Singapore is expanding its use of District Cooling systems as part of a broader strategy to improve energy efficiency, strengthen climate resilience and manage rising cooling demand in one of the world’s most densely populated tropical economies. The city-state has increasingly turned to centralized cooling networks that circulate chilled water through underground pipelines to cool offices,…

Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban heat vulnerability, with most of the highest-risk cities in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

A new Africa nature transition roadmap shows improved grazing, fire management and farming could unlock major carbon reductions while strengthening food security and livelihoods

Extreme heat is no longer a future problem. A major new report warns it is intensifying inequality, illness and climate vulnerability across Southern Africa and the worst-hit are often those least able to escape it

The Jukskei River catchment project highlights how green infrastructure can cut flood damage, manage invasive species and improve urban health