Singapore

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Population: 4,492,150
GDP: $237.3 billion (2008 est.)
Total Area: 697 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: 31.41
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: 0.4833%

“Climate change could potential [sic] increase of the incidence of the following diseases:

  • vectorborne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya;
  • legionellosis;
  • melioidosis (among occupations associated with soil contact such as construction workers, gardeners);
  • heat stress or heat-related diseases (especially among the elderly, sick and construction site workers;
  • diseases associated with flooding; and
  • water stress diseases’

http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/D4E6B8DB-A874-4CF4-93E4-BFA5CF9280D5/0/SIN.pdf