Climate change has been an issue of increasing global concern in both political and scientific spheres for decades.
As a result, the climate impact has become a point of consideration in our everyday decision-making. This no doubt has extended to our investment choices, where increasingly, being a ‘green’ company, or one that otherwise makes environmentally conscious choices is a selling point in the investing world.
Both of these tasks could face detrimental impacts from climate change. Periods of drought affect the reliability of our supply of potable water, whilst an increase in the intensity of rainfall could overwhelm existing drainage infrastructure and cause flooding.An impact of climate change on Singapore that is often slips by the public consciousness is the impact it will have on our nation’s public health. Singapore is situated in a region where vector-borne diseases are endemic.
There is a strong correlation between case numbers of such vector-borne diseases and the warmer periods of the year, meaning that as average temperatures continue to rise and warm periods occupy more of the year, there will be a correlating rise in the cases of such diseases.