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Planet Earth is not doing well.
The World Wildlife Fund, in its Living Planet Report 2018, says
mankind is pushing our planet to the brink with human activities
— how we feed and live our lives— taking an unprecedented toll on wildlife and the overall environment that we need to survive.
Growing greenhouse gas levels are exacerbating climate change, a broad term used by
scientists to describe the complex shifts that are affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems.
The effects include rising average temperatures and sea levels, extreme weather events,
and decreasing wildlife populations and habitats.
Singapore climate scientists have projected that in the rare scenario that high mean sea levels,
high tide and high surge all occur at the same time, sea levels could rise almost 4m above
the current mean and flood the island’s low-lying coastal areas.
Speaking at the 2019 Partners for the Environment forum on July 17, Minister for the Environment
and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli stressed that tackling climate change is a “pressing priority”
and an “existential challenge” for Singapore.
“The warning is loud and unmistakable: We must act now or we may well face the ultimate threat
to human survival... the end of ‘life as usual’,” he said.
The message is loud and clear: We have to make changes to the way we live, work, commute and
play in order to continue to live on this planet — the only home we have.
Read up more @ https://sweetspot.straitstimes.com/sembcorpindustries/the-march-towards-sustainability/?utm_source=st&utm_medium=dc-native-sponsoredtile&utm_campaign=apx3583-article1