S1E54: How carbon credits can help save tropical forests (Part 2): Green Pulse Ep 54

Green Pulse Ep 54: How carbon credits can help save tropical
forests (Part 2)


11:43 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.


Carbon credits are gaining traction as companies and countries
pledge to have their emissions reach “net-zero”, some by 2050 and
others later. One source of such credits are forest conservation
projects. By protecting forests from being cut down, trees are
left to do what they do best: Soak up planet-warming carbon
dioxide. How does this growing appetite for carbon credits help
to protect the planet’s natural carbon sponges? And how can
Singapore, with its proximity to South-east Asia’s rich natural
habitats, contribute to their conservation? 


In the second of a two-part series on carbon credits, The Straits
Times environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change
editor David Fogarty discuss the issue with Professor Koh Lian
Pin, who heads the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at
the National University of Singapore. 


They discuss the following points:


How a new study led by Prof Koh found out where carbon can be
“prospected” from around the world (1:02) 
How can Singapore and the upcoming carbon marketplace it wants
to launch benefit from these opportunities? (4:39)  Will this
demand for carbon credits from forest conservation projects help to
save these habitats from being felled? (7:43)

Listen to Pt 1: Carbon offsets: Are they credit-able?:
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/carbon-offsets-are-they-credit-able-part-1-green-p


Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis & Adam Azlee


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


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