Jerome Amir Singh

Jerome Amir Singh is Adjunct Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Howard College School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

He serves as the Principal Investigator of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE), which operates under the auspices of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). Dr Singh serves as an ad hoc Consultant to several United Nation entities, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNAIDS, and UNICEF. He currently serves as a Consultant to the WHO on climate change, health, and ethics.

Extreme heat is a growing threat to health, jobs and food security in southern Africa – study looks for practical solutions

Jerome Amir Singh, Caradee Yael Wright, The Conversation

Extreme heat is already a defining climate and health threat in southern Africa, yet public debate still treats it as ordinary bad weather. A new study shows that, as climate change drives more extreme events, governments and institutions can adopt practical steps to make communities more climate‑resilient.

May 19, 2026