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In the article “Why Climates fight needs engineers”, Shah(2015) share that Asia’s development is susceptible to a hostile environment. Global warming increases the awareness of the need of a de-carbonised economy. The author indicate that the demand to transform into a 'sustainable urban and economic system', engineering solutions will see a peak in both local and regional area. Thus, experts faced hurdles when trying to integrate technology together. I agree with the author that engineers have a crucial role to play in solving sustainability challenges.

With the increase of carbon footprints and global warming, the world has become more vulnerable to climate change. El Niño, the climatic phenomenon caused by a long-term increase in the ocean surface temperature. As a result, hot and dry weather are conducive for sparking forest fires with causes haze. Attributing to the severity of the haze, palm oil companies in Indonesia uses unscrupulous method to clear vegetation.

Kitten(2015) state that, Singapore has one of the world’s highest carbon emissions per capita. To address this issue, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and energy efficiency are few of the initiaitive carried out by the Singapore governement to becoming a green economy. Singapore very own water sustainability, Newater, is the result of today water treatment technology. The country is working to become a zero-waste nation by recycling and reusing its own waste and unwanted materials.

In Singapore’s context, energy is a strategic resource because we are almost completely dependent on external energy sources to support economic activity and growth. Furthermore, due to our alternative energy disadvantaged city-state, there will be limitations to the reductions of carbon emissions. The government also educates the citizens by choosing electric appliances that is more energy efficient. This helps consumers better understand how the energy performance of the appliance they buy will translate into cost savings.

In conclusion, engineers is an essential role in sustainability. The rapid increase in demand for sustainability will create many job opportunities. Renewable energy projects keep money circulating within the local economy, reducing the money spent on importing external energy source. In addition to job directly created in renewable engery industy, growth creates positive economic “ripple” effect. Lastly, climate is a global issue that requires global action.

Reference:

Shah (2015) Why Climate Fights Needs Engineers, Retreived From http://www.eco-business.com/news/why-the-climate-fight-needs-engineers/

Benefits of renewable energy use, Retreived from http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/public-benefits-of-renewable.html#.VgYLGxOqqkr

Ko & Ho (2013) Haze Pollution, Retrieved from http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_2013-08-30_185150.html