While carbon dioxide emissions fell by a record 7 per cent this year, the onus remains on the major emitters – China, India, the EU and the US – to do more to cut emissions. SMU Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society Winston Chow said, “Even if Singapore decarbonises mostly by 2030, it will still be a drop in the ocean, in terms of meeting the Paris Agreement goals.” “If China is able to succeed in its 2060 goal, global temperatures will increase by only 2.1 degrees Celsius by the end of the century,” Assoc Prof Chow added.