TODAY/CNA-Jan 6
From choosing how to orientate buildings to deciding which trees to prune or plant, the projections from Singapore’s latest regional study on climate change will aid the authorities in their plans to address the challenges of global warming.
The third Singapore National Climate Change Study released on Friday (Jan 5) sets out expected changes in key climate variables such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind and sea level across three scenarios with varying levels of carbon emissions.
Under its worst-case scenario, the study paints a picture of a Singapore that could get very hot most days and warm every night, set against a backdrop of extreme wet and dry weathers. While striving to avoid such a scenario, the authorities are planning a step ahead to mitigate potential effects of global warming. On Friday, a panel of three government representatives from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), National Parks Board (NParks) and national water agency PUB, along with a food science expert from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), gave their input on the study at a symposium where the results were announced. They pointed out how the results will affect ongoing and future solutions. NParks, for example, singled out the data on wind speeds, which are set to increase by up to 20 per cent by the end of the century, and its effect on trees. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/urgency-has-gone-singapore-government-agencies-react-findings-third-climate-change-study-2337436
