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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

Conserving a forest instead of cutting it down for other uses is becoming increasingly attractive to land developers, as more companies and countries eye such projects as sources of carbon credits to offset their emissions. 

But a new study by researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that protecting forests in South-east Asia can yield many more benefits, other than just the profits from the sale of carbon credits. Communities around a healthy forest with a wide diversity of wild pollinators, for example, can benefit from higher agricultural yields.

In this episode, The Straits Times environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss the co-benefits of such projects with Dr Tasya Vadya Sarira, a postdoctoral researcher at the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions. 

Highlights (click/tap above):

01:38 What are the benefits of forests other than taking in planet-warming carbon dioxide?

02:50 Are these benefits unique to forest conservation projects?

03:46 A recent study mapped out where in South-east Asia, forests with benefits are located. What sparked it? Where are these forests?

06:53 How are co-benefits reflected in the carbon price currently?

08:58 Why is it important to recognise co-benefits?

Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Teo Tong Kai

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

One of the most important climate change indicators is one that rarely gets headlines -ocean temperatures. Yet, the world’s oceans are heating up, absorbing huge amounts of energy caused by global warming.

Last year was the hottest for the world's oceans in recorded human history, according to a study led by an international team of scientists who track the data. It was the sixth consecutive record year. What does this mean for humanity and why should we be concerned?

In this episode, The Straits Times environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss the growing alarm over hotter oceans with Dr Kevin Trenberth, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado. 

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:15 How hot have oceans become?

5:25 How much could global temperatures have risen without the oceans; human activities causing ocean acidification 

8:26 Implications of a warmer ocean for marine biodiversity? 

9:23 What about sea level rise and storms? 

12:58 How long will the ocean retain the heat for? 

Read more on the study: https://str.sg/wdjW

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

During the COP26 Glasgow climate change conference in 2021, the need to help developing countries adapt to changing weather patterns and extreme events wrought by climate change was a key issue of discussion. But what does adaptation mean in the climate change discourse, and why is it important? 

In this episode, The Straits Times environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty discuss this with Dr Arjuna Dibley, a researcher at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme and a co-author of a recent UN report on adaptation. 

Highlights  (click/tap above):

00:59 What is adaptation, and why is it important? 

03:19 What are some examples of adaptation? 

05:11 How much would it cost to adapt to climate change? 

11:08 What are the key points of contention when it comes to global discussions on adaptation? 

Climate change discussion at COP26: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/carbon-copy-no-consensus-yet-for-adaptation-loss-and-damage-finance-at-cop26

UN report on adaptation: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/un-urges-countries-to-finance-and-implement-plans-to-adapt-to-climate-impact

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Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

In 2021, climate change made its mark around the world. North America sizzled in an unprecedented heat wave. Floods inundated China and Europe. Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the Philippines, leaving destruction in its wake. Scientists say the situation could get a lot worse if efforts to reduce the amount of planet-warming emissions are not taken immediately, and Asia is already one of the regions of the world most vulnerable to the changing weather patterns. 

In this episode, we hear directly from people living in Singapore, China, Malaysia, India, the Philippines and Thailand, as they express their thoughts on how their lives could be impacted in 2022. 

Then, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty chat with Mr Joy Singhal, the head for Disaster, Climate and Crisis, at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Highlights (click/tap above):

01:45 What do people in Asia think the climate crisis will be like in 2022? 

03:40 What gives them hope?

07:13 How has Asia experienced climate change this year?

09:15 The human impacts of climate disasters

12:30 What is the Red Cross’ outlook for Asia in 2022? 

14:10 How is the Red Cross helping vulnerable communities cope with climate impacts?

16:12 At the frontlines of climate disaster, how does Mr Singhal cope with eco-anxiety? 

Voice clips across Asia thanks to ST’s correspondents:

Danson Cheong, China correspondent

Debarshi Dasgupta, India correspondent

Nirmala Ganapathy, India bureau chief

Raul Dancel, Philippines correspondent

Shannon Teoh, Malaysia bureau chief

Tan Hui Yee, Indochina Bureau Chief

Audrey Tan, environment correspondent in Singapore

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Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

A set of rules on carbon markets was agreed on at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, allowing countries to cooperate with one another to achieve their climate targets. Instead of focusing solely on reducing emissions within their own borders, countries now have the option of buying carbon credits generated elsewhere to offset their emissions. But what would this all mean for the private sector, and for countries like Singapore, which is too small to host any significant emissions reductions projects nor be a large buyer of carbon credits?

In this episode, environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with Ms Elizabeth Beall, climate and sustainability practice lead at advisory firm Global Counsel, on the role of the private sector in international carbon markets and how Singapore is poised to be a leader in carbon services. 

Highlights (click/tap above):

04:13 What do corporations that buy offsets stand to gain beyond claiming credit for sustainability efforts?

06:08 How will the COP26 outcome on carbon markets change the corporate appetite for carbon credits?

09:23 Will the private sector see greater governmental intervention in voluntary carbon markets?

12:23 Singapore aspires to be a carbon services hub. What does this mean?

13:42 What are the changes in the private sector that the recent outcome is expected to spur?

Listen to Ep 66: Article 6 - Rise of the carbon markets? - https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/article-6-rise-of-the-carbon-markets-green-pulse-e

Carbon credits explained: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/carbon-copy-tricky-carbon-market-rules-struggle-to-get-off-the-ground

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Green Pulse Ep 66: Article 6 - Rise of the carbon markets?

18:59 min

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

At the recent COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators from nearly 200 nations concluded discussions on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This relates to carbon markets, and whether countries can trade carbon credits to meet their climate pledges — known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs).

