Recent reports about melting polar ice is indeed bad news for low laying coastal countries like Singapore. The report says that ice sheets in Green land & Antarctica are shrinking 3 times faster than they did in the 1990s.
What this really means is these melting ice can cause rises in sea levels, which in turn will likely displace coastal population by exposing them to higher tidal & storm impacts.
Our govt has done lots of preventive measures to date;
1. Since last yr govt has raised the minimum level for new land reclamation by at least a metre above current standards.
2. PUB also announced a raft of flood protection measures.
3. This include raising level of platforms in buildings with basements above the highest recorded flood level
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