Climate Conversations

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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Can we better design green cities while balancing economic and climate concerns? Internationally renowned architect Lee Polisano, co-founder of PLP Architecture, talks to Julie Yoo about how he designed some of the world’s greenest buildings. 

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Taking materialism out of gift-giving might require some creativity. From taking the stigma out of re-gifting to creating new family traditions, Stephanie Dickson, founder of Green is The New Black, gives tips on how to be more sustainable this season without dampening your festive spirit.

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Growing your own food is the last line of defence as food security is threatened by climate change. Bjorn Low, founder of Edible Garden City gives tips on how to plant your own balcony garden and shares why Singapore should think beyond technology solutions to beef up its food security. 

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Loss and damage is on the climate summit’s agenda for the first time at COP 27. Developing countries are struggling to rebuild as historic floods and creeping sea levels batter their lands. Now, they want someone else to pay. What is loss and damage and how might this affect people living on the climate frontline? CNA’s climate change correspondent Jack Board gives his take from Egypt. 

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