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The Climate Conversations - S1: Budget 2021: One more step forward in Singapore’s push towards sustainability? | EP 25

The Climate Conversations

On Tuesday (Feb 16) Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat laid out the Government’s priorities for a post-pandemic future. Coming one week after the roll out of the Singapore Green Plan 2030, did the Budget bring Singapore's sustainability goals a step further? Jaime Ho speaks to Dr Winston Chow to get his assessment on the announcements.

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The Climate Conversations - S1: Sustainable design: How architecture and engineering are evolving to meet the climate challenge | EP 33

Patrick Bellew, founder of environmental design consultants Atelier Ten, and member of the Surbana Jurong Group speaks to Jaime Ho about why he sees himself as a climate engineer, why the last five years have seen a big uptick in sustainable architecture and what the opportunities are as building design becomes greener.

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The Climate Conversations - S1: Cooling a warming planet: How the humble air-conditioner helps and hinders | EP 32

Jaime Ho speaks to Professor James Trevelyan, engineer and inventor of the Close Comfort personal air-con on the environmental costs of air-conditioning, the limits and potential of technology and how we can adjust human behaviour to make a difference.

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The Climate Conversations - S1: Monetary Authority of Singapore chief Ravi Menon on why climate change is also an existential crisis for the financial sector | EP 31

Singapore’s central bank chief Ravi Menon speaks to Jaime Ho on why climate risks are financial risks, how the financial sector can be a tool for the green agenda and why he’s positive Singapore can be a global leader in green finance.

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The Climate Conversations - S1: What does eating chili crab have to do with climate change? | EP 30

Jaime Ho speaks to Neo Xiaoyun and Aidan Mock about their essays in the book Eating Chili Crab In The Anthropocene. They discuss the links between daily choices and sustainability, and give their take on the fossil fuel industry and the Singapore Government's climate strategy.

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The Climate Conversations - S1: 2 degrees of separation: What’s behind the number in the limit to temperature rise? | EP 29

In this episode, Jaime Ho talks to Dr Winston Chow about numbers. 2 degrees Celsius is the limit that scientists, activists and governments have been focusing on in capping the rise in global temperatures. And what about 1.5 degrees Celsius? We drill down to the science, the politics and the real human impacts of a warmer world.

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