A photo of a building covered in vegetation to increase cooling.
A view of the Park Royal Collection Hotel at Pickering Street in Singapore.
  • Much of Singapore's infrastructure is designed to utilize natural resources to reduce temperatures.
  • Buildings around the world have been attempting carbon neutrality for years.
  • Rooftop gardens, wind turbines, and water cooling work to reduce the impact of new buildings. 

With 2023 on track to be one of the hottest years on record, countries like Singapore are trying their best to keep temperatures down — or, at the very least, keep them from rising.