S’pore DPM: Challenges in sustainability could unravel progress

SINGAPORE: Taking action to mitigate climate change and ensuring economic growth are two key challenges that, if not managed well, could unravel the progress the world has made over the past few decades, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Friday, as he outlined three ways countries can work together for sustainable development.

In a keynote address at the annual Future China Global Forum at Marina Bay Sands, he noted that countries around the world are vulnerable to climate change, with the earth’s surface temperature last year being the fourth warmest since the 19th century and the rate of sea levels rising more quickly in recent decades.