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  • S1E42: Perfect storm: Will 2021 be the year the world warms to climate change? - Green Pulse Ep 42

    Green Pulse Ep 42: Perfect storm - Will 2021 be the year the world warms to climate change?

    14:04 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    Despite the pandemic dominating headlines, governments and investors made major commitments last year to tackle climate change. Has this really changed the mood and the global will to step up action to fight the growing climate crisis?

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty chat with Mr Alden Meyer, a world renowned expert in climate and energy policy who has been involved in UN climate negotiations for more than two decades. Alden is a senior associate of E3G, an independent European climate change think tank.

    They discuss the following points:

    1. What's your view on why 2021 is it a key climate year? (3:00)
    2. Have the net-zero pledges from China, Japan and South Korea, plus climate pledges from the UK and Italy really given the world hope and bolstered COP26? (6:57)
    3. The impact of the Biden Administration and what it can achieve, especially now that the Democrats have won both US Senate seats in Georgia (7:42)
    4. A look ahead to COP26, why it's important and what it aims to achieve (8:32)
    5. Has the growth of green energy investment in 2020 also made you feel more optimistic? (12:08)

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    15 min
  • S1E41: Putting sustainability on the national agenda: Green Pulse Ep 41

    Green Pulse Ep 41: Putting sustainability on the national agenda

    12:14 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    This year, the environment ministry in Singapore was renamed the Ministry for Sustainability and the Environment. Previously, it was known as the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. In this episode, hear from Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, on how her ministry will champion sustainability at the national level. 

    They discuss the following points: 

    1. The significance of the ministry’s name change and what it means for public policy. (1:34) 
    2. The changes in the environmental scene in Singapore. (4:22) 
    3. Lessons for climate change from the Covid-19 pandemic. (6:35)

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    13 min
  • S1E40: Could no-kill meat products be food for the future? - Green Pulse Ep 40

    Green Pulse Ep 40: Could no-kill meat products be food for the future?

    15:49 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    Singapore has become the first country to approve the sale of a cultured meat product -- chicken bites by Californian start-up Eat Just. They will be available from Dec 18 at 1880, a private members’ club at Robertson Quay. 

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty chat with Ms Elaine Siu, managing director of The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific, on the case for alternative proteins. 

    They discuss the following points:

    1. Why cultivated meat products are a “good food” (1:47)
    2. Many people in Singapore are now familiar with products such as Impossible Burger, which also tastes similar to meat. What is the difference? (2:35)

    3. How is cultivated meat made (4:33)
    4. How environmentally friendly is cultivated meat production compared with the traditional livestock sector? (10:42)

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    16 min
  • S1E39: Singapore’s great green transition: Green Pulse Ep 39

    Green Pulse Ep 39: Singapore’s great green transition 

    13:10 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Singapore Management University assistant professor of strategic management Simon Schillebeeckx on what a “green recovery” from Covid-19 could look like for Singapore. 

    They discuss the following points:

    1. What are the possible bright green sparks in the Singapore economy? (1:00)
    2. The transferable skill sets of oil and gas workers. (4:01)
    3. How businesses like Handprint Tech are contributing to green job creation. (8:20) 
    4. The skill sets needed to work in a sustainable business. (13:54)

    Listen to Pt 1 of this podcast discussion with Simon Schillebeeckx of SMU: https://str.sg/JEXq  

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    15 min
  • S1E38: Road to a green recovery from Covid-19: Green Pulse Ep 38

    Green Pulse Ep 38: Road to a green recovery from Covid-19

    15:39 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Singapore Management University assistant professor of strategic management Simon Schillebeeckx on what a “green recovery” from Covid-19 could look like for Singapore. 

    They discuss the following points:

    1. What does a green recovery really mean? (0:58) 
    2. What is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on companies and consumers? (5:08)
    3. What do we need to do? Identify emerging sectors, reinvent primary industries and learn from nature (9:18)
    4. Why nations need not fear the great green transition (13:38) 

    Listen to Pt 2 of this podcast discussion with Simon Schillebeeckx of SMU: https://str.sg/JEXc 

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    16 min
  • S1E37: Peter Daszak on nurturing nature to prevent future pandemics: Green Pulse Ep 37

    Green Pulse Ep 37: Peter Daszak on nurturing nature to prevent future pandemics

    13:10 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Dr Peter Daszak, president of non-profit Washington-based Ecohealth Alliance.

    A report linking environmental damage and pandemics was recently published based on the findings of a major meeting hosted by IPBES, the UN biodiversity panel. The authors, including Dr Daszak, found that future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak even worse damage to the global economy than Covid-19. What can be done to reduce the risks of future pandemics?

