1. 12th Mar. 2012
CROSSROADS
Rotary Club of Singapore Vol. 48 / 32
“21st Century Implications on Educating our Next Generation”
SPEAKER: Rtn. Jeremy Han
Lunch meeting of the 7th March 2012
Article of the week “ Durban Outcome” by Seleha Lockwood
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2. Introductory remarks Toast
President Tapan Rao welcomed members to the Rtn. Noshir Mistri called upon visiting Rotarian Paul
first meeting for the month of March, during Owen, who is his club’s Membership Director to
which time, the Club highlights the activities of say a few words about his club, Rotary Club of
youths. He noted that the Rotaractors had West Perth, Australia. Rtn. Paul thanked members
conducted an entrepreneurship seminar on 3rd for the warm welcome and was honoured to be
March, whilst the Interactors would be holding present at the meeting. He advised that the West
their annual project “YOUth Got Heart” on 10th Perth club meets for breakfast and has 57
March. President Tapan called on members to members. He added that usually at each meeting,
support this project by making donations, and a there would be about 40 members present. As
total collection of $310.00 was received. Membership Director, Rtn. Paul was pleased to add
that his club had inducted five new members and
President Tapan welcomed our Speaker, none one members had rejoined the club.
other than our own member, Rtn. Jeremy Han,
who is the Director Special Projects of Adam
Khoo Learning Technologies Group.
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3. Welcome of visiting Speaker of the week
Rotarians and guests
Rtn. Perlita Tiro welcomed our PE Jimmy Ooi noted that March
guests and visiting Rotarians was “New Generations” Month
for our Club and the speakers
- Guests : for the coming meetings would
Ms. Jasbir Koh be related to youths. He
Mr. Thomas Nouvian introduced Rtn. Jeremy Han as
Mr. Malcolm Boyd the Director Special Projects of
Mr. Ashley Shane Adam Khoo Learning
Mr. Jeff Hart Technologies Group, an
entrepreneur and ex-educator. "The youth of every generation
Visiting Rotarians : To start his presentation, Rtn. has stood in a critical position, for
Paul Owen – West Perth Jeremy showed a brief video the scales have been tipped one
Merle Ricklefs – Mt. Beauty, which drew attention to the way or the other by the training
Australia surge of new technologies and they received from their elders.
Christian Skroeder – Nyon-la- social media innovations which This is particularly true today. Our
Cote, Switzerland were altering the media boys and girls have greater
landscapes whilst reaching a freedom, exercise greater power,
wider audience. Rtn. Jeremy and have more opportunities for
noted that these changes were both good and evil, than ever
affecting the way people before. How important it is,
behaved and were making an therefore, that youth’s great
impact on the next generation. possibilities for good be realized
Rtn. Jeremy noted the three key and developed!"
implications of the 21st Century Angus S. Mitchell, 1948-49 RI
were the information explosion; president, address to the 1949
increased globalization and convention in New York City.
increased connectivity. He President Tapan called upon Rtn.
shared many interesting insights C H Tan who warmly thanked Rtn.
on how we could prepare our Jeremy for sharing his interesting
youths for these key views on the implications on
implications. educating the future generation.
To end his presentation, Rtn. (A copy of Rtn. Jeremy’s
Jeremy shared the following presentation material is available
quotation on the relevance of from the Secretariat.)
Rotary:
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4. DURBAN OUTCOME ON CLIMATE CHANGE by Seleha Lockwood
Durban Outcome as observed by Seleha Lockwood, Advisor on the Bhutan delegation
Admittedly the Durban outcome is very far from helping to ensure global temperatures do not rise 2
degrees centigrade. However, the talks achieved the most they could under the political circumstances.
Main outcomes included:
Further certainty for investors in the international compliance carbon market of the UNFCCC on the
continuation of the second commitment period commitments of the Kyoto Protocol up to 2017 or 2020
the targets for which would be decided at the end of 2012. International is underlined because, of
course, the EU were already thinking of buying CERs from CDM projects as part of their EU level targets
without setting second commitments under the KP which would be in a multilateral/international
context.
