Topic 3 Climate cluster - Climate action

Climate action refers to stepped up efforts to comboat climate change. It comprises broadly TWO key approaches.

They are:

• Mitigation and Adaptation strategies

• Protection and Raising awareness

• Long term and short term approaches

• Expensive and Cheap approaches

Mitigation strategies refer to efforts taken

Identify one area in Singapore where polders are being built.

• Hougang

• Pulau Tekong

• Jurong Island

From the information and your notes, explain how building polders can help Singapore adapt to climate change and build greater community resilence.

Which of the following is a primary goal of climate change mitigation?

• Promoting industrial waste

• Increasing fossil fuel usage

• Enhancing deforestation

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Adaptation strategies in climate action primarily focus on:

• Increasing global temperatures

• Developing new fossil fuel technologies

• Eliminating all carbon emissions

• Preparing for the impacts of climate change

Which of the following is NOT considered a climate action strategy?

• Reforestation efforts

• Promoting single-use plastics

• Renewable energy development

• Carbon capture and storage