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2009: Mapped out the plans to maintain sustainability and set higher targets until year 2030 in the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint in April 2009. [11] 2021: Released the third SGP (SGP 2030) to chart the course of the next ten-years in February 2021. [12] [13]
Efforts to create a sustainable Singapore hark back to 1992, when the first Green Plan was released. Another edition was released in 2002, titled the Singapore Green Plan 2012. Several carbon-neutral targets were announced, with targets set in 2020 to half 2030 peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and achieve net-zero emissions "as soon as ...
CleanTech Park is an eco-business park in Singapore, the first in the nation. [1] [2] R&D and test-bedding site for early adoption of green technology and solutions.Under development in three phases with a proposed completion year of 2030, the Park's first multi-tenanted building, CleanTech One, was opened in October 2010. [2]
Singapore sees a distinct shift towards sustainability and addressing climate-change related fears in its recent planning policies. Beyond being an economic powerhouse, Singapore's planning priorities have expanded to sustainability, culture and resource preservation, bolstered by the use of advanced technology to create smarter cities.
27 April – The Sustainable Singapore Blueprint is launched. [19] 28 April to 8 July – 2009 flu pandemic in Singapore: 28 April – Ministry of Health elevated the country's Disease Outbreak Response System (DORS) from green to yellow alert, following the 2009 swine flu pandemic in various countries.
Making a city "sustainable" means thinking about how to meet the housing, power, food and economic needs of its residents—not just today, but years from now. As a city's population swells, its leaders must plan ahead. They need to build resilience into communities that depend on government to deliver vital services.
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.
Creation of a national strategy to improve the development: the government of Singapore announced a Sustainable Singapore Blueprint in April 2009, launching a long-term strategy of sustainable construction development. [21] Another example is Strategy for sustainable construction in the UK. [23]