Singapore top carbon emitter in Asia-Pacific

Affluent Singapore had the largest carbon footprint per head in the Asia-Pacific in 2010, conservation group WWF said yesterday.
The environmental advocacy group said Singapore's 2010 per capita gross domestic product of more than $40,000 -- one of the highest in the region -- fuelled exorbitant consumption habits.
But the group also fingered the corporate sector and in particular the construction industry for crowning the tiny city-state as the region's top per capita carbon emitter.
Precise figures for various nations in the Asia-Pacific will be released together with the WWF's Asia Footprint Report in June.