Protecting Singapore from climate impacts will be a major focus for the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) in 2026, with a suite of new initiatives to address threats ranging from unbearable heat to rising seas.
These initiatives include girding coastlines against rising sea levels and strengthening Singapore’s food security, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said on March 3.
More funds will also be invested in research that will deepen the understanding of how heat affects people and facilitate the development of novel cooling solutions, she added.
Efforts to improve people’s resilience to heat will also be coordinated across the Government, she added during the debate on her ministry’s budget. The total expenditure of MSE for the financial year (FY) 2026 is projected to be $3.69 billion, down from the $4.21 billion in FY2025.
Ms Fu said MSE will be designating 2026 as the Year of Climate Adaptation, and outlined the various initiatives that will be implemented on this front.
“It involves a comprehensive review of our adaptation measures across key domains such as heat resilience, coastal and flood resilience, and water and food resilience,” she said
