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Climate Change In Singapore
Singapore adopts a proactive long-term effort in addressing Sea level rise, rising sea-levels, temperature increases due to Climate change, global warming, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As of 2022 compared to other Member states of ASEAN, ASEAN countries Singapore has the second highest per capita CO2 emissions per capita at 8.9 tonnes per person and ranks 6th in total Annual CO2 emissions at 53.25 million tonnes. Climate projections to 2100 On 5 January 2024, the Center for Climate Research Singapore released projections that Singapore's annual mean temperatures will rise by between 0.6 °C and 5°C by the end of the 21st century. More wet and dry extreme weather as the new normal Days with more weather extremes are expected to be more frequent. In the 2024 report, very hot days with daily maximum temperatures exceeding 35 °C are projected to increase from 4 days per year on average in the last 40 years to between 41 and 351 days per year on average. Warm nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
