Youth Programme: Energy and Decarbonisation in Singapore

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This programme examines the role of Singapore's energy sector in climate action, focusing on the challenges and proposed mitigation that Singapore can adopt in the energy transition towards a low-carbon economy.

At the end of the course, participants will:

  • Introduced to the concept of sustainability and climate change, and how energy plays a major role in climate mitigation
  • Issues relating to the impending energy transition, including challenges and solutions from scientific and technological to economic and geopolitical perspectives will be discussed
  • Introduced to Singapore’s circumstances and deep decarbonisation strategy.

                            PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS                     


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YED (04 JUN Griness Sports Hub) 1
   Hands-on Workshops     


Engaging activities and games that make learning about energy fun and interactive.

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   Industry Insights    


Guest lectures from energy experts and field visits to energy-related facilities, providing a real-world perspective.

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   Project-Based Learning    


Participants will collaborate on energy-related projects, fostering creativity and problem-solving skills

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                            PROGRAMME DETAILS                            


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Course calendar
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For enquiries, please contact ameliahassan@nus.edu.sg

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DURATION

3 Days
9:00am to 5:30pm

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VENUE

On-campus
Education Resource Centre, University Town
National University of Singapore

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                                   OUR LECTURERS                              


Dr GOH Tian

Department of Industrial Systems Engineering & Management, College of Design and Engineering

Dr Goh is a lecturer at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM) at the National University of Singapore. She has more than a decade of experience in energy and climate change. Before joining ISEM, she was a research fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, NUS, where she worked on Singapore’s decarbonisation pathways, energy efficiency and embodied emissions with government agencies, as well as the ASEAN power grid optimisation with the Singapore Energy Centre. She also worked as an Associate Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, where she researched on policy issues in climate change, environment and food security. Prior to that, she worked on Singapore’s greenhouse gas inventory and Energy Conservation Act at the National Environment Agency. Dr Goh received her PhD in energy systems analysis from NUS where she conducted research on sectoral and economy-wide energy efficiency and CO2 emission trends using index decomposition analysis.

Professor ANG Beng Wah

Emeritus Professor
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management

ANG Beng Wah (B.W. Ang) is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM), National University of Singapore (NUS). He specialises in energy, climate change and sustainability. More recently, his focuses are on energy transition, deep decarbonisation, net-zero emissions and green economy. He is a Co-Editor of Energy Economics, and a member of the editorial boards of several other international academic journals including Energy Policy, Energy, and Economics of Disasters and Climate Change. He has consistently been named a highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics and in other citation analysis sources.

He received his BSc from the then Nanyang University and PhD from the University of Cambridge, respectively in 1977 and 1981. Before joining NUS, and from 1981 to 1983, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Energy Research Group at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. He has previously served as Head of the ISEM Department and Executive Director of the Energy Studies Institute, NUS.

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Certificate of Completion

Successful participants who fulfill all program requirements, including meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment, will be awarded an e-Certificate of Completion and Assessment Report issued by NUS SCALE.  

Certificate of Completion

A sample of the Certificate of Completion


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Pre-requisite: 
There are no pre-requisite. We welcome all students from different course study background. 

Meals:

Meals will be provided for the entire duration of the course.

Transportation:
Transportation will be provided to the external venue for Learning Journey and back to the NUS Campus.
Staff will be accompanying students during the entire Learning Journey. 

Consent Forms: 
For students 18 years old and above, an acknowledgement and media consent form will given to sign off.
For students under the age of 18 years old, the acknowledgement and media consent form will have to be sign off by the parent to give consent for their child to attend the course. 

NUS SCALE Youth Programmes
The Youth Programmes, on-campus and online, are organised by the School of Continuing and Lifelong Education, National University of Singapore (NUS SCALE). Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of fifteen other NUS faculties and schools, backed by cutting-edge research along with strong industry links, NUS SCALE equips youth, professionals, and organisations from around the world with the latest knowledge and skills required to meet the demands of the digital economy. 

Our Youth Programmes are specially curated for youths to get acquainted with NUS’ culture of innovation, academic excellence, and global responsibility towards a fruitful college experience.


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For any enquiries, please contact scale.global@nus.edu.sg

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02 October 2024