This research adopts a transdisciplinary framework and multiple methodological approaches to investigate the discounting of the impact of climate change in Singapore, and how we can use the everyday shared experience of urban heat to activate climate action. Findings will be translated into interventions that will be tested and validated. The new data and insights generated will provide us with viable pathways for addressing the inertia towards climate action amongst Singapore’s population.

The multi-institutional project is led by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), in partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore-ETH Centre and Singapore Management University (SMU).

This research is funded by the Social Science Research Thematic Grant, Ministry of Education and supported by the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.