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As part of Singapore's climate pledge for the Paris agreement in 2015, Singapore announced a climate action plan to peak emissions at 65 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent emissions around 2030. [ 4 ] As part of this plan, Singapore has implemented Southeast Asian's first carbon tax on 1 January 2019, setting the carbon tax at S$5/tCO 2 e for ...
Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, more than 95% of its estimated 590 square km of vegetation has been cleared. At first for short-term cash crops and later because of urbanization and industrialization. 61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.
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In this first of three stories on the environment by Yahoo News Singapore in commemoration of Earth Day on 22 April, we take a look at the impact of the climate crisis on our shores.
The history of the Republic of Singapore began when Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [1] After the separation, the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient, however was faced with problems including mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum.
China is a top investor in its southern neighbour, having committed to spending nearly $3 billion in Vietnam in the first nine months of this year, six times more than the U.S. in the same period ...
Hà Tây province was a very old land, having long history, which leads to the appearance of 2,388 cultural, historical, and religious relics of which 12 relics are famous and being classified by Ministry of Culture and Information as especially important. These are: Thầy Temple being closely linked to a famous monk Từ Đạo Hạnh