S3E2: Haze and a Godzilla El Nino: How is Singapore preparing?

Singapore is also testing out solutions to tackle heat without air-conditioning.

After three years of clear skies, the haze is back in Singapore. One contributor to the pollution is the El Nino weather phenomenon, which causes drier, hotter weather in South-east Asia.

This causes fires typical of Indonesia’s agroforestry landscape to burn harder and longer.

So how is Singapore responding to the double whammy of haze and hotter weather?

Green Pulse host Audrey Tan talks to correspondents Shabana Begum and Ang Qing on what they have observed while reporting on these conditions.

Highlights (click/tap above):

2:13 The impacts of El Nino in South-east Asia

7:39 How people in Singapore are responding to the heat and haze

13:50 Are people in Singapore heat-tolerant or heat-avoidant?

15:53 Solutions to help people adapt to heat without air-conditioning

20:24 What are the global impacts of El Nino?

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