Climate Conversations

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Episodes: 100

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Hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan bring years of expertise covering climate change and sustainability to this weekly podcast. A one-stop shop for news, views and interviews.


Episode Date
Oat milk and impossible burgers – just how “green” are alternative foods?
May 15, 2024
Why should we care that corals are dying?
May 08, 2024
Must climate communication be so dense?
May 01, 2024
Why a complex problem like climate change needs multi-disciplinary expertise
Apr 24, 2024
How else can an air-con nation keep cool in a heatwave?
Apr 17, 2024
Singapore’s fight to protect the endangered straw-headed bulbul
Mar 27, 2024
Can Earth Hour produce long-term change?
Mar 20, 2024
Saving our skin from harm caused by climate change
Mar 13, 2024
Will the move towards sustainable aviation fuel take flight?
Mar 06, 2024
Can Singapore's clean energy transition include nuclear and geothermal sources?
Feb 28, 2024
The man with a mission for a billion vegans
Feb 21, 2024
Will Coca Cola’s sustainability efforts move the needle on plastic bottle recycling?
Feb 14, 2024
Here’s how your table at home can be made from cardboard
Feb 08, 2024
Predicting the next pandemic
Jan 31, 2024
Can ‘Long Island’ save Singapore from rising sea levels?
Jan 24, 2024
How can we travel without destroying the planet?
Jan 17, 2024
What will be the impact of a hotter Singapore?
Jan 10, 2024
Best of: Rising heat is worsening mosquito-borne diseases, but could mosquitoes be the solution?
Dec 20, 2023
Did COP28 deliver a historic or hollow victory?
Dec 14, 2023
Best of: Climate change is the new enemy for militaries
Dec 06, 2023
Will COP28 deliver at this crucial time in the climate crisis?
Nov 29, 2023
Sinking Pacific Islands fight for survival
Nov 22, 2023
Sustainability Chiefs: How DBS Bank decides who gets funded
Nov 15, 2023
Sustainability Chiefs: Online fashion giant Shein says fast fashion can be green
Nov 08, 2023
Sustainability Chiefs: Starbucks wants to address climate issues one coffee at a time
Nov 01, 2023
Why buy winter clothing for kids when you can rent?
Oct 25, 2023
Can harmful particles in the haze increase risks for heart attacks?
Oct 18, 2023
How technology can reduce the risk of falling trees
Oct 11, 2023
Russia’s war on Ukraine: The environmental damage is ‘ecocide’
Oct 04, 2023
Less anger, more solutions: How the SG Climate Rally has evolved
Sep 27, 2023
How farmers are fighting back against extreme weather
Sep 20, 2023
Climate change is the new enemy for militaries: Retired 3-star British general
Sep 13, 2023
'I lost three firefighters': Australian fire chief on the life-threatening work of combating wildfires
Sep 06, 2023
Rising heat is worsening mosquito-borne diseases, but could mosquitoes be the solution?
Aug 31, 2023
Debt-for-nature swaps: Greenwashing or a win-win solution?
Aug 23, 2023
Restoring Singapore’s coral reefs
Aug 16, 2023
My Green Gig: Why the weatherman has a tough job
Aug 09, 2023
My Green Gig: Life as a bird conservationist
Aug 02, 2023
Lab-grown diamonds: Are they really better for the planet?
Jul 05, 2023
Wild boar attacks: Why trapping and fencing alone won’t solve Singapore’s wild boar woes
Jun 28, 2023
Can you be mad about K-pop yet care about climate change?
Jun 21, 2023
Meet Melbourne’s chief heat officers
Jun 14, 2023
Will we see a return of the haze this year?
Jun 07, 2023
Are you ready to sink your teeth into insect-based food?
May 31, 2023
Is car-sharing the answer to Singapore’s car-lite ambitions?
May 24, 2023
Your last goodbye, the eco-friendly way
May 17, 2023
Is tidal energy a potential pot of gold for Singapore’s energy needs?
May 10, 2023
A Singapore scientist takes a 60-hour journey to Antarctica to see climate change up close
May 03, 2023
The period choice: Single-use pads or reusable options?
Apr 26, 2023
Not so fast: How can our shopping deliveries be more sustainable?
Apr 19, 2023
How can hotels and theme parks go green?
Mar 29, 2023
