S1E42: Perfect storm: Will 2021 be the year the world warms to climate change? - Green Pulse Ep 42

Green Pulse Ep 42: Perfect storm - Will 2021 be the year the
world warms to climate change?


14:04 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 in this podcast
series.


Despite the pandemic dominating headlines, governments and
investors made major commitments last year to tackle climate
change. Has this really changed the mood and the global will to
step up action to fight the growing climate crisis?


In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and
climate change editor David Fogarty chat with Mr Alden Meyer, a
world renowned expert in climate and energy policy who has been
involved in UN climate negotiations for more than two decades.
Alden is a senior associate of E3G, an independent European
climate change think tank.


They discuss the following points:
What's your view on why 2021 is it a key climate year? (3:00)
Have the net-zero pledges from China, Japan and South Korea, plus
climate pledges from the UK and Italy really given the world hope
and bolstered COP26? (6:57) The impact of the Biden Administration
and what it can achieve, especially now that the Democrats have won
both US Senate seats in Georgia (7:42) A look ahead to COP26, why
it's important and what it aims to achieve (8:32) Has the growth of
green energy investment in 2020 also made you feel more optimistic?
(12:08)

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


Edited by: Adam Azlee


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