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Eco-Business: ‘Boiling frogs for the longest time’: Why Southeast Asia is finally warming to heat research

Learn more about the priorities of the centre for the year ahead and why heat-related research is crucial for Southeast Asia.

CNA Insider: Can We Beat The Heat Without Air-Conditioning?

With temperatures breaking records in Singapore, what risks do migrant workers have? Aside from just drinking more water, what other innovative solutions can employers look at?

Saudi regulator teams with Singapore scientists for heat-resilient workplaces

Saudi Arabia’s key occupational safety and health body is partnering with a Singaporean research center to develop tools and strategies to protect workers from increasing heat risks in the region. Workplace safety and health risks are rising worldwide as heatwaves become more frequent and intense due to global warming and climate change.

Official Launch of Global Heat Health Information Network Southeast Asia Hub at NUS Medicine

The Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has been officially designated as the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Southeast Asia Hub, a recognition that underscores its leading role in advancing heat resilience.

CNA Insight: Asia’s Hottest Summer In 174 Years Of Records: Are We Prepared For More Heatwaves?

We are facing our hottest summer ever. How prepared are you? Click to uncover how we research the effects of heat on the body from 06:35 onwards.

Stifling heat in Singapore could ease as onset of S-W monsoon brings breezier weather

Some relief from the stifling heat is expected in the coming weeks with the onset of windier conditions during the south-west monsoon season. The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), under the National Environment Agency, said on June 2 that winds over Singapore are expected to strengthen and blow from the south-east or south-west in early June. The Republic was previously in the throes of the inter-monsoon season, when winds were light and variable. The light winds and occasional clear skies had made hot afternoons common, the weatherman told The Straits Times.

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Embrace the sun — reduce reliance on air-conditioning for a cooler, low-carbon future.

When the weather gets hot, many people instinctively hide indoors with the air-conditioning on. But exercising outdoors in warm conditions can actually help build your body’s heat tolerance and reduce dependence on air-conditioning — a win for both your health and the environment. The ongoing “Hot Bodies” exhibition explores various ways to cope with heat and clears up common misconceptions about sunlight and high temperatures.

07 Dec 2025

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How safe are our races

More Singaporeans are lacing up their running shoes. But as the number of races grows, so do the risks. In our hot and humid climate, what does it really take to prepare for a race in Singapore?

20 Nov 2025

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Step Into the Future: Experience Singapore’s Climate in 2050

In celebration of the NUS Medicine’s 120th Anniversary and organised under the NUSMedSci Alliance Brew outreach programme, the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre (HRPC) under NUS Medicine held an outreach event at Cedar Girls’ Secondary School on 17 October 2025, where students were invited to explore the science of heat and human heat resilience through three exciting experiences: the Experiential Climate Pod, the Heat Resilience Booth, and a presentation by Cedar alumna Dr Sharifah Badriyah, Research Fellow at HRPC.

18 Nov 2025

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THERMAL RESILIENCE – An Interdisciplinary Discussion on Heat, Society, and Environment

Rising temperatures brought about by the climate crisis are introducing new vulnerabilities and precarities to the health of our communities, the manner we work, and the way we dwell in our environment. What are these vulnerabilities and precarities? How are they reconfiguring our socio-environmental practices? How are researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds responding to these challenges?

18 Jan 2024

Organised by: Asia Research Institute and NUS Department of Architecture

COP28: 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC

UN Climate Change conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change with almost complete membership of every country in the world. The COP is where the world comes together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects of climate change, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

30 Nov 2023 - 12 Dec 2023

Organised by: United Nations

First Responders Safety & Performance Symposium 2023

Themed “From Response to Resilience”, the symposium serves as a key platform to connect emergency responders, researchers and industry professionals from around the world to advance and adopt applied research and innovation in the operational domains and fields of emergency and disaster management.

23 Nov 2023

Organised by: Singapore Civil Defence Force