Singapore spending billions to adapt to climate change, but deforestation continues

SINGAPORE — At a rare public demonstration against a state development plan, 22-year-old environmental studies student Saw Yun Ya called on the Singaporean government to redo an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Maju Forest, arguing that it had overlooked the climate and health effects of clearing the site.

The EIA for Maju, a 23-hectare (57-acre) […]