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Climate Conversations — 184 episodes

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1

Goodbye from us

2

A fork in the road moment for climate change?

3

Tackling Thailand’s air pollution crisis

4

Urban invaders - how global warming fuels the rat boom

5

Chilling truths: Why the world can’t live without air-conditioning

6

Can India and Bangladesh renegotiate a future for the Ganges?

7

Big waves and boat sinkings: How climate change is making the seas more dangerous

8

What Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ means for clean energy transition

9

Can our world heritage sites survive climate change?

10

What happens to Singapore’s gas supplies in times of war?

11

Meat and maize: How eating more meat is driving big environmental impacts

12

Climate geoengineering: Planet savers or madcap experiments?

13

Record temperatures, extreme rain incoming this summer

14

Mining in the deep blue

15

Climate cost of conflict

16

Battle lines in the water crisis

17

What's holding investors back from green projects?

18

Passports for sale: Climate-vulnerable nations take unconventional steps for survival

19

Green hydrogen: Future game changer or false hope?

20

The ‘White Lotus’ effect is redefining the way we travel, but is it sustainable?

21

Fast fashion vs sustainable threads

22

Sustainable aviation fuels were meant to take off. What’s gone wrong?

23

Dirty skies: Why almost no one is breathing safe air in Southeast Asia

24

How nuclear may be a larger factor in the clean energy equation

25

Cli-Fi? Finding climate themes in popular film and TV

26

Countries are neglecting to hand in their climate homework

27

How do microplastics end up in human brains?

28

Roaring back to life: Tigers rebounding in Thailand

29

Trump 2.0: Red lines through green policies

30

The coolest technology shaking up clean energy in 2025

31

Wildfires out of control: How natural disasters are made worse by climate change

32

Will Southeast Asia’s digital rush come at a climate cost?

33

Best of: Why are extinct species coming back in Singapore?

34

Best of: Migrant workers bear the brunt of heat stress

35

Best of: Can AI better predict the weather?

36

Best of: Must climate communication be so dense?

37

Best of: How else can an air-con nation keep cool in a heatwave?

38

A climate wrap of 2024

39

EVs in Asia: Ready to roll or stuck in the lot?

40

COP29: Spicy speeches and the Trump wild card

41

COP29: Why you should be paying attention to this year’s big climate talks

42

Breaking down the complicated business of carbon capture

43

Can we save Southeast Asia’s capitals from drowning?

44

Kids ask the darndest questions: Climate edition

45

What’s the biodiversity COP all about?

46

It’s time for some cheerful climate news

47

Why is climate change still too 'niche' to be part of mainstream conversations?

48

'Progress not perfection’: Formula 1 sustainability chief on the race going green(er)

49

Singapore companies going green is still very much a work in progress

50

“I’m terribly worried”: UN chief on warming temperatures in Southeast Asia

51

Can the medical industry reduce its staggering carbon footprint?

52

The rate of Singapore’s food waste is ‘crazy’: MP Louis Ng

53

Earth Overshoot Day: Will future generations pay for our ecological deficits?

54

Migrant workers bear the brunt of heat stress

55

If she wins, could Kamala Harris bring some 'green' to the White House?

56

The impact of climate change is front and centre in the Pacific islands

57

Are we slowing down our plastic addiction?

58

Is there a future where nuclear energy is safe and viable?

59

Why oil spills are especially nasty

60

Sky high farming solves one climate problem but creates another

61

Why are extinct species coming back in Singapore?

62

Coffee or tea: Which comes with a bigger splash of climate guilt?

63

Did we keep to our post-COVID promise of cleaner, greener cities?

64

The clock is ticking on companies to decarbonise

65

Can AI better predict the weather?

66

Oat milk and impossible burgers – just how “green” are alternative foods?

67

Why should we care that corals are dying?

68

Must climate communication be so dense?

69

Why a complex problem like climate change needs multi-disciplinary expertise

70

How else can an air-con nation keep cool in a heatwave?

