SSC2025 Programme Booklet

OVERVIEW OF SESSIONS

Day 1: Plenary Lecture

The challenges and opportunities of getting to net-zero GHG emissions Roselle-Simpor Main Ballroom 8 December 9:10am

Steven Chu Stanford University

Multiple industrial and agricultural revolutions have profoundly transformed the world, but these revolutions are changing the climate of Earth. Most of our energy sources and many of the materials we use are based on fossil-fuel. The challenges how to provide clean energy, water, air and food in a world of 8.2 billion people and projected to be 9.8 B by 2050 are formidable. After a brief summary of our current trajectory, I will discuss the progress, opportunities and challenges needed to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions.

Day 1: Keynote Lecture (Parallel Session 1)

Presentation by Evelyn Wang Roselle-Simpor 4601 8 December 10:05am Evelyn Wang Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Coming Soon.

Operationalising Climate Projections through Downward Counterfactuals and Virtual Reality Peony 4504 8 December 10:05am

Terry van Gevelt Singapore Management University

Traditional methods of visualising and communicating future climate risks are largely ineffective, hindering proactive adaptation. A key challenge lies in making complex and uncertain climate data actionable for a diverse range of stakeholders. Our research offers a novel approach to this challenge by using downward counterfactual modelling calibrated with high resolution climate projections across three Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs). This allows us to stress-test Singapore’s built infrastructure to future climate impacts, including sea-level rise, pluvial flooding, and high-impact-low-likelihood events, and to identify the set of feasible adaptation solutions and their path dependencies. We visualise and communicate our downward counterfactuals through an immersive, interactive and dynamic virtual reality experience. Taken together, our approach presents a significant step forward in operationalising, visualising and communicating rigorous data on future climate projections to a diverse set of stakeholders.

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