# Singapore Green Plan 2030 Charts Ambitious Targets for Next 10 Years to Catalyse National Sustainability Movement

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2021-02-10T06:00:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/singapore-green-plan-2030-charts-ambitious-targets-for-next-10-years-to-catalyse-national-sustainability-movement-1
- **Topics:** Government & Policy, Sustainability & PropTech

## Featured rationale

Higher sustainability and cleaner-transport standards may increase demand for green building upgrades and influence developers’ design, infrastructure and investment decisions across property segments.

## AI summary

The Singapore Green Plan 2030 will raise building sustainability standards and expand the targeted number of EV charging points from 28,000 to 60,000 by 2030.

## Original article

The Government today unveiled the Singapore Green Plan 2030, a whole-of-nation movement to advance Singapore’s national agenda on sustainable development. The Green Plan charts ambitious and concrete targets over the next 10 years, strengthening Singapore’s commitments under the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, and positioning us to achieve our long-term net-zero emissions aspiration[1] as soon as viable.

Spearheaded by five ministries – the Ministries of Education, National Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Trade and Industry, and Transport – and supported by the whole of Government, the Green Plan builds on the sustainability efforts of preceding decades. The comprehensive plan will strengthen Singapore’s economic, climate and resource resilience, improve the living environment of Singaporeans, and bring new business and job opportunities. It will influence all aspects of our lives, from how we live to how we work, and play, as we work together as a nation to make Singapore a greener and more liveable home.

Comprehensive Plan with Five Key Pillars

The Green Plan has five key pillars:

a) City in Nature: to create a green, liveable and sustainable home for Singaporeans;

b) Sustainable Living: to make reducing carbon emissions, keeping our environment clean, and saving resources and energy a way of life in Singapore;

c) Energy Reset: to use cleaner energy and increase our energy efficiency to lower our carbon footprint;

d) Green Economy: to seek green growth opportunities to create new jobs, transform our industries, and harness sustainability as a competitive advantage; and

e) Resilient Future: to build up Singapore’s climate resilience and enhance our food security

Realising these sustainability goals will require a multi-stakeholder whole-of-nation effort. This will be enabled by a Green Government, with the public sector leading in environmental sustainability; and Green Citizenry, where individuals, communities and businesses play their part.

The Green Plan will strengthen existing national sustainability efforts and mitigation measures with several new initiatives and targets. These include:

• A new Enterprise Sustainability Programme to help Singapore enterprises to develop capabilities in sustainability;

• Requiring all new car registrations to be cleaner-energy models from 2030, and more than doubling the targeted number of electric vehicles (EVs) charging points by 2030, from 28,000 to 60,000;

• Raising the sustainability standards of our buildings through the next edition of the Singapore Green Building Masterplan;

• Building on our 2030 aim to reduce the waste sent to our landfill by 30%, we will work on achieving a 20% reduction by 2026;

• Working towards a two-thirds reduction of net carbon emissions from the schools sector by 2030, and aiming for at least 20% of our schools to be carbon neutral by 2030 for a start, with the rest of the schools to follow thereafter.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### 《新加坡绿色发展蓝图2030》制定未来十年雄心目标，推动全国可持续发展运动

政府今日公布《新加坡绿色发展蓝图2030》（Singapore Green Plan 2030），这是一项全国性运动，旨在推进新加坡在可持续发展方面的国家议程。该绿色发展蓝图为未来十年制定了雄心勃勃且具体的目标，强化新加坡在联合国《2030年可持续发展议程》及《巴黎协定》下的承诺，并使我们在可行范围内尽快实现长期净零排放愿景[1]。

该蓝图由五个部委牵头——教育部、国家发展部、永续发展与环境部、贸工部及交通部——并获得全政府支持，在过去数十年可持续发展工作的基础上进一步推进。这项全面计划将增强新加坡的经济、气候与资源韧性，改善国人的生活环境，并带来新的商业与就业机会。它将影响我们生活的方方面面，从居住方式到工作与休闲方式，我们作为一个国家共同努力，把新加坡建设成更绿色、更宜居的家园。

涵盖五大支柱的全面计划

绿色发展蓝图包含五大支柱：

a）自然之城（City in Nature）：为新加坡人打造绿色、宜居且可持续的家园；

b）可持续生活（Sustainable Living）：使减少碳排放、保持环境清洁，以及节约资源与能源成为新加坡的生活方式；

c）能源重置（Energy Reset）：使用更清洁的能源并提高能源效率，以降低我们的碳足迹；

d）绿色经济（Green Economy）：把握绿色增长机遇，创造新就业、转型产业，并将可持续性转化为竞争优势；以及

e）韧性未来（Resilient Future）：加强新加坡的气候韧性并提升粮食安全

实现这些可持续发展目标，需要多方利益相关者的全国性共同努力。这有赖于“绿色政府”——公共部门在环境可持续方面发挥带头作用；以及“绿色公民”——个人、社区与企业各尽其责。

绿色发展蓝图将通过多项新举措与目标，强化现有的全国可持续发展努力与减缓措施。这些包括：

• 推出全新的企业可持续发展计划（Enterprise Sustainability Programme），协助新加坡企业发展可持续能力；

• 自2030年起，所有新注册汽车须为更清洁能源车型，并将电动汽车（EV）充电点的目标数量在2030年前由28,000个增加逾一倍至60,000个；

• 通过下一版《新加坡绿色建筑总蓝图》（Singapore Green Building Masterplan），提升我国建筑物的可持续标准；

• 在2030年将运往填埋场的废物减少30%的目标基础上，我们将争取在2026年前实现减少20%；

• 致力于在2030年前将学校领域的净碳排放减少三分之二，并先以至少20%的学校在2030年前实现碳中和为目标，其余学校随后跟进。