71

Singapore’s fight to protect the endangered straw-headed bulbul

72

Can Earth Hour produce long-term change?

73

Saving our skin from harm caused by climate change

74

Will the move towards sustainable aviation fuel take flight?

75

Can Singapore's clean energy transition include nuclear and geothermal sources?

76

The man with a mission for a billion vegans

77

Will Coca Cola’s sustainability efforts move the needle on plastic bottle recycling?

78

Here’s how your table at home can be made from cardboard

79

Predicting the next pandemic

80

Can ‘Long Island’ save Singapore from rising sea levels?

81

How can we travel without destroying the planet?

82

What will be the impact of a hotter Singapore?

83

Best of: Rising heat is worsening mosquito-borne diseases, but could mosquitoes be the solution?

84

Did COP28 deliver a historic or hollow victory?

85

Best of: Climate change is the new enemy for militaries

86

Will COP28 deliver at this crucial time in the climate crisis?

87

Sinking Pacific Islands fight for survival

88

Sustainability Chiefs: How DBS Bank decides who gets funded

89

Sustainability Chiefs: Online fashion giant Shein says fast fashion can be green

90

Sustainability Chiefs: Starbucks wants to address climate issues one coffee at a time

91

Why buy winter clothing for kids when you can rent?

92

Can harmful particles in the haze increase risks for heart attacks?

93

How technology can reduce the risk of falling trees

94

Russia’s war on Ukraine: The environmental damage is ‘ecocide’

95

Less anger, more solutions: How the SG Climate Rally has evolved

96

How farmers are fighting back against extreme weather

97

Climate change is the new enemy for militaries: Retired 3-star British general

98

'I lost three firefighters': Australian fire chief on the life-threatening work of combating wildfires

99

Rising heat is worsening mosquito-borne diseases, but could mosquitoes be the solution?

100

Debt-for-nature swaps: Greenwashing or a win-win solution?

101

Restoring Singapore’s coral reefs

102

My Green Gig: Why the weatherman has a tough job

103

My Green Gig: Life as a bird conservationist

104

Lab-grown diamonds: Are they really better for the planet?

105

Wild boar attacks: Why trapping and fencing alone won’t solve Singapore’s wild boar woes

106

Can you be mad about K-pop yet care about climate change?

107

Meet Melbourne’s chief heat officers

108

Will we see a return of the haze this year?

109

Are you ready to sink your teeth into insect-based food?

110

Is car-sharing the answer to Singapore’s car-lite ambitions?

111

Your last goodbye, the eco-friendly way

112

Is tidal energy a potential pot of gold for Singapore’s energy needs?

113

A Singapore scientist takes a 60-hour journey to Antarctica to see climate change up close

114

The period choice: Single-use pads or reusable options?

115

Not so fast: How can our shopping deliveries be more sustainable?

116

How can hotels and theme parks go green?

117

How one Singapore company is solving the world’s water problems

118

Fancy a beer made from leftover bread? Welcome to the world of upcycling

119

What you need to know about solar panels in your home

120

Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: How ecotourism is saving Thailand’s rainforest

121

Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: Diving into depleting fish supplies in the Philippines

122

Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The great Mekong River is struggling to feed its people

123

Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: When the Himalayas heats up

124

Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The slow death of normal life in the Gobi Desert

125

Throwing soup on artwork distracts from climate activism

126

Why don’t we care more about climate change?

127

Are green cities too expensive to build?

128

How to enjoy Christmas without being excessive

129

Can you grow enough food in your HDB flat to feed yourself?

