Climate Conversations Podcast: How else can an air-con nation keep cool in a heatwave?
Switching on the air-conditioner to cope with the heat is like buying bigger pants instead of going on a diet to lose weight – ignoring the problem by kicking it down the road.
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Hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan bring years of expertise covering climate change and sustainability to this weekly podcast. A one-stop shop for news, views and interviews.
In this first episode of a brand-new Climate Conversations, hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan tell you why the heatwave will create bigger problems in the future than just wilting plants. Plus, quick climate news, a quiz and the sustainability word of the week.
Jump to these key moments:
- 1:54 Climate quiz - record temperature?
- 2:32 News: Dengue, rice prices and Sakura delays
- 5:43 All about the current heatwave
- 12:38 How Singapore keeps cool
Jack Board:
The scary thing is this could just be the start of longer, hotter days and nights. If temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius ... 2.3 billion people could be vulnerable to heatwaves, with the majority of them in Asia.
Liling Tan:
(The weather is) erratic. On some days, it's wet and sticky. On other days, it's absolutely scorching. I'm sunburned or sweaty, my plants are either soggy or crispy. It is miserable. But at least I'm in the newsroom where there's air-conditioning.
Source: CNA/cr
