Is Singapore a developed or developing nation? What do these terms mean, and what implications do they have in the world of climate finance and negotiations, and more broadly, climate justice? 

On this second episode of the Climate Kopitiam, join our hosts Isaac, Debby, and Sammie, as well as our guest for this episode, Yi Feng, a coastal ecologist from SG Climate Rally, as we talk about the differences between these two terms, the historical context of development, the Loss & Damage fund and the links between development and climate justice. 

Sources mentioned in this episode:

SYCA statement

Hansard transcript

Orang Laut SG

Wan’s Ubin Journal

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction/What's your favourite Kopitiam Brew?

(01:45) SYCA Statement and the Loss & Damage Fund

(07:30) The diplomatic context to the Developing/Developed divide

(13:00) Indigenous communities and development

(22:00) The Developing/Developed divide and climate finance

(29:05) How does the Developing/Developed divide link to climate justice?

(36:20) "Poorer countries are not underdeveloped, they are overexploited"