130

Should the rich pay for the climate devastation in poorer countries? | EP 19

131

Will Egypt, holding the 'crown' of COP27, deliver? | EP 18

132

What exactly is a green job? | EP 17

133

Should companies give away their profits to save the planet? | EP 16

134

Why is it so hard to recycle? | EP 15

135

Can we co-exist with monkeys that come into our homes? | EP 14

136

Humanitarian aid organisations cannot keep up with increasing climate disasters | EP 13

137

The technology is here to make green hydrogen cheaper | EP 12

138

Why Elon Musk called PM Lee about my Tesla car | EP 11

139

From fashion addict to zero-waste advocate | EP 10

140

Seeing the impacts of climate change one photograph at a time | EP 9

141

Where will your fish come from in a climate stressed world? | EP 8

142

Lighting poor communities, one plastic bottle at a time | EP 7

143

Why SMEs find it hard to go green | EP 6

144

Will you use insect repellent made from durian husks? | EP 5

145

Why tracking carbon emissions is big business | EP 4

146

How much heat can humans take? | EP 3

147

Beef wellington without the beef? A plant-based butcher is serious | EP 2

148

Tales from the original climate activist Sivasothi | EP 1

149

The final climate conversation with host, Jaime Ho | EP 68

150

How extreme weather affects the food you eat and the people who grow it |EP 67

151

Why the hike in carbon tax is a step up for Singapore's climate ambitions | EP66

152

Despite huge wins from COP26, why 2022 will be 'all about delivery' for COP President Alok Sharma

153

In the race for cleaner energies, is nuclear power really part of the climate change mix? |EP 64

154

From new trade routes to international cooperation: Beyond rising sea levels, what’s happening as Arctic ice melts

155

Green hydrogen - getting from pipe dream to a potential fuel for the future

156

Why there's urgency - and financial returns - in greening Singapore's real estate | EP 61

157

In Malaysia, will historic floods bring climate adaptation even more clearly into focus? | EP 60

158

How does a protected UNESCO World Heritage forest emit more carbon instead of absorbing it? |EP 59

159

Will palm oil ever be as sustainable as it is essential? | EP 58

160

What’s your video streaming got to do with climate change? We look at data centres and sustainability | EP 57

161

COP26 report card: Progress but yet more room for improvement? | EP 56

162

Voices at COP26 in Glasgow: A collision of passion and pragmatism? | EP 55

163

How achievable is Malaysia's 2050 net zero emissions target? | EP 54

164

Will COP26 deliver under the weight of expectations? | EP 53

165

How artificial intelligence can help humans fight climate change | EP 52

166

Between generating and selling electricity, what’s one player in Singapore doing in the name of climate action and sustainability? | EP 51

167

Have ships and shipping sailed under the radar of stronger climate action? | EP 50

168

What’s a 'greenfluencer' and what do they do in championing climate action? | EP 49

169

The green consumer paradox: Can we walk the talk on sustainability? | EP 48

170

Can our homes be part of net-zero emissions ambitions? | EP 47

171

The future so green: Talking to the young who will fill the climate and sustainability jobs of tomorrow | EP 46

172

It’s a 'code red for humanity', but what next after the IPCC’s latest report on the health of our planet? | EP 45

173

One Singapore school and its students walk the talk on sustainability and fighting climate change | EP 44

174

How green can ride-hailing get, and can Grab show the way? | EP 43

175

Just what can the "humble" mangrove do in the fight against climate change? | EP 42

176

What’s holding back even greater use of renewable energy in the transition away from fossil fuels? | EP 41

177

Managing Asia’s energy transition: How can climate pledges and action be balanced with growth? | EP 40

178

What’s behind the IEA’s roadmap for global energy use in the quest for net-zero emissions by 2050 | EP 39

179

Enhancing Indonesia’s climate ambition: Dino Patti Djalal on getting to net zero sooner, rather than in 2070 | EP 38

180

Will Singapore’s Climate Impact X (CIX) be a game-changer in the global carbon credit marketplace? | EP 37

181

Insurance in a world of climate change: Measuring and pricing risk for businesses and people | EP 36

182

What’s the state of climate change education in Singapore's school curriculum? | EP 35

183

What’s behind China’s climate action and can it live up to expectations? | EP 34

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Getting down to the big picture science of climate change