    They discuss the following points:

    1. How a recent scientific report shows increasing risk of new infectious diseases and pandemics in this globalised world (1:00)
    2. This report estimates another 1.7 million undiscovered viruses that exist in animals and why up to 850,000 of them can infect people (3:43)
    3. Why there needs to be a global programme to prevent pandemics instead of reacting to them after: Can health risks within wildlife trade and even consumer consumption habits be controlled? (8:33)
    4. Weighing the costs of prevention programmes against global economic damages from pandemics and why time is running out (10:06)

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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    14 min
  • S1E36: Looking under the sea for a nature-based solution: Green Pulse Ep 36

    Green Pulse Ep 36: Looking under the sea for a nature-based solution 

    16:44 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Dr Siti Maryam, a marine ecologist at the environmental consultant company DHI Water & Environment, about an ocean-based solution to tackling climate change: Seagrass. 

    Seagrass meadows can be found in Singapore waters, and a 2015 study had found that the seagrass meadow at Chek Jawa on offshore Pulau Ubin contained about 138 metric tonnes of carbon per hectare of seagrass -- equivalent to emissions from 69,000 taxi rides between Marina Bay and Changi Airport.  

    Yet, these habitats face many threats from human activity, including land reclamation and poor water quality. How can these stores of blue carbon be better protected and restored? Tune in to find out.

    They discuss the following points: 

    1. How do you differentiate seagrass from seaweed and other algae? (2:15)
    2. How do seagrass meadows function as a nature-based solution? (3:40)
    3. What are the threats faced by seagrass meadows around the world? (9:21)
    4. What are solutions for restoring seagrass meadows? (11:50) 

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

    Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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    17 min
  • S1E35: Getting to the bottom of plastic pollution: Green Pulse Ep 35

    Green Pulse Ep 35: Getting to the bottom of plastic pollution

    16:35 mins

    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 this podcast series.

    Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic waste end up in the ocean. From plastic bags to bottles, cigarette lighters to fishing nets and flip flops, the trash fouls beaches, kills seabirds and marine animals and creates vast garbage patches. 

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with scientist Denise Hardesty, a specialist in plastic pollution and illegal fishing at Australia’s national science agency. Dr Hardesty is a co-author of a recent study which calculated that there is about 14 million tonnes of microplastic waste at the bottom of the world’s oceans, showing nowhere is free from plastic pollution.

    They discuss the following points: 

    1. What a new CSIRO study on microplastics in the ocean has found (3:47)
    2. Whether microplastics consumed by seafood could end up on dinner plates (6:25)
    3. What happens to plastic when they enter the ocean? (8:17)
    4. What are the solutions to dealing with the scourge of plastic? (11:30)

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]) & Ernest Luis

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

    Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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    17 min
  • S1E34: The climate change detectives: Green Pulse Ep 34

    Green Pulse Ep 34: The climate change detectives

    20:49 mins

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

    Every year we seem to be facing more and more extreme weather events. This year, it’s been fires in Australia, Siberia and now the US West Coast. Record floods have caused havoc in China, while polar ice caps are melting faster. But can we link individual events to climate change?

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with climate scientist Friederike Otto, who is the acting director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, and co-lead of World Weather Attribution, an international effort to analyse and communicate the possible influence of climate change on extreme weather events.

    For more climate news, follow Prof Otto on Twitter at @FrediOtto. 

    Produced by: Audrey Tan ([email protected]), David Fogarty ([email protected]), Ernest Luis, & Penelope Lee

    Edited by: Adam Azlee

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    The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2

    Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB

    Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn

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    Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7

    Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN

    In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt

    Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

    SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR

    #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

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    21 min
  • S1E33: How apocalyptic wildfires in California affect Singapore: Green Pulse ep 33

    Green Pulse Ep 33: How apocalyptic wildfires in California affect Singapore

    19:01 mins

    Synopsis: Green Pulse is an environmental podcast series at The Straits Times which analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. 

    Images of the apocalyptic wildfires in the American south-west have dominated headlines around the world. But what do the intense blazes there have to do with nations far away, such as Singapore? 

    In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty speak with climate scientist Peter Kalmus on the climate change link. Dr Kalmus is from National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the United States, and is speaking to The Straits Times on his own behalf.

    They discuss the following points: 

    1. What is driving the wildfires in the west coast of the United States? (3:38) 
    2. What does the fire crisis in the US mean for countries farther away? (5:57) 
    3. How are the growing amounts of emissions from human activities causing more intense blazes? (8:31) 
    4. What is the role of the individual in tackling the climate crisis? (14:48)

    For more climate news, follow Dr Kalmus on Twitter

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