Climate change

The lucrative business of cooling off in a hotter world

2026-10-07T04:22:17.000Z
(From left) Amandeep Bedi, partner at climate change and sustainability services, EY; Lee Cheh Hsien, vice-president of group sustainability at Singtel; Melissa Low, head of the National University of Singapore’s sustainability academy; Calvin Chong, divisional director for energy and climate policy at the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment; Jackie Surtani, regional director and head of the Asian Development Bank’s Singapore office.

Boards concerned about climate resilience, but face information gap: Singtel sustainability executive

2026-10-02T10:03:30.000Z
Spain recorded 5,805 excess deaths attributable to heat between May 15 and Sep 30, data from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III shows.

Heat deaths in Western Europe top 34,600 during warmest summer ever

2026-10-02T04:31:25.000Z
For many organisations, the real cost of climate change on their business is a big unknown.
BT50: THE NEXT CHAPTER

How climate resilience enhances business resilience

2026-09-30T23:00:00.000Z
Once dismissed as occasional inconveniences, climate-related disruptions now leave holidays increasingly unpredictable and dangerous.

Travellers are reckoning with the ultimate disrupter: climate change

2026-09-29T08:32:14.000Z
The climate phenomenon associated with warming across the equatorial Pacific Ocean is already upending weather patterns across the globe.

T Rowe seeks to ring-fence US$165 billion emerging-market portfolio from El Nino fallout

2026-09-27T12:00:38.000Z
Annual issuance of Singapore sovereign green bonds averaged about S$3.2 billion between 2022 and 2026.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 213: Singapore public-sector green bond issuance nears limit; companies lag on physical climate risk assessment

2026-09-25T11:00:00.000Z
A project uses AI, satellite and ocean current data to predict coastal erosion patterns and create structures that harness currents to coax the beach back.

How AI and satellites are helping rebuild sandy beaches

2026-09-19T05:22:14.000Z
Despite its popularity, few in Britain have attempted to grow tea, let alone in the open air. A rapidly warming climate, however, may be changing that.

Tea-sipping Britain warms up to growing it, too

2026-09-17T12:41:52.000Z
A satellite image of Timure in Nepal after flash floods and a mudslide in late August.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asean is disproportionately affected by climate change. This also presents opportunities

2026-09-14T23:00:00.000Z