The motion will aim to help small and medium-sized enterprises navigate the green transition and adopt sustainable practices.
Members of the People’s Action Party's Climate Action Group, together with Minister for National Development Desmond Lee , the party's assistant secretary-general, on Jan 21, 2025. Mr Lee said the PAP Climate Action Group, launched on Tuesday at the Singapore Sustainability Academy, will table a fourth motion on climate change in parliament later this year.He noted that some companies - particularly small and medium-sized enterprises - still face challenges in this area.
“Looking ahead, climate change poses an existential threat to Singapore, and will be one of the defining challenges of our time,” said Mr Lee on Tuesday. Nee Soon GRC MP Louis Ng, co-chair of the People's Action Party's Climate Action Group, on Jan 21, 2025. “This fourth motion will really be about how we can support businesses, especially the SMEs, in this green transition; how we can provide more support, how we can pull resources together, a handbook maybe for them, how we can even have a job transformation map for all sectors, not just the finance sectors,” he said.
When asked by CNA if climate issues would resonate with voters at this year's General Election - which must be held by November - Dr Koh said that everyone, from individuals to corporations, is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change.
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