Final month, it introduced a plan to reclaim round 800ha of land – the dimensions of over 1,000 soccer fields – on its east coast, as a part of coastal safety measures.
As as to whether Singapore will as an alternative contribute to the loss and injury fund, Ms Fu stated the nation sees its function extra as one which galvanises financing for nations in danger.
“There are nations which have sounded out their willingness to contribute to the fund. We very a lot welcome that, from the angle of serving to our fellow island states,” she stated.
“However there are nations additionally which have (different) sources, equivalent to in Singapore, I feel our sources can be actually in activating finance, activating expertise, and bringing options to cities. So every one in every of us, if we’re capable of finding our personal approach to contribute to local weather motion, I feel that is to be welcomed.”
PHASE DOWN OR PHASE OUT?
Ms Fu additionally addressed a significant flashpoint within the COP28 local weather talks, the place the selection of language over whether or not to “section down” or “section out” fossil fuels stays beneath livid debate.
“We should work by the languages to search out attainable touchdown zones. We try to now discover languages that may truly meet the wants of most events, and this can be a very democratic course of,” she stated.
