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Climate Conversations

The Climate Conversations - Meet Melbourne’s chief heat officers

The Climate Conversations - Meet Melbourne’s chief heat officers
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15 Jun 2023 07:17AM
15 mins

Over coffee one day, Krista Milne and Tiffany Crawford decided to take on the monumental task of keeping Melbourne cool. The co-chief heat officers tell Julie Yoo why heat is a silent killer, and what cities can do to protect their most vulnerable as heat waves get even hotter.

The Climate Conversations - Singapore’s fight to protect the endangered straw-headed bulbul

The Climate Conversations podcast heads outdoors in search of a beloved songbird – the straw-headed bulbul. Fewer than 1,700 of these birds remain in the wild worldwide, largely due to habitat loss and poaching. Julie Yoo meets the co-chairs of the Straw-headed Bulbul Working Group, Low Bing Wen from the National Parks Board and Alfred Chia from Nature Society Singapore, to find out more about the conservation efforts to save these birds. 

27/03/2024 16 mins

The Climate Conversations - Can Earth Hour produce long-term change?

Each year, millions of people worldwide pledge to turn off or dim their lights for one hour as part of the Earth Hour event. But beyond the symbolic Switch Off moment, how effective are these global efforts? Vivek Kumar, CEO of WWF-Singapore sits down with Julie Yoo to talk about how big an impact the festival has on raising awareness for climate change.

20/03/2024 19 mins

The Climate Conversations - Saving our skin from harm caused by climate change

Climate change is already wreaking havoc on the weather and food supplies. But now dermatologists worldwide are blaming it for an uptick in skin issues such as cancer, dermatitis and premature skin ageing. Kesh Gunasinghe, head of R&D Asia Pacific at Kenvue, shares his tips on how to better protect the human body's largest organ. 

13/03/2024 22 mins

The Climate Conversations - Will the move towards sustainable aviation fuel take flight?

Come 2026, passengers on planes departing from Singapore will have to pay more for their air tickets because carriers will be required to use sustainable aviation fuel. CNA’s Roland Lim was at the Singapore Airshow in February, where the sustainable aviation fuel mandate was the talk of the event. He shares more on how industry players are responding to the pressure to go green. 

06/03/2024 23 mins

The Climate Conversations - Can Singapore's clean energy transition include nuclear and geothermal sources?

During his Budget 2024 speech, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a S$5 billion Future Energy Fund as part of Singapore’s transition to clean energy. Geothermal and nuclear energy sources are currently being studied as part of the country’s power portfolio. GE Vernova’s Asia Decarbonization Leader Kazunari Fukui is our guest this week.  

28/02/2024 21 mins