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Cities as "hot spots"
Prof Gerhard Schmitt talks about how "Cooling Singapore" tries to mitigate the urban heat island effect, while Lea Ruefenacht speaks to residents to understand their perception of outdoor comfort.
Mangroves as "super carbon storage"
Mangroves can store 5 times as much carbon as other habitats and are super carbon storage, says Assoc Prof Dan Friess, PI of Natural Capital Singapore in the Channel NewsAsia programme Tipping Point.
Quantifying ecosystem services in a tropical city
At the Natural Capital Symposium, Dr Daniel Richards explains why the difference in climate, demographics and cultural associations with nature in the tropics calls for a tailored assessment of natural capital.
Cooling Singapore in Shin Min Daily
Shin Min Daily featured the Cooling Singapore project's efforts to find solutions for urban warming as mentioned by the Minister of National Development Mr Lawrence Wong.