Heatwave

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: Monitor

Smoke rises from forest fires in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Sept 23.

Finance is key barrier to roll-out of solutions to weather extreme heat: UNEP climate head

Rising temperatures due to climate change are expected to be worsened by the ongoing warming El Nino event.

Solar-powered air-con, freeze-tech and ‘fan-jakketos’ among innovative cooling gadgets on the market

A woman holding her hair up while her friend points a handheld fan towards her at Universal Studios Singapore.

UN unveils global heat resilience strategy at inaugural conference in Singapore

Country officials and the UN gathered at the inaugural Global Cooling Pledge Assembly at Parkroyal on Beach Road on Sept 17.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Sept 17, 2026

US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference in Washington DC on Sept 16, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Almost 8,000 excess deaths in France’s scorched summer, statistics show

Sunflowers dried out by the summer heat in Bois-de-Cene, western France, on Sept 3. The summer of 2026 was the hottest in France since 1900, surpassing 2003 and another severe spell of heat in 2022.

Malaysia to study relief measures after haze, weather push households above power subsidy threshold

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim noted that the haze and hotter weather had caused some households to use more electricity.

Researchers on mission to improve heat illness data at A&Es in Singapore

At hospitals and nursing homes, heat affects various patients differently so medical staff have to take different precautions.

August was world’s joint-hottest month on record, scientists say

Extreme weather and climate-related disasters raged around the world in August.

‘Alarm bells ringing’: US summer heat shatters record

The US authorities have previously announced that July 2026 was the hottest of all months ever recorded in the US.

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