Just like any other society, Singapore too will engage in some sort of environmental discourse that would shape how they will approach the environmental issues of the world. This blog post will give a brief overview of the environmental policies that Singapore has planned for and how the type of discourse that they engage in can influence the type of policies.

Singapore Green Plan 2012

The infographic below will summarise the policies that they aim to execute or have had executed under the Green Plan 2012!

Environmental Discourse of Singapore

As we can observe from the policies that are found in the Green Plan 2012, we can infer rather easily that the Singaporean government engages in the discourse of sustainability. In Singapore’s context, we can see that there is still the desire to remain competitive economically, but are still acknowledging the environmental struggles that we face. Similar to the discourse of sustainability, Singapore emphasises on the idea of equity, ensuring that everyone can benefit, through their policies of closer collaboration within stakeholders in Singapore and also the desire to collaborate with other nations, in order to share and collaborate the knowledge.

The policies show how the discourse of sustainability impacts the types of policies that are implemented. However, this can also be applied vice versa, where the policies can further reinforce the discourse. This is especially so for policies that try to educate children about sustainability that might translate to more long-term effects.

However, despite the Singaporean government engaging this discourse, it begs the question if Singaporeans in general engage in such a discourse as well. I do feel that this is worth finding out and can be expounded on in the future with more primary research.