Overview
- The government designated 2026 the Year of Climate Adaptation and set 2027 for publishing Singapore’s first National Adaptation Plan.
- A new Heat Resilience Policy Office has been set up to coordinate heat management, craft an action plan across sectors, and represent Singapore internationally.
- A $40 million Adapting to Heat Impacts initiative under RIE2030 will fund targeted research, with an expanded islandwide heat‑stress sensor network to guide responses.
- Conceptual studies for the Tuas–Lim Chu Kang coast recommend replacing tidal gates and raising dykes to protect the Tengeh, Poyan, Murai and Sarimbun reservoirs, with detailed designs underway and construction targeted from the mid‑2030s.
- Flood mitigation works continue at Bedok and Sungei Serangoon, with a 900m Bukit Timah Canal widening now due in 2026, as authorities begin public consultations and prepare a coastal protection law that would require private landowners to install defenses.