change, and Policy Thursday 27 March 2025, 3pm to 6pm
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm	Registration
3:15 pm to 3:20 pm	Opening Remarks by Nala LEE | Associate Professor, NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, & FASS Assistant Dean of Research
3:20 pm to 3:25 pm	Introduction of Presenters by Susan OWEN | Senior Lecturer, NUS Geography
3:25 pm to 3:45 pm	‘Recent advances in geospatial technology in support of effective environment and climate policy in Singapore’ by Hao TANG | Assistant Professor, NUS Geography
3:45 pm to 3:55 pm	Q & A
3:55 pm to 4:15 pm	‘Coral Reefs of Southeast Asia Are Under Threat from Climatic Change’ by Paul KENCH | Professor, NUS Geography
4:15 pm to 4:25 pm	Q & A
4:25 pm to 4:45 pm	‘Examining environmental drivers of mangrove species distributions at local and landscape scales’ by Michiel Van BRUEGEL | Associate Professor, NUS Geography
4:45 pm to 4:55 pm	Q & A
4:55 pm to 5:15 pm	‘Surprises, Coastal Precarity, and Food Insecurity in an Age of Polycrisis: The Case of the Philippines’ by Marvin MONTEFRIO | Associate Professor, Yale-NUS College Environmental Studies
5:15 pm to 5:25 pm	Q & A
5:25 pm to 5:30 pm	Closing Remarks by Nala LEE | Associate Professor, NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, & FASS Assistant Dean of Research
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm	Refreshments & Networking with Participants