S1E56: IPCC rings alarm bells for humanity: Green Pulse Ep 56

Green Pulse Ep 56: IPCC rings alarm bells for humanity 


18:13 mins


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.


Recent extreme weather events, from heat waves and fires in North
America, Greece and Turkey to deadly record floods in China have
caused global alarm. Scientists say man-made climate change made
all of them possible and it is just a taste of the future unless
all nations take stronger action and cut greenhouse
emissions. 


The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) has just released a major assessment on climate science
that also looks into the future. The findings by IPCC’s Working
Group 1 are alarming. Climate change is accelerating and nowhere
is untouched by changing weather patterns. The world is also on
course to breach a key temperature threshold of 1.5 deg C during
the 2030s. 


In this episode, ST environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
climate change editor David Fogarty talk to one scientist who was
involved in the latest report, Dr Gregory Flato. Dr Flato is from
the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis at
Environment and Climate Change Canada. 


They discuss the following points:
Why the IPCC’s latest report card on the climate is so
significant, and key takeaways from it. (2:09)  Why limiting
global warming to 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels is so
important, and what happens if this threshold is breached.
(6:25)  Climate projections made in the latest report are
based on emissions scenarios, which differ from previous IPCC
reports. What are these differences? (11:20) The latest report is
just one part out of a series that will make up the IPCC’s sixth
assessment report. Two more reports are expected next year. What
will they be about? (15:14)

Also listen to: 


Ep 34 - The climate change detectives:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/the-climate-change-detectives-green-pulse-ep-34


Ep 11 - A meeting of climate minds:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/a-meeting-of-climate-minds-green-pulse-ep-11


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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