S1E61: Implications for Asean at COP26: Green Pulse Ep 61

Green Pulse Ep 61: Implications for Asean at COP26


16:27 min


Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Nations are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, for two weeks from
Oct 31 to hammer out key details of how the 2015 Paris Agreement
can be implemented. The meeting, called COP26, is touted as a key
one in helping to set the world on the right track in reducing
the impacts of climate change. Key issues to hammer out include
those related to climate finance and urging countries to set more
ambitious climate pledges, called nationally determined
contributions (NDCs) to do more to reduce emissions. 


In this first of a two-part series on what COP26 means for Asean,
ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor
David Fogarty talk to Ms Melissa Low, a research fellow at the
National University of Singapore’s Energy Studies Institute, on
key issues for the region that will be discussed at the climate
conference. 


They discuss the following points:
What does the call for more ambitious climate targets mean for
the region? (1:28)  What kinds of help do countries in Asean
need to build greener economies? (3:40)  Which countries in
the region are most impacted by the loss and damage wreaked by
climate change? (7:25)  Beyond climate targets and net-zero
pledges, what else matters in the effort to reduce emissions to
avert climate change? (11:43)  How high are the stakes for
South-east Asia at COP26? (13:25) 

Listen to Pt 2 - Much ado over carbon markets, credits and COP26
negotiations:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/much-ado-over-carbon-markets-credits-and-cop26-neg


6 key issues at UN climate conference COP26: https://str.sg/3pT7


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Fa’izah Sani


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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