Singapore stepping up efforts to tackle heat, Straits Times Says temperature could hit 40 degrees Celsius by 2045

SINGAPORE, Aug 2 (Bloomberg): Singapore is working on a range of measures to counter the impact to rising temperatures driven by global warming, its Minister for Sustainability and the Environment said, according to a Straits Times report.

The steps include better understanding how intense heat will impact the country and its people, reviewing efforts to strengthen people’s resilience to heat, and coming up with effective cooling strategies, Grace Fu told parliament on Tuesday, according to the report.