by Abriel | May 29, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Heat trapped by dark-colored roads and buildings will cause cities’ costs for tackling global warming to be 2.6 times higher by driving up energy demand to keep citizens cool and by aggravating pollution. The “urban heat island effect”, under which...
by Abriel | May 28, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
The Maldives signed the Kyoto protocol to fight global warming and constructed sea walls using concrete tetrapods surrounding its capital. It also actively reclaimed land and launched many shore protection projects. The Netherlands government has dedicated over €400...
by Abriel | May 28, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
As a low-lying island, the rise in sea level poses the most immediate climate change threat to Singapore, according to Singapore’s Climate Action Plan. The authorities have been preparing early to safeguard Singapore through shoreline restoration works and raising the...
by Abriel | May 28, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A new community volunteering network has been set up to bring together existing HDB community-bonding programmes and volunteers into a single network. Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong announced the launch of the new...
by Abriel | May 27, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
A team of 10 researchers is making improvements to Singapore’s first self-driving wheelchair after a pilot trial at Changi General Hospital (CGH) last September. The autonomous vehicle is a project involving the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology...
by Abriel | May 27, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
By next year, school trips to the Road Safety Community Park in East Coast Park will include a virtual reality (VR) experience to simulate crossing the road, complete with 360-degree videos and an interactive game. They were developed by the Traffic Police and...
