As a student, Lim Chong Tee co-founded Wateroam to bring clean water to communities without electricity. This World Water Day, he tells CNA’s Julie Yoo why a portable water filter can help hundreds of people get instant access to drinkable water in rural and disaster-hit zones. 

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Bread is one of the most common breakfast foods around the world but over 24 million slices are thrown away each day. By upcycling food waste into beverages, CEO of CRUST Travin Singh tells Julie Yoo how his company has saved over 2,500kg of bread in Singapore by turning bread into beer. 

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Solar prices have dipped dramatically over the last decade but installing these energy-saving panels isn’t necessarily cheap nor straightforward. Julie Yoo asks Bolong Chew, founder of the start-up Solar AI, what are the challenges and long-term benefits of going green. 

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Tropical rainforests are a carbon sink and also one of earth’s best defences against climate change. But to preserve the forest, Thailand’s indigenous people must find new ways of making a living.  Join Jack Board, CNA Climate Correspondent, as he finds out how climate change is affecting places and people across Asia.  

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Coastal communities who depend on the Coral Triangle are facing depleting fish supplies. Now Philippines’ fishermen who were once against no-catch conservation zones, are rethinking their stance. Join Jack Board, CNA Climate Correspondent, as he finds out how climate change is affecting the places and people across Asia. 

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Rice farmers who rely on the Mekong must adapt or find another way to make a living. Hear a first-hand account from Jack Board, CNA Climate Correspondent, as he finds out how climate change is affecting the places and people across Asia on “Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers”.   

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Nepal is a stunning mountain paradise but as temperatures rise and glaciers melt, people in the Himalayan villages are heading for the exit. Hear from Jack Board, CNA Climate Correspondent, as he finds out how climate change is affecting the places and people across Asia on “Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers”. 

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In this special five-part series called "Asia's Great Climate Frontiers", CNA’s Climate Change correspondent, Jack Board journeys across Asia to find out first-hand how climate change is affecting landscapes and lives. This episode looks at how the climate crisis is affecting the livelihoods of Mongolian nomadic herders in the Gobi Desert. 

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Climate protests that make the headlines may be good for online views, but young local climate activists say that’s not enough. Poring over environmental reports and showing up at climate conventions are essential to creating change. Julie Yoo speaks to Ho Xiang Tian and Rishika Selvan in this episode. 

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It’s all in the way our mind works. Psychologists say we take mental shortcuts and that means we don’t make decisions which are more sustainable.  Julie Yoo speaks to Edward Choy and Jo Tan who recently hosted the documentary Who cares about Polar Bears?  

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