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Singapore: Climate change is causing sea levels to rise, and Singapore has already begun to stem the tide.

Scientists have found that if warming continues unabated, sea levels may rise by several metres in the centuries ahead. Earlier estimates had said sea levels could rise by about 1m by 2100.

These were among the grim projections released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last month in a special report on the oceans and cryosphere – the frozen parts of the planet. A spokesman for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources said sea-level science is a complex and constantly advancing area of study.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had in his National Day Rally speech in August said Singapore would have to spend US$100bil or more over 100 years to protect itself against rising sea levels.

 

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