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The capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan suffered flood damage as a result of storm rains on 21 January 2009, and 15 January 2010. The International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) does not list these damages.
Notable agreements include Brunei's participation in the Kyoto Protocol in 2009, the Paris Agreement in 2015, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007. Finding state-level solutions to address climate change vulnerabilities that could affect Brunei's future development is the country's current challenge.
The areas of Anggerek Desa, Bangar, Labi, Lumapas, Batang Duri, Lekiun, and the capital of Bandar Seri Begawan have been experiencing excessive hot weather and reduced precipitation since 21 March, with maximum temperatures reaching at least 35 °C (95 °F). [3]
Bandar Seri Begawan [a] (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a municipal area ( kawasan bandaran ) with an area of 100.36 square kilometres (38.75 sq mi) and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007.
Bandar Seri Begawan and towns in the country (except Muara and Bangar) are administered as Municipal Board areas (kawasan Lembaga Bandaran). Each municipal area may constitute villages or mukims, partially or as a whole. Bandar Seri Begawan and a few of the towns also function as the capitals of the districts where they are located.
Taman Mahkota Jubli Emas (from the Malay name, literally 'Golden Jubilee Crown Park'), initially known as Eco-Corridor Park (Malay: Taman Eko-Koridor), is a riverfront public park in the former Mukim Sungai Kedayan of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
On the northern side of the Menglait River, close to its junction with the main channel of the Kedayan River basin—which eventually empties into the Brunei River estuary in Bandar Seri Begawan, close to the ancient Kampong Ayer—is the MCA. The river valley where the MCA is situated has undergone substantial change in the last many decades ...
The dam was built in 1988 with the primary goal of enhancing water supplies to Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. It normally has a reservoir volume of 45,000,000 cubic metres (1.6 × 10 9 cu ft). [28] [29] [30] Following the impoundment of its reservoir in 1989, the Benutan Reservoir began to fill and was totally full by 1991. Since ...