A “green dot” rally is being planned for next month at Hong Lim Park. About 15 young activists in Singapore are organising a climate action rally on Sept 21, in line with the global youth movement inspired by Swedish teen climate champion Greta Thunberg. Next month’s event, the Singapore Climate Rally, will be the first physical one in the Republic since the intl movement began in Aug last year, although there have been other social-media climate campaigns here. The event is the brainchild of Year 2 NUS student Lad Komal Bhupendra. The 19-year-old environmental studies student told ST she had been alarmed by recent headlines on heatwaves, wildfires and the melting of ice occurring worldwide. “All these could happen more frequently with climate change,” she said. “Yet I feel that there is not enough done to address the climate crisis in Singapore. So I decided to bring people together to create this event to show the Government there are people here who care and want bolder climate action.”... Continue Reading