showSidebars ==
showTitleBreadcrumbs == 1
node.field_disable_title_breadcrumbs.value ==
College of Integrative Studies

News

29 Jul 2021
Work in progress: A climate-resilient tropical island
Source: The Straits Times
In a recent commentary published in Channel News Asia, SMU Professor of Science, Technology and Society and principal investigator of Cooling Singapore Winston Chow and lead principal investigator of…
07 Jun 2021
S'pore making own 'crystal ball' for climate projection
Source: The Straits Times
Commenting on the building of a climate model, SMU Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society Winston Chow said, "How valid a model is is determined by how well it simulates reality.
27 May 2021
Game exploring food's environmental cost among proposals by youth
Source: The Straits Times
Five shortlisted proposals were presented at a webinar on Tuesday (May 25) hosted by Sustainability Exchange, an initiative launched in January by non-profit group EB Impact, in partnership with…
17 May 2021
S'pore's diplomacy, green efforts gain global recognition
Source: The Straits Times
Commenting on Singapore's profile on climate change gaining recognition on the international stage, SMU Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society Winston Chow, a lead author for the…
10 Sep 2020
Home is what lives inside you: Pico Iyer
Source: The Straits Times
At 4am, encircled by smoke from the various wildfires blazing through California, renowned travel writer Pico Iyer turned on Zoom and beamed at more than 950 viewers half a world away in Singapore.…
07 Sep 2020
Digital model of S'pore being built for study on tackling heat
Source: The Straits Times
Commenting on a "digital twin" of Singapore being built under the Cooling Singapore project to help researchers study factors affecting outdoor temperatures, SMU Associate Professor of Science,…
05 Nov 2019
Cities can be ally in climate action: Experts
Source: The Straits Times, Best 24 News
SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report, gave examples of how…
03 Nov 2019
Greening Industrial Estates – 30,000 trees to be planted on Jurong Island
Source: Channel News Asia, Channel 5, Channel 8
In an interview, SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow explained how planting trees in urban areas is a good sustainability measure. It is, however, too limited in scale to make a…
22 Oct 2019
Masagos: Each country to look into climate change and respond to the calls from the younger generation
Source: Zaobao Online
SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report, said that Singapore will…
17 Oct 2019
Warming oceans can raise probability of storms: Experts
Source: The Straits Times
SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, a lead author of an upcoming report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said ocean heat content will also rise with human activity…
16 Oct 2019
Tackling Societal Challenges
Source: The Business Times
In a special feature on SMU’s research that tackles the societal challenge of managing for sustainability, SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow explored how a city's urban resilience…
01 Oct 2019
Perspectives: Interview with Winston Chow
Source: Eco-Business TV
In an interview, SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, discussed how climate change can impact Singapore as well as within Southeast Asia region. He opined that there is a pressing need…