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Fuelled by climate change, temperatures are rising globally. 

Fuelled by climate change, temperatures are rising globally. The year 2024 has been declared the hottest year on record.

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SINGAPORE - Ms Subasheny R. Devan Nair, 43, heads down to her void deck three to four times a day to seek reprieve from the still air of her home.

She lives in a one-room rental flat in Bukit Merah with her grandmother and several cats. She has no air-conditioning at home, and rarely opens the windows for her cats’ safety.

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