Thursday, 24 September 2015

Why the climate fight needs engineers (Summary)

In the article "Why the climate fight needs engineers", Shah (2015) emphasised the importance of having competent engineers who are able to help in overcoming the sustainable challenges Singapore faces. The writer agrees with the experts who belief it is essential for engineers to solve the rising climate changes in Singapore. Hence, the Engineer Progression Pathway programme aids engineers to develop professional and technical skills to combat global environment issues. According to Edwin Khew, deputy president of IES and also chairman of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore, that Asian cities are affected by climate change such as experiencing extreme weather events such as floods, extreme high temperatures and droughts, water shortages, and rising sea levels due to screaming increase population growth and urban development. She further quotes Edwin Knew “Sustainable engineering solutions will be in strong demand, and engineers will see tremendous opportunities, both locally and regionally “to support the need of engineers to flight climate change. While I agree with this to some extent, I feel that dependence on engineers to solve the climate changes does not always result in the best solution and there are several factors that the article has failed to consider. 



1 comment:

  1. N.Frank

    First of all this is an excellent summary that you have provided, with much detail. However, this is quite a lengthy summary with 197 words to be exact. I think there are several points that you may be able to do without, such as the amount of examples of the given.

    Another possible mistake that i have managed to discover is the usage of your tenses, whereby you have used both present and past tense.But then again, i am not very sure myself. Anyway, it is interesting that your team have a different view towards the article.

    Best regards
    M Fadhli

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