In the search for cooling solutions in the sizzling tropics, there is no shortage of innovations, but the challenge is to ensure that the solutions reach the people who need them the most, as soon as possible. “We know that innovation is the way forward, but what we struggle with is that science (alone) doesn’t reach large-scale deployment, and that’s the biggest gap that we’ve observed as scientists,” said Irene Cheong, assistant chief executive of innovation and enterprise at A*STAR. She was speaking at an In Perspective roundtable on heat hosted by The Straits Times. The theme of the dialogue was “Liveability in a warming world: Is Asia getting climate adaptation and mitigation right?” Follow The Straits Times on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsub Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated. -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ https://www.straitstimes.com WHATSAPP ➤ https://str.sg/whatsapp TIKTOK ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@straitstimes INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/straits_times FACEBOOK ➤ https://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes TWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/straits_times TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes PODCASTS ➤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts #straitstimes #asia #inperspective #climatechange