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CNA Explains: As temperatures hit record highs in Singapore and around the world, what can we do to beat the heat?

Read on to learn what the heat can do to us and how we can do to battle the heat.

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.

Yangon residents trapped between heat, humidity and power cuts

“As the air is already saturated with moisture, high humidity conditions limit the evaporation of sweat, resulting in a reduction in the body’s ability to remove heat from our body and cool down,” said Associate Professor Jason Lee, Chair of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) Southeast Asia Hub.

NUS-based hub to build a regional network that can respond to South-east Asia’s heat problem

A multidisciplinary regional hub based in Singapore aims to help communities across South-east Asia build resilience against rising temperatures. It plans to grow a network that will involve a wide range of people such as academics and policymakers, as extreme heat in the region is a crisis that the healthcare sector cannot tackle alone.

NUS Launches First-Ever Dedicated Research Centre Focused on Heat Resilience

A tripartite collaboration between NUS Medicine, the Singapore Army, and DSO National Laboratories, HRPC will focus on boosting human resilience to rising ambient heat.

‘Global Boiling’: Extreme Heat Taking Toll on Health, Economy

Prolonged periods of extreme heat resulting from global climate change are rapidly transforming the way people live and work, requiring an “urgent call” for action by world leaders who have not yet fully embraced the growing crisis. “We have entered into the brand new phase,” Jason Lee, director of the Heat Resilience and Performance Center at the National University of Singapore, told the National Press Foundation’s International Trade Fellowship program. “You think global warming; that’s not true. It’s global boiling now and we are right in the midst of the crisis.”

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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

HRPC

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

Zaobao

Global cooling demand will more than triple by 2050, and carbon emissions are likely to double

Associate Professor Jason Lee, Director of the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, also participated in the preparation of the report. In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao, he said that in hot and humid countries such as Singapore, passive cooling measures alone cannot provide year-round cooling comfort, but they can complement fans and air conditioners to reduce energy use and costs across the system.

11 Nov 2025

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International Conference on Occupational Heat Stress: “Implementation of Practices, Sharing of Experiences”

The event will bring together selected governments, social partners, academics, and practitioners from the Arab States and around the world, to discuss and share expertise on heat stress research, and design of mitigation strategies, policies, and legislation.

9 May 2023 - 10 May 2023

Organised by: International Labour Organization

2023 International Conference on Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Medicine

Using AI Technology to Build a Human-Centered, Sustainable and Healthy Workplace.

21 Apr 2023 - 23 Apr 2023

Organised by: National Taiwan University

Construction Safety Webinar: “Work-at-height”

The seminar will cover a wide range of topics including Work at Height accident case studies, common contraventions, WAH risk management, ladder safety, WAH safe work practices, technology applications for WAH, Heat Safety and much more.

31 Mar 2023

Organised by: The Singapore Contractors Association Ltd