Under the leadership of the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore flourished into one of the region's most successful economies. That's partly because it's been able to attract foreign investment, and foreign workers. But people have started to complain that living costs are rising too fast. They also say that infrastructure hasn't kept up, so the roads and trains are getting too crowded.

On The Focus today we're looking at the threat of climate change and the people trying to address it. We've all seen images of melting glaciers and polar bears drifting on ice. But scientists say the problems aren't just in the Arctic anymore. A violent cyclone devastated the island of Vanuatu last month. Researchers say the surface of the sea has gotten warmer, and that gave the cyclone its deadly power.