How one Singapore company is solving the world’s water problems
Mar 22, 2023
Fancy a beer made from leftover bread? Welcome to the world of upcycling
Mar 15, 2023
What you need to know about solar panels in your home
Mar 09, 2023
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: How ecotourism is saving Thailand’s rainforest
Mar 01, 2023
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: Diving into depleting fish supplies in the Philippines
Feb 22, 2023
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The great Mekong River is struggling to feed its people
Feb 15, 2023
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: When the Himalayas heats up
Feb 08, 2023
Asia’s Great Climate Frontiers: The slow death of normal life in the Gobi Desert
Feb 01, 2023
Throwing soup on artwork distracts from climate activism
Jan 25, 2023
Why don’t we care more about climate change?
Jan 18, 2023
Are green cities too expensive to build?
Jan 11, 2023
How to enjoy Christmas without being excessive
Nov 30, 2022
Can you grow enough food in your HDB flat to feed yourself?
Nov 23, 2022
Should the rich pay for the climate devastation in poorer countries? | EP 19
Nov 16, 2022
Will Egypt, holding the 'crown' of COP27, deliver? | EP 18
Nov 10, 2022
What exactly is a green job? | EP 17
Nov 02, 2022
Should companies give away their profits to save the planet? | EP 16
Oct 26, 2022
Why is it so hard to recycle? | EP 15
Oct 19, 2022
Can we co-exist with monkeys that come into our homes? | EP 14
Oct 12, 2022
Humanitarian aid organisations cannot keep up with increasing climate disasters | EP 13
Oct 05, 2022
The technology is here to make green hydrogen cheaper | EP 12
Sep 28, 2022
Why Elon Musk called PM Lee about my Tesla car | EP 11
Sep 21, 2022
From fashion addict to zero-waste advocate | EP 10
Sep 14, 2022
Seeing the impacts of climate change one photograph at a time | EP 9
Sep 07, 2022
Where will your fish come from in a climate stressed world? | EP 8
Sep 01, 2022
Lighting poor communities, one plastic bottle at a time | EP 7
Aug 24, 2022
Why SMEs find it hard to go green | EP 6
Aug 17, 2022
Will you use insect repellent made from durian husks? | EP 5
Aug 11, 2022
Why tracking carbon emissions is big business | EP 4
Aug 04, 2022
How much heat can humans take? | EP 3
Jul 27, 2022
Beef wellington without the beef? A plant-based butcher is serious | EP 2
Jul 20, 2022
Tales from the original climate activist Sivasothi | EP 1
Jul 14, 2022
The final climate conversation with host, Jaime Ho | EP 68
Mar 10, 2022
How extreme weather affects the food you eat and the people who grow it |EP 67
Mar 03, 2022
Why the hike in carbon tax is a step up for Singapore's climate ambitions | EP66
Feb 25, 2022
Despite huge wins from COP26, why 2022 will be 'all about delivery' for COP President Alok Sharma
Feb 18, 2022
In the race for cleaner energies, is nuclear power really part of the climate change mix? |EP 64
Feb 10, 2022
From new trade routes to international cooperation: Beyond rising sea levels, what’s happening as Arctic ice melts
Feb 03, 2022
Green hydrogen - getting from pipe dream to a potential fuel for the future
Jan 27, 2022
Why there's urgency - and financial returns - in greening Singapore's real estate | EP 61
Jan 20, 2022
In Malaysia, will historic floods bring climate adaptation even more clearly into focus? | EP 60
Jan 13, 2022
How does a protected UNESCO World Heritage forest emit more carbon instead of absorbing it? |EP 59
Dec 09, 2021
Will palm oil ever be as sustainable as it is essential? | EP 58
Dec 03, 2021
What’s your video streaming got to do with climate change? We look at data centres and sustainability | EP 57
Nov 25, 2021
COP26 report card: Progress but yet more room for improvement? | EP 56
Nov 18, 2021
Voices at COP26 in Glasgow: A collision of passion and pragmatism? | EP 55
Nov 12, 2021
How achievable is Malaysia's 2050 net zero emissions target? | EP 54
Nov 05, 2021
Will COP26 deliver under the weight of expectations? | EP 53
Oct 28, 2021
How artificial intelligence can help humans fight climate change | EP 52
Oct 21, 2021