Singapore - Environment
As far as the environment of Singapore is concerned, there have been water pollution; industrial pollution; limited natural freshwater resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems; air pollution; deforestation; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution.
About the environment of Singapore
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - northeastern monsoon (December to March) and southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 7,704,300 tons (2017 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 600 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 300 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 340 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 13.33 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 37.54 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 4.4 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 3.3% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 95.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 100% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.74% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 6.081 million SINGAPORE (capital) (2023). |
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