Welcome to the Green Shift Podcast

Green Shift is a collaboration between Austin Media, the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER) and Organizational Analytics.Everyone on the team met while working with the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP). We're excited to carry that relationship forward post-IES. We'll be covering everything from a just energy transition to carbon credits, sustainable cooling, ASEAN regional cooperation, green taxonomy, green financing, to the water energy food nexus.One of our early inspirations came from Singapore’s Assaad Razzouk—also known as The Angry Clean Energy Guy—who has passionately argued against nuclear power. He believes it’s expensive, polluting, slow to build, and unnecessary for solving the climate crisis. In his view, investing in nuclear is a distraction from developing renewables.But CSER co-founder and Green Shift co-host Dr. Victor Nian is one of Southeast Asia’s leading experts on nuclear energy, hydrogen, and net-zero strategies. His work focuses on long-term energy planning, industrial development, and technology cooperation.So I was eager to hear Victor’s take. We recorded a segment exploring Razzouk’s arguments in detail. Which you will hear on this episode. But first, I’m thrilled to share that Assaad Razzouk has agreed to be one of our first podcast guests. We'll be recording with him in early June, with an official launch soon after.Please like and subscribe so you can hear the first "official" episode when it drops.Warmly,David AustinFounder, Austin MediaCo-host, Green Shift Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.