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Education material for Singapore's climate crisis

Updated: Dec 17, 2019

Do you feel overwhelmed at times about getting reliable information about climate change?



This post is a repository of a collection of educational resources for Singapore's climate crisis. Feel free to use any of these resources for your own purpose. If you would like to join or partner with us in creating new content or spreading awareness, drop a note to hello@350sg.org


In this post

  1. Quick reference primer

  2. News and progress updates

  3. References published by institutional resources

  4. Climate crisis 101 educational resources

  5. Singapore's climate action policy

  6. Decarbonization solutions

  7. Public opinion on climate change

  8. Taking action



1. Quick reference primers

  1. Megan Darby and Sara Stefanini - 37 things you need to know about 1.5C global warming

  2. 350 SG - Key facts of climate crisis

  3. 350 - Climate science basics


2. News and progress updates

  1. The Guardian - Climate change coverage

  2. Straits Times - Environmental correspondent - Audrey Tan

  3. Schroders - Climate progress dashboard


3. References published by institutional sources

  1. IPCC - Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C - 2018

  2. IPCC - Special Report on climate change and land - 2019

  3. IPCC - The ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate - 2019

  4. UN Human Rights Council - Extreme poverty and climate change - 2019

  5. International Monetary Fund - Macroeconomic and Financial Policies for Climate Change - 2019

  6. American Chemical Society - Climate science toolkit

  7. NASA - Climate change dashboard

  8. Carbon Tracker - Singapore's Paris Agreement scorecard

  9. ExxonMobil - Energy and Carbon Summary - 2019

  10. Pope Francis - Laudato Si - 2015

  11. National Association of Evangelicals - Loving the least of these - 2011


4. Climate crisis 101 education resources

  1. Taylor Hickem - Singapore's climate crisis: video (1h 24min) presentation slides and script

  2. Sea level rise key fact sheet

  3. Climate change facts sheet (9 pages) What on earth is the climate crisis?

  4. Skeptical Science - Explaining climate change science & rebutting global warming misinformation


Interactive materials and online courses

  1. UNCC eLearn https://unccelearn.org/ Climate change

  2. SDGAcademy (Michael E Mann): Climate change, the science and the global impact

  3. Climate crisis quiz - Kahoot (short version)

  4. Climate crisis quiz - Google Sheets (long version)

  5. Climate change trivia flashcards


Collaborative open access materials

drop a note to hello@350sg.org to request access to the Google Drive folder


5. Singapore's climate action policy

  1. PM Lee Hsien Loong UN climate action summit Singapore's action pledges - 2019

  2. Singapore's Paris Agreement - Excel comparison of current pledge vs IPCC target

  3. National Climate Change Secretariat - Climate Change & Singapore: Challenges. Opportunities. Partnerships - 2012

  4. National Environment Agency - Singapore’s Fourth National Communication and Third Biennial Update Report - 2018


6. Decarbonization solutions

  1. Project Drawdown

  2. McKinsey - Carbon abatement cost curve

  3. 350SG NCCS Consultation Response - Vision 2050: Towards a people's climate action plan for Singapore - 2019

  4. 350SG - Carbon capture, utilisation and storage - 2019


7. Public opinion on climate change

  1. CNA - More than 9 in 10 Singaporeans concerned by climate change - 2019

  2. Pew Research - A look at how people around the world view climate change - 2019

  3. Pew Research - Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions - 2015

  4. Milieu Insights and Climate Conversations - Motivating Climate Action - 2018

  5. Sonny Rosenthal, Edmund Lee, Shirley Ho and Benjamin Detenber - Perceptions of climate change in Singapore and the US - 2013

  6. Yale Program on Climate Communications - Global warming's six Americas - 2016

  7. Iain Walker and Zoe Leviston - Three types of climate change denial - 2019

  8. National Association of Evanglicals - Loving the least of these - 2011


8. Taking action

First steps

  1. Taylor Hickem - How to make an impact in global warming - cheat sheet - 2019

  2. Taylor Hickem - Presentation slides - Overcoming eco-anxiety - 2019

  3. Thomas Doherty and Susan Clayton - The psychological impacts of climate change - 2011


Climate activism

  1. 350.org organizing activism campaigns - Climate resistance handbook - 2019

  2. B Lab UK - How to declare a climate emergency: A playbook for business - 2019

  3. Roger Hallam (Extinction Rebellion) - Common sense for the 21st century - 2019

  4. Extinction Rebellion - Self organizing system of XR UK explained - 2019

  5. Taylor Hickem - presentation slides on climate activism - 2019





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