*Note: SYCA had an open recruitment earlier this year and in March 2020 had a gathering with new members. We have grown from a core group of 4 in 2015 to 8 in 2016 to now about 30 people in 2020- everyone with different interests and commitment levels. We are in the process of restructuring and self-organising ourselves, as well as analysing our social impact.
- 12 Dec 2020: Cheryl – Panelist in the Climate Change and International Youth Movement session of the Climate Advocacy Training for Youth (CATY) organised by CarbonCare InnoLab, Hong Kong.
- 6 Dec 2020: Hanisah, Rachel, Ilisha, Ai Xin, Yuk Yi, Lastrina, Adil, Asyraf – Organising ‘Inspiring Climate Action’ event in support of #GivingWeekSG.
- 5 Dec 2020: Swati – Panelist in The Climate Activists and Leaders Fireside Chat session of the Malaysian Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) organised by Malaysian Youth Delegation.
- 5 Dec 2020: Saloni – Panelist in the Multilateral Climate Action and Governance in ASEAN session of the Malaysian Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) organised by Malaysian Youth Delegation.
- 2 Dec 2020: Terese and Rachel participating in Greening NDP: NDP2020 Focus Group Discussion organised by MP Louis Ng.
- Dec 2020 to Jan 2021: Tricia, Rachel, Khushi: Volunteer Researchers for a stakeholder engagement project for a Good Samaritan Law in Singapore to legitimise food donations.
- Across November 2020: Rachel – profiling SYCA volunteers in support of #GivingWeekSG.
- 28 Nov 2020: Terese and Lastrina – Clean & Green Singapore (CGS) 2020 – Q&A session on Environmental Sustainability: “Ask Us Anything” with Team MSE (Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment)
- 20 Nov 2020: Swati – Panelist for Official launch of “Sustainability Exchange” by EB Impact.
- 12 Nov 2020: Lastrina – Audio recording ‘Journey as a Climate Action Advocate’ was aired on CNA 938 Live.
- 8 to 13 November: Saloni and Swati – Participants in Global Youth Climate Challenges (GYCC) program organised by Korea’s National Council on Climate and Air Quality (NCCA).
- 4 Nov 2020: Hanisah – Live interview on CNA938’s prime time evening show, Singapore Today. This is part of a weekly segment called Climate Q&A.
- 31 Oct 2020: Lastrina – Guest Speaker at the first Local Conference of Youth Hong Kong (LCOY HK) for the panel session Regional Sharing on Climate: Local solutions for global lessons cum small group discussion.
- 27 Oct 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for a sharing organised by Irshad (Roses of Peace) and UAE Embassy Singapore for youths in UAE and Singapore
- Oct 2020 to Feb 2021: SYCA is also organising a Local Conference of Youth. Local Conferences of Youth (LCOY) are events by YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change. We are putting together a programme for January 2021. This project is coodinated by Terese, and led by Tricia, Yuk Yi, and supported by Lastrina.
- Oct to Dec 2020: SYCA is supporting #GivingWeekSG 2020 organised by the National Volunteer & Philantrophy Centre (NVPC) happening the week of 1 – 7 December 2020. This project is coordinated by Hanisah, and led by Rachel, Ilisha, Yuk Yi, Ai Xin and supported by Lastrina.
- Sep 2020 to Jan 2021: Kate and Lastrina – Engaged as Resource Person for National Environment Agency’s Citizens’ Workgroup on Reducing Excessive Consumption of Disposables. Also Panelists during the Civil Society sharing on 10 Oct 2020.
- 28 Sep Signatory to #LepakInSG Letter calling Samsung to pull out from coal investment.
- 27 Sep 2020: Ilisha – Audio recording ‘Journey as a Climate Action Advocate’ was aired on CNA 938 Live.
- 26 Sep 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for Global Day of Climate Action: Singapore edition organised by Fridays 4 Future SG.
- 25 Sep 2020: Swati, Lastrina, Hanisah – SDG Chat with Dutch Ambassador Margriet Vonno.
- 19 Sep 2020: Lastrina – Panelist for the Climate Change track of Social Impact Day event organised by the NUS Chapter of Conjunct Consulting.
- 15 Sep 2020: As part of SYCA’s contribution to the Climate Action SG Alliance, we published a Citizen’s Guide to Disposing E-Waste in Singapore. This project was led by Swati, and contributed by Shreyas, Jun Hao, Rachel, Khushi. We engaged a designer Queenie who offered her service via the platform Making Meaning.
- 10 Sep 2020 onwards: Hanisah – Representing SYCA in Good Samaritan Food Donation Legislation Review Committee organised by Member of Parliament Louis Ng.
- 23 Jul 2020: Cuifen and Ilisha: Sharing on Low Carbon Footprint for Fullerton Hotel.
- 28 Jun 2020: Khushi, Samuel, Jun Hao, Rachel Lee, Rachel Cheong, and Tricia ran a book club session using the book Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene.
- 20 Jun 2020: Kate and Terese attended an informal dialogue to generate ideas and possible collaborations for climate action with Parliament organised by MP Louis Ng.
- 15 Jun 2020: Adil and Swati – Represented SYCA in 2nd climate catch-up organised by SG Climate Rally.
- 30 May 2020: Adil – Represented SYCA in Greenwatch Webinar organised by Climate Media Hub.
- 29 May 2020: Saloni, Samuel, Mohksin, Hang Chong, Rachel, Khushi, and Lastrina – ran a programme for Canadian International School.
- 24 May 2020: Terese – Represented SYCA in Brainstorming activity Environment x Vulnerable Communities organised by A Good Space.
- 8 May 2020: Mohksin, Rachel, Jun Hao, Yuk Yi, Cheryl, Tricia and Lastrina – ran a programme for Eunoia JC.
- 23 Apr 2020: Nur Friday – SYCA organised a Climate X Arts Zoom webinar featuring Singapore poet and playwright Alfian Saat and several other panellists.
- 20 Apr 2020: Adil – Represented SYCA in 1st climate catch-up organised by SG Climate Rally.
- 19 Apr 2020: Khushi, Samuel, and Terese – SYCA was invited to share on Post-Museum’s Really Really Free Chat Room #5. SYCA members Khushi, Samuel, Terese shared on climate change, and then Singapore Youth Voices for Biodiversity Karl and Edric to talk about biodiversity.
- 7 Apr 2020: Swati and Lastrina – Spoke at ESI-SYCA Youth-Dial In on Singapore’s Updated NDCs and LEDS, organised by Energy Studies Institute.
- 8 Feb 2020: Lastrina – Represented SYCA and gave inputs to Young PAP’s position paper on climate change.
- 5 Feb 2020: Lastrina – Represented SYCA and gave inputs to Singapore Democratic Party’s policy paper on climate change.
- 30 Jan 2020: Lastrina – The Nanyang Technological University’s Student’s Union’s Ministerial Open Discussions and Events (MODE) committee organised a Youth Talk 2020 with the topic being Environment. She was on the panel alongside Senior Minister of State Dr. Amy Khor, and Pek Hailin of Zero Waste SG.
- 20 Jan 2020: Lastrina – The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) organised their annual flagship conference Singapore Perspective. She spoke in the second panel: New Forms and Movements.
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