About 75% of industrial emissions from refining, petrochemical sector

Singapore

SINGAPORE generated 52.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2017, working out to about 0.11 per cent of global emissions, said Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry.

Of this, industries contributed about 60 per cent, Dr Koh said in response to a question raised by Nominated MP Anthea Ong.

Ms Ong had wanted to know how much industries - in particular the refinery and petrochemicals sector - were contributing to climate change, and what the government was doing to urge industries to take responsibility for their contributions to the climate crisis.

The majority of emissions from the industrial sector are from the combustion of fossil fuels by the refining a…