A Durban platform that indicates broader level country participation to address climate change from
2020 in an agreed outcome with legal force. The workings of this new agreement would be made in 2015
so not much time to build the workings of this new agreement. This platform was a remarkable
milestone including US, China and India in a global platform towards some sort of global legal outcome.
The setting up of the Green Climate Fund has been approved – another milestone.
Improvement of CDM, existing mechanisms. Introduction of a policy dialogue panel that would work this
year on the future of the CDM. The policy panel is constituted of public sector, NGO and private sector
high-level figures.
The Durban outcome is being viewed and used differently by different actors. Some government,
business and civil society stakeholders have become increasingly cynical of the multilateral process to get
to effective agreement, with good reason, and have little hope in the Durban outcome. Some are
focusing on national or bilateral agreements. Others are using the Durban outcome to lobby
governments believing that the multilateral process is the best incentive for government, private sector
and civil society to address climate change
Rather than lamenting that Durban did not achieve what we wanted, we advocate building on the Durban
outcome to push for further improvements in the Kyoto Protocol, the Durban platform, the GCF and new
mechanisms as part of our policy lobbying work going forward.
Seleha Lockwood
Advisor, Climate Change Policy
Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
Singapore (currently in London)
Email: Seleha_lockwood@yahoo.com
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5. The Guide to Daily Living
MARK YOUR DIARY Before doing the things we COMING ROTARY EVENTS
Birthday celebrants want to do, consider first, the
RC wishes Happy Birthday to precept of the guide. Ask March
celebrants this week: ourselves these 4 questions March 20th
March 13 – Dr T K Neo and act upon them:
Fellowship Dinner with sister
March 17– Deepak Nagrani First: Have I spent some time
in self-examination? club, Rotary Club of Osaka
March 18 – Michael King
March 19 – Pradeep Chatterjee Second: Have I spent quality Semba
time with my family?
Third: Have I given my best to
March 22nd – 25th
Anniversary Celebrants District Assembly and PETS
my work?
RC sends best wishes to at Grand Paragon Hotel,
Fourth: Have I given some
Wedding Anniversary time to someone near and Johor Bahru
celebrants: far?
March 13 – Bharat & Alka Mandloi The Guide, in fact, March 24th
March 17 – Saeed & Sajda Khan encompasses the 4 parts of Visit to Betesda Orphanage in
the Object of Rotary. Batam, Indonesia
This week
March 14th 2012 April
Next week
March 21st 2012 Magazine Month
Reception Desk duty: Bharat
Mandloi, Jamshid Medora
Reception Desk duty: Colin May
Sunshine Box duty: PP Philip
Miles, Peter-Paul Nijsten Community Service Month
Leong, PE Jimmy Ooi
Sunshine Box duty: Jean- May 6th – 9th
Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Lee,
Philippe Lionnet, Paul Phua Rotary International
Ministry of Education
Speaker: Ms. Joyce Billington Convention in Bangkok
Counselor
Topic: “Overfed but Topic: To be advised
JuneFour-Way Test
The
Underdeveloped”
New Generations Service Rotary Things we think, say
Of the Fellowships Month
Date: Thursday, 29th March or do:
International Service * Is it the truth?
Date: Thursday, 15th March Time: 7.30pm
* Is it fair to all concerned?
Time: 7.30pm Venue: Pool Terrace, The * Will it build goodwill and
Venue: Moghul Mahal Pines, 30 Stevens Road better friendship?
Restaurant, 177A River Valley S257840 * Will it be beneficial to all
Road, Novotel Hotel, Liang Hosts: Rtn. Paul Phua concerned?
Court Shopping Centre, 6th Queries, comments and
floor, S179031 articles request can be
Hosts: Rtns. Atul Merchant, sent to
Kavita Singh, Ghani Mahtani Jean-Philippe Lionnet
and Dr. Thomas Perkmann bulletin@rotary.org.sg
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