Low briefed National Press Foundation fellows in July 2022: How to Spot Good Carbon Credits. 

Melissa Low is a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions. She previously worked at the Energy Studies Institute, NUS where she carried out research projects on a range of energy and climate issues of concern to Singapore and the region. She has participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties for over a decade and is an active sustainability thought leader, authoring, publishing and presenting at various forums.

She is the Designated Contact Point for NUS’s accreditation to the UNFCCC and serves on the nine-member Steering Committee of the Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organisation Constituency under the UNFCCC. She is also a Member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection Long Term Aspirational Goal Task Group (LTAG-TG). Low holds an LLM in Climate Change Law and Policy (with distinction) from the University of Strathclyde, MSc in Environmental Management and BSocSci (Hons) in Geography from NUS. For her Master’s thesis on past and contemporary proposals on equity and differentiation in shaping the 2015 climate agreement, Low was awarded the Shell Best Dissertation Award 2013. She is currently pursuing a PhD part-time at the NUS Department of Geography.

In 2021, Low was awarded the NEA EcoFriend Award and the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) for her contributions toward environmental sustainability, climate change awareness and impact on youth. She serves as Chair of the Climate Action SG Alliance, is an Advisory Committee Member for the MSE SG Eco Fund, a Council Member of the 16th National Youth Council and a Committee Member of the Speak Good English Movement. She is also Chief Curator of the National Youth Council’s Young ChangeMakers Programme and a panelist on the Speak Good English Movement Programmes Evaluation Panel.