by Christie Lee | Jan 31, 2017 | 2017, Good Health & Well-being
While Singaporeans are living longer, they are also having fewer children, who are the traditional caregivers. This puts many elderlies at risk of neglect. During their scenario-planning exercise, the Institute of Policy Studies focused on strategies surrounding...
by Abriel | Jan 28, 2017 | 2017, Good Health & Well-being, Home
A group of innovative Temasek Polytechnic final-year engineering students has developed ideas that are targeted at the elderly who have mobility problems. They took existing products and made small improvements to it, so that everyday devices used by the elderly...
by Abriel | Jan 27, 2017 | 2017, Zero Hunger
There are about 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste the world generates each year. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations affirms that food waste in Europe alone could feed approximately 200 million people. For the past decade, 86-year-old Dino...
by Abriel | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
With 2016 devoted largely to getting the Paris Agreement ratified and entering into force, attention is now turning to its implementation, alongside the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established to service the international climate negotiating process,...
by Abriel | Jan 20, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Xi Jinping, the first Chinese president to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. His appearance came at an important moment for China, as it increasingly takes on a global leadership role, including and critically on climate change. In his speech,...
by Christie Lee | Jan 14, 2017 | 2017, Responsible Consumption & Production
The disposable age along with increasing affluence, is resulting in a rising tide of waste generated in Singapore. Since domestic helper Cherryann-Lynn Santos, 36, started working for a family in Singapore nine years ago, she has been “shopping” at the...
