Faizal Bin Yahya is Senior Research Fellow in the Governance and Economy Department of the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Faizal was previously an assistant professor in the South Asian Studies Program at the University, and simultaneously was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies from 2008 to 2009. Faizal served as a member of the Singaporean Delegation to the United Nations in 1998 and participated in multilateral meetings on pertinent environmental issues such as climate change. Faizal was appointed as a Board Member to the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore in 2019. Faizal was an Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholar and obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney, Australia
China’s geoengineering push dangerous for the region
Sun Online Desk
21st December, 2020 07:26:30
Amidst India-China clashes in the Galwan Valley and continuing border tensions, China’s alleged attempt to alter the Galwan river and potentially create flash floods to disrupt Indian infrastructure projects and military deployment needs to be looked at seriously.
China’s announcement to develop a large-scale weather modification system by 2025 has set the alarm bells ringing, especially in its neighbouring countries. According to the State Council’s circular, “the total area of artificial rainfall (snowfall) operation will reach beyond 5.5 million square kilometres, and for hail suppression it should go beyond 580,000 square kilometres”. The rationale for advancing its weather modification capabilities is mostly pinned on environmental concerns such as climate change, environmental protection/conservation, and disaster management (particularly, preparedness) among others