Climate Conversations Podcast: Must climate communication be so dense?
Climate scientist Winston Chow concedes that the language around climate conversations can sometimes be like an alien tongue. Find out how he and his colleague Terry van Gevelt make climate talk more accessible and relatable.
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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:
- 1:05 Why climate communication is dense
- 2:25 Heatwaves continue unabated
- 3:40 Climate news: Floods & storms, fishing laws in Thailand
- 9:59 Can you talk climate science without jargon?
- 15:12 What’s wrong with plastic straws?
- 21:40 Climate quiz: Wettest day - Dubai or Singapore?
Explaining climate change can be an exercise in frustration and futility when jargon gets in the way.
Climate academics Professor Winston Chow and Associate Professor Terry van Gevelt from Singapore Management University defend themselves against Liling Tan and Jack Board dials in from scorching Bangkok where the "feels-like” temperature recently hit 52 degrees Celsius.
(The IPCC report is) reflective of very detailed scientific research into climate change that has developed over the past seven years. (The) sweet spot is between distilling the important messages and conveying it in a clear way.
We basically have these small movements in all these different places (like banning plastic straws), that have the right intention, but almost have an unintended effect of taking us away from the big changes that are needed.
