In the race for cleaner energies, is nuclear power really part of the climate change mix? |EP 64
Nuclear energy is already part of the equation in the world's energy mix. With climate change an existential crisis, is there a way to produce this "clean" energy safely? What is the economics of it a...
10 Feb 202219min
From new trade routes to international cooperation: Beyond rising sea levels, what’s happening as Arctic ice melts
Decades of relentless carbon emissions have affected one region more severely than any other – the Arctic. As ice melts at an unprecedented rate, humans and wildlife have already been affected. What n...
3 Feb 202222min
Green hydrogen - getting from pipe dream to a potential fuel for the future
Hydrogen, a simple and abundant element, has vast potential to become an alternative energy source. But extracting it is not always green nor affordable, not to mention the challenges of storage and t...
27 Jan 202221min
Why there's urgency - and financial returns - in greening Singapore's real estate | EP 61
Green and sustainable buildings have become an urgent corporate priority. What materials to use, how to get a net zero building off the ground and whether it'll be resilient to the worsening impacts o...
20 Jan 202230min
In Malaysia, will historic floods bring climate adaptation even more clearly into focus? | EP 60
At least 50 people died and thousands more saw their homes washed away in recent floods that hit Peninsula Malaysia. Could more have been done on flood management? How can politics, finance, data and ...
13 Jan 202219min
How does a protected UNESCO World Heritage forest emit more carbon instead of absorbing it? |EP 59
Forests worldwide are crucial to our fight against climate change but researchers have found that 10 UNESCO World Heritage forests are now emitting more carbon than they absorb. How did the world’s mo...
9 Dec 202118min
Will palm oil ever be as sustainable as it is essential? | EP 58
Palm oil is so versatile, it's found in half of packaged foods. It's also been identified as a driver for deforestation, when swaths of forests are cleared to make way for lucrative plantations. How h...
3 Dec 202128min
What’s your video streaming got to do with climate change? We look at data centres and sustainability | EP 57
From streaming a movie on Netflix, to e-commerce and e-banking, we rely on data centres to process and communicate information at lightning speeds. Yet they are energy and water guzzlers. How are gove...
25 Nov 202121min
