Climate Conversations Podcast: Why a complex problem like climate change needs multi-disciplinary expertise
The study of history or geography is as important as science because these disciplines are critical in dealing with the challenges of climate action.
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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.
Jump to these key moments:
- 1:16 Where in the world is Jack Board?
- 3:22 Climate news: Camels versus cows
- 9:38 When different disciplines meet
- 14:27 The next big disease outbreak
- 21:27 Quiz: Which country is guilty of climate crimes?
Studied history or philosophy in school? Your knowledge can help solve the biggest problems of climate change.
Professor David Taylor from NUS and NTU’s Dr Janice Lee speak to Liling Tan and Jack Board checks in from the Pacific Islands on this week’s Climate Conversations.
Professor David Taylor on why it's important for cross discipline collaboration:
One of the things about disciplines, it does create these silos, and people are quite comfortable working within those silos and develop their own language ... (this is not so) good for communicating across disciplinary boundaries.
Dr Janice Lee on how to solve the climate crisis:
We are also in an age where we realise that each discipline cannot answer such a big issue like the biodiversity crisis, or climate change. (There's) awareness ... about the importance of interdisciplinary research.
This podcast episode is in partnership with the inaugural Ideas Festival. You can find out more at www.ideasfestival.edu.sg.
Source: CNA/cr
