In the second of our top five episodes of the year, Liling Tan and Jack Board speak with climate academics Prof Winston Chow and Assoc Prof Terry van Gevelt from Singapore Management University to find out why explaining climate change can get tricky when jargon gets in the way. 

This podcast episode is in partnership with the inaugural Ideas Festival. You can find out more at www.ideasfestival.edu.sg.

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In the first of our top five episodes from the archives this year, we roll back the clock to the first episode of Climate Conversations where hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan tell you why the heatwave will create bigger problems in future than just wilting plants.

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From apocalyptic storms to silver linings, Jack Board and Liling Tan talk through some of the key issues around climate change. 

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An electric vehicle revolution has been underway for a few years. But it hasn’t quite been a smooth road with the technology still facing cost issues, infrastructure questions and turbulence from geopolitics. Liling Tan and Jack Board talk through what’s happening in the EV industry in Southeast Asia. 

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The global climate talks are happening in Baku, Azerbaijan. Jack Board tells Liling Tan all that’s happened so far - from the focus on finances to spicy speeches, and an incoming US president who’s hijacked the summit without even being there.

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Climate negotiations are taking place in Azerbaijan, with a focus on raising money to help poorer nations handle the impacts of a heating planet. Jack Board and Liling Tan discuss what they’re looking out for and hear exclusively from COP29 CEO, Elnur Soltanov. 

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Carbon dioxide is responsible for 76 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. And yet, the potential to lock up harmful emissions is big business. Jack Board speaks to a world leader in this space, the CEO of Climeworks Christoph Gebald. 

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The region’s large capital cities - Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur - are facing a multitude of threats centred around water, from flooding, land subsidence, groundwater extraction or sea level rise. To combat these issues, engineering mega adaptation projects are often raised as solutions. Can they save our capitals? Jack Board and Liling Tan chat with CNA correspondents Nivell Rayda and Rashvinjeet Bedi.

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Just when he thought he was clear of the classroom after being grilled by pre-schoolers on going plastic-free, CNA Correspondent Matthew Mohan finds himself back in the hot seat with Liling Tan on Climate Conversations, taking even tougher questions from kids about all things plastics. Can they answer them all?

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Globally important biodiversity talks are about to take place in one of the most dangerous countries for environmental defenders. COP16 host Colombia has a lot at stake, and so does the planet, as Jack Board and Liling Tan discuss with environment reporter Oliver Griffin. 

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