Monday 21 September 2015

Summary Article "Why The Climate Fight Needs Engineers"

In the article of “Why Climate Change Needs Engineers”, Shah (2015) posits that Engineers are now highly sought after and relied on to counter sustainability issues. He asserts that urbanization has indirectly caused climate change which rapidly increases and threatens the country’s sustainability. The author highlights that the increase in carbon emissions has allowed for undesirable atmospheric conditions in many cities. He also mentions that only engineers have the skill sets and are well equipped to tackle climate change, be it in clean environment, water resources, sustainable development and infrastructure. Singapore's goal to be a green economy and smart nation highly depends on the expertise and continual innovation of engineers to integrate technologies so as to achieve a holistically “sustainable power system.”

4 comments:

  1. Hi Johan

    I do not think that "only engineers have the skill sets and are well equipped to tackle climate change". Maybe there are other jobs that have the skills too! I think the word "only" can be removed.

    Also, you mentioned "He asserts that urbanization has caused climate change".
    However from the article, “urbanisation and rapid population growth have increased the vulnerability of Asian cities to climate change”. (increased vulnerability to climate change, but not caused climate change)

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    1. Hi Kang,
      Basically, it it not what you think but what the author was trying to convey about in his article about the importance he felt engineers would be and the difference they could make in the fight towards climate change. I personally do not agree that only engineers have that impact "only". This is a summary of his article "Why Climate Change Needs Engineers". However, you could share more about how you disagree with the author in your readers response. Thanks for your advice.

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  2. Hi Johan, thank you for your summary of the article.

    Personally, I liked the sentence "Singapore’s goal to be a green economy and smart nation highly depends on the expertise and continual innovation of engineers to integrate technologies so as to achieve a holistically “sustainable power system”." It shows the change in the sentence structure, and yet still keeping the main idea clear and straightforward.

    The salient points were highlighted well and I did not have difficulty understanding the entire passage.The reporting verbs were used correctly when conveying the author's attitude towards the subject. In overall, I was able to learn a new perspective from reading it.

    I look forward to your reader response post!

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  3. A summary has to include the most significant details. It has to be organized and no alteration of facts. Remember your book reports in elementary and high school when the teacher asked you to make a comprehensive book report and write a good summary. See more summarize article

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