Following the resounding success of the National Weather Study Project (NWSP) Competition 2006 in which 178 schools participated and 279 creative ideas submitted, Competition 2007 kicked off with a welcome address by President & CEO, Mr Roy Adair at the Auditorium, Singapore Power Building.

The NWSP was designed to raise awareness among the student population on how climate change and shifting weather patterns can impact the environment and Singaporeans’ lifestyles.

The NWSP was launched in 2005 with a S$1 million pledge from Senoko Power. Seven government agencies came on board as main partners to jointly drive the programme. Over 50 organisations contributed their resources to the competition.

Participating schools in the NWSP were equipped with mini-weather stations to measure and analyse wind speed, wind direction, humidity, rainfall, temperature and solar intensity. The students were tasked with undertaking projects that explore the significance of climate change and its impact on Singapore and the world. They are encouraged to widen their knowledge beyond the textbooks and classrooms, and to appreciate the relationship between this knowledge and their daily lives.

The inaugural NWSP 2006 attracted half of 360 local schools to participate. These schools collectively submitted 279 projects. In NWSP 2007, two-thirds of all Singapore schools contributed a total of 372 projects. The winners of 2006 and 2007 represented Singapore in showcasing their projects to like-minded youths in Australia in 2006 and Switzerland in 2007 respectively. NWSP 2009 will be launched in later half of 2008. Senoko Power will continue to fund the project. The expenditure on the project has crossed S$1.8 million.

NWSP is increasingly viewed by schools as an important platform for educating students on climate change and young students are becoming more interested in environmental issues.



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