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It will predict how sea-level rise and heavier rainfall will affect Singapore
A future where Singapore's reservoirs have no more water and where rising sea levels threaten the low-lying coastline may become a reality.
Singapore is making sure that diagnostics, treatments and vaccines will be ready fast when another crisis strikes, with a new battle plan against future outbreaks.
To help the international community combat coronavirus, the Singapore Government makes its software for its contact-tracing application TraceTogether freely available.
Singapore plans to create nature-based solutions to deal with rising sea-levels, moving beyond coastal-protection towards a positive environmental impact.
After Indonesia's deadly 2018, President Joko Widodo has announced that the country will incorporate disaster education in its national curriculum. Experts say the education must focus on forming attitudes derived from direct experience through drills and practices rather than on learning from textbooks, and must emphasise Japan's practice of saving yourself first.
According to the newly released Global Food Security Index, Singapore is top in the world for ensuring its citizens have access to safe and nutritious food at affordable prices. But given that Singapore imports most of its food, climate change impacts, such as drought, could disrupt its food security depending on how badly other countries are hit.
Singapore will offer a climate action package to Asean countries from this year. This will include training programmes in climate change mitigation and adaptation, ranging from climate science to flood management and disaster risk reduction. The package will run till 2020, with courses refreshed on an annual basis.
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.