15
January
2019
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22:06
Asia/Singapore

When both the rich and poor feel the heat from climate change

Assoc Prof Alberto Salvo from the Dept of Economics at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences observed that as temperatures continue to climb in the next decades, households are set to consume growing amounts of utilities and stay less outside. In addition, greater consumption of utilities will lead to greater warming, unless societies can move away from fossil fuels to renewable types of energy.