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Partnership for the goals.

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Climate Change
There is no country in the world that is not seeing first-hand the drastic effects of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and are now more than 50 percent higher than their 1990 level. Further, global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system, which threatens irreversible consequences if we do not take action now.

As a low-lying island, the rise in sea level poses the most immediate threat to Singapore. Much of our nation lies only 15 m above the mean sea level, with about 30% of our island being less than 5 m above the mean sea level.

An increase in the intensity of weather variability could present significant challenges to the management of our water resources. Periods of drought can affect the reliability of Singapore's water supply, while sudden episodes of intense rainfall could overwhelm our drainage system and lead to flash floods.

A mean temperature increase of 1.5°C to 2.5°C could affect the natural diversity of Singapore's plants and animals at risk, as this alters our ecosystem’s natural processes such as soil formation, nutrient storage and pollution absorption.

Singapore is situated in a region where vector-borne diseases are endemic. Most cases of vector-borne diseases like dengue are observed during warmer periods of the year. In addition, frequent and severe instances of warm weather may lead to more occurrences of heat stress and discomfort among the elderly and sick.

Urban areas tend to be warmer due to the replacement of natural land cover with buildings and other infrastructure that retain or produce heat. Higher annual temperatures can also lead to heat stress as well as greater use of air-conditioning, increasing Singapore’s energy demands. This in turn results in higher domestic carbon emissions.
The effects of climate change, such as intense storms, flooding and prolonged droughts, are one of the trends threatening global food security. In Singapore, we are particularly vulnerable to fluctuations in global food supply and prices, as we import more than 90% of our food.

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Climate Change
There is no country in the world that is not seeing first-hand the drastic effects of climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and are now more than 50 percent higher than their 1990 level. Further, global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system, which threatens irreversible consequences if we do not take action now.

The annual average losses from just earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones and flooding count in the hundreds of billions of dollars, requiring an investment of US$ 6 billion annually in disaster risk

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17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than six million children still die before their fifth birthday each year

Since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths

Singapore takes a lot of care in healthcare sector by providing medifund, medishield and other schemes to help reduce the cost of the healthcare services.

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UN Goal: Poverty

There is an increasing rich-poor gap in Singapore because of growing inequality in society. The gap between the rich and the poor has substantially grown over the past decade, due to the uneven distribution of wealth, income and opportunities. This perpetuates a cycle of inequality as the poorer people get poorer and the richer people gets richer.

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Climate Change

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Climate change
Singapore is not insulated from the impact of climate change. Rainfall has become more intense in recent years.
As a low-lying island, the rise in sea level poses the most immediate threat to Singapore. Much of our nation lies only 15 m above the mean sea level, with about 30% of our island being less than 5 m above the mean sea level.

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Responsible consumption and production.

Singapore wasted 788,600 tonnes of food - equivalent to the weight of 108 full load double-decker buses. We need to reduce food wastage to reduce the carbon emissions in disposing of waste. In 2014, about 7.5 million tonnes of waste was generated in Singapore, and each person generated around 1,370 kg of waste in a year. The recycling rate in Singapore for 2014 is 60%.

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Reduced inequality
We need to reduce inequality as reducing inequality is crucial to maintaining peace between the different races and ensuring bad people cannot take advantage of our inequality to spark conflicts and destroy our peace.

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life below water
Singapore is highly focused on rapidly improving our economy and neglects our environment sometimes

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Cimate change
Singapore did not do much to stop climate change

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Food waste is created in Singapore every single day from our food cycle - production, distribution, retail to consumption, and the wastage is unfortunately due to several reasons, such as food spoilage due to improper storage or handling, edible food thrown away because it does not look nice or has 'expired', food discards or leftovers during cooking and when we can't finish our food, etc.

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Reduced inequality

An example of an inequality that Singapore is facing is income inequality.
Singapore's Gini coefficient have increased throughout the years. This indicates that the gap between the rich and poor is widening. If the government does not address this issue, the number of people living in poverty will increase.
Hence, Singapore should focus on this goal.

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Clean water and sanitation: Singapore has a total of four "National Taps", which are Imported Water (from Malaysia), Desalinated water, NEWater and local catchment water. Singapore can easily run out of water due to our small size and lack of natural resources.

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Climate change

Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.

People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. The greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving climate change and continue to rise. They are now at their highest levels in history. Without action, the world’s average surface temperature is projected to rise over the 21st century and is likely to surpass 3 degrees Celsius this century—with some areas of the world expected to warm even more. The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most.

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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

According to the United Nations, Goal 12 is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all. Its implementation helps to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty.

This goal also requires people from all fields to chip in and do more with less to increase the quality of life. This is particularly important for Singapore as her sources are limited due to size and we have an ageing population with a lot of migrants coming over from overseas. Hence, to be growing positively and increasing the quality of life, sustainable consumption and production.

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Responsible usage and disposing of food. We waste too much food in Singapore. Singapore threw away about 0.68 million tonnes of food waste in 2011 and only 10% was recycled. This means on average, each person in Singapore generated about 130kg of food waste a year.

The recycling rate for food waste has dropped from 16% in 2010 to 10% in 2011. Without any campaigns by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to reduce or recycle food waste, the food waste recycling rate would remain low over the next few years, and NEA is likely to miss its target of 30% recycling rate for food waste by 2012, set in the Singapore Green Plan 2012.

http://www.savefoodcutwaste.com/food-waste/food-wastage-in-singapore/

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Life below water: Responsible usage of water. (Water conservation )
Singapore has 4 national taps. The contract for importing water from Malaysia is ending in 2061

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Reduced inequality

Singapore has a very big socio-economic gap, as seen in the rise in the Gini Coefficient.

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Life on land. Life on land is getting destroyed as there is more buildings and infrastructure coming up. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to conserve and restore the use of terrestrial ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, drylands and mountains by 2020. Promoting the sustainable management of forests and halting deforestations is also vital to mitigating the impact of climate change. Urgent action must be taken to reduce the loss of natural habitats and biodiversity which are part of our common heritage.

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Affordable and clean energy
One of the most pressing problems nowadays is the lack of ample and cheap clean energy, that is, energy with no waste output. Current technologies that include photovoltaics, geothermal, etc energy are either too expensive or too rare. If this problem does not get addressed by Singapore quickly, we will soon become a major contributor of air pollution. According to the UN sustainable goals, "Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people with access to electricity has increased by 1.7 billion, and as the global population continues to rise so will the demand for cheap energy".

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The sustainable goals that Singapore can improve on

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The sustainable goals that Singapore can improve on

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Life Below Water.

Singapore can improve on life below water by reducing pollution caused by factories and discharge from Singapore. The pollutants that are discharged in the ocean should be treated before it's being discharged into the ocean.

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10,Reduced Inequalities

Singapore has quite a huge income gap and the prime minster's pay is way too high.Our Gini coefficient also shows that our income gap is super wide.