The discussions, six years in the making, also established rules on who emissions savings accrue to, if one nation pays to set up a green initiative - say a wind farm instead of a coal plant - in another country.

But what exactly are these new rules and markets and what are some of the concerns that still remain?  To help explain what it all means for governments and investors, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with Mr Richard Saines, who is partner at Pollination, a specialist climate change investment and advisory firm.

Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

1:13 What is the difference between existing voluntary and compliance carbon markets, and how will the outcome at COP26 change them? 

5:56 What is the key provision under Article 6 that ensures carbon credits are not double counted?

6:45 How does Article 6 help countries cooperate to find cheaper ways to cut their emissions, while ensuring an overall reduction in concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

8:50 What is the potential of nature in yielding new emissions-reductions projects?

15:46 With the rules for international carbon trading agreed on at COP26, how soon can countries start buying credits to meet their climate goals?

Carbon credits explained: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/carbon-copy-tricky-carbon-market-rules-struggle-to-get-off-the-ground

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Green Pulse Ep 65: Grace Fu says clear communication with citizens key in Singapore's COP26 climate pledges

9:47 mins

Synopsis: At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty were with the Singapore media delegation at COP26, as Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu gave her take on the outcome of the United Nations climate talks.

0:00 Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):

0:45 While there was no total happiness all round, COP26 was a good foundation to "operationalise" the Paris Agreement

1:08 More still needs to be done for small island states; adaptation and loss and damage remain hurdles

2:10 Overall reaction of AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States) to COP26 outcome; Singapore is also a member of AOSIS

3:00 Climate crisis effects in Singapore include more intense rainfall; must convince and encourage Singaporeans to take collective action

4:33 Ms Fu on the pledges Singapore made, in reference to the Singapore Green Plan 2030 that charts the country's pathways to cut emissions, and how the Government intends to communicate plans clearly with citizens

6:00 Ms Fu reveals COP presidency's direction to make this process as inclusive and transparent as possible

Revisit our COP26 coverage here: https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/playlists/green-pulse-at-cop26-glasgow

Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, Fa'izah Sani and ST Video team

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Green Pulse Ep 64: Climate advocate Xuan Zihan on youth in global climate policy-making

3:15 min

Synopsis: At the ongoing COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with climate advocate Mr Xuan Zihan, a University College of London student union representative and its co-chair of Conference of the Youth at COP26 in Glasgow.

They discuss the following points:

1. Why youths should be involved in national and global policy-making starting at COP26 (1:10)
2. Calling for more ambitious climate governance proposals (1:42)
3. Using climate finance to hold countries more accountable (2:15)

Read also:

Singapore youth give 18 recommendations for tackling environmental crisis: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/singapore-youth-give-18-recommendations-for-tackling-environmental-crisis

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Green Pulse Ep 63: Palau President on why climate justice is needed for countries that continue to use more carbon

17:14 min

Synopsis: At the ongoing COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with the President of the Pacific island state of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr.

He is representing AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), which, since 1990, has represented the interests of the 39 small island and low-lying coastal developing states in international climate change, sustainable development negotiations and processes.

Singapore is also a member of AOSIS. This alliance closely resembles the countries it represents on the global stage, but often punches far above its weight, negotiating historic global commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, among other achievements.

They discuss the following points:

1. Why a number of islands, whole cultures, will disappear like the dinosaurs if the world does not achieve the COP26 aim to cap global warming at 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels (2:13)
2. Why it's critical for countries not to operate in silos, but share green technologies (3:40)
3. Why the world is suffering a slow death now, with ports and farms overrun with water, crops destroyed, corals dying, more frequent storms seen in Palau and Singapore (4:58)
4. Helping small islands go with renewable energy and with infrastructure to cope with rising sea levels (8:23)
5. Supporting the climate justice issue: Why countries should be held accountable and pay compensation for using more carbon and for damage they're causing (10:27)
6. Climate finance issue: Are developed countries willing to cough up the US$100 billion needed for the climate adaptation costs of developing countries (12:08)
7. Is AOSIS' voice finally being heard at the COP climate conference? (13:25)
8. Mr Whipps Jr recounts the story of the Palau legend and why there is hope for the world to change its ways now (14:24)

6 key issues at COP26: https://str.sg/3pT7

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Green Pulse Ep 62: Much ado over carbon markets, credits and COP26 negotiations

14:13 min

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change.

One of the key issues negotiators will discuss at the UN climate conference COP26 (from Oct 31 to Nov 12) is on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This relates to carbon markets, and whether countries can trade carbon credits to meet their climate pledges — known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs).

It will also establish rules on who emissions savings accrue to, if one nation pays to set up a green initiative - say a wind farm instead of a coal plant - in another country.

In this second of a two-part series on what COP26 means for the Asean region, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with Ms Melissa Low, a research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Energy Studies Institute, about this contentious issue. 

They discuss the following points:

1. What is Article 6 of the Paris Agreement? (0:48)

2. Singapore has also announced plans to build a carbon credit exchange: what is the issue of the double counting of carbon credits (4:04)

3. Use of units generated before 2020 to meet nationally determined contribution targets, also known as the Clean Development Mechanism transition (7:30)
4. Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu has been invited to co-facilitate discussions on this contentious topic: What this means and why choose Singapore? (10:18)
5. What if countries fail to sort out Article 6 negotiations at COP26? (11:40)

Listen to Part 1 - What COP26 means for Asean: https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/implications-for-asean-at-cop26-green-pulse-ep-61

6 key issues at COP26: https://str.sg/3pT7

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