Impact Stories

IPUR embarked on a study with the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) and Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at the Singapore University of Technology and.

In the face of an increasingly urgent climate crisis, the need to achieve net-zero emissions has become one of the most critical goals of our time. Net Zero refers to.

From climate change and technological advancements to healthcare decisions and food choices, navigating the complex landscape of risks has become an integral part of our daily lives. The interactions and.

Singapore, being a small island nation with limited freshwater resources, relies heavily on imported bottled water to meet its drinking water needs. The consumption of plastic bottled water in Singapore.

In Bangladesh, around 6,000 women die each year in pregnancy and childbirth. Experts believe that at least half of these are preventable deaths – women who would have lived if.

Disasters disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Each disaster has lasting effects, both to people and property. Climate change, population growth and urbanisation are just some of the.

By 2026, Singapore will be a super-aged society where one in five Singaporeans would be 65 years and above. There is therefore an urgent and intrinsic need to focus not.

In March 2021, IPUR and the NUS Office of Risk Management and Compliance collaborated to understand how NUS students perceive risks. This study was largely motivated by a lack of.

Remote working and communicating have become the mainstream channels in which we learn and make decisions. This means that we are always accessing and processing the plethora of online data.

We’ve been hearing for many years now that climate change is upon us and that action needs to be taken in order to prevent catastrophic disasters such as intense droughts,.