50 Years of ASEAN (3/3): Sustainable Transport and Emissions Podcast-Episode Everyone who has ever been to one of the Southeast Asian urban centers knows that traffic is a big problem. It is a problem for life quality of the city citizens as the endless traffic jams are health hazards and time consuming. Beyond this, transportation also cause emissions that contribute to climate change. However, solutions to free the streets from cars are yet to be implemented.
50 Years of ASEAN (1/3): Taking stock of ASEAN´s vision of development Podcast-Episode Where are ecological concerns in the ASEAN development paradigm? They are stuck in the word “sustainable”. Despite the haze agreement and protocols on maritime policies, ASEAN has fallen short of reacting to climate change.
50 Years of ASEAN (2/3): All clear on the Haze? Podcast-Episode The haze agreement is the first agreement in ASEAN on an explicit environmental issue. It has entered into force 2003 in order to manage forest fires and reduce environmental destruction as well as air pollution with joint regional efforts.
Tipping Point (5/5): The great transition - Alternative paths for a better and climate just future Podcast-Episode The Paris Agreement has set an ambitious goal to prevent global warming from spiraling out of control. But it has also set the stage for what will form the subject of numerous heated debates in the coming years: How do we tackle climate change? What is the framework that helps us decide which solution is viable?
Tipping Point (4/5): Precious Soils and Seeds - Industrial agriculture and climate smart farming Podcast-Episode The food that we eat plays a big role in the search for solutions to climate change. Agriculture is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gases. But the way we farm our land can also be a big part of the solution. In fact, certain kinds of soil are huge carbon sinks, which means that they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In this way, healthy soil can regulate the climate.
Tipping Point (3/5): License to pollute - Carbon markets and the new economy of nature Podcast-Episode We start to count as little kids. First our fingers, then our toys, and finally more grown-up things – calories, money, trophies. As a society, we now count our wealth and the CO2 that we emit. If you can quantify something by counting it, you can turn it into a market – right? That’s what countries around the world have tried by setting up emission trading systems.
Tipping Point (2/5): Climate Justice - Can the courts solve the climate crisis? Podcast-Episode In Germany, a Peruvian smallholder farmer and mountain guide is suing a big energy company over a melting glacier that threatens his valley. In the Netherlands, citizens have won a lawsuit in the first instance to pressure their government into guaranteeing stronger climate protection. In the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights is investigating the fossil-fuel industry.
Tipping Point (1/5): Climate geoengineering – Experimenting with the global thermostat Podcast-Episode Can and should the global climate be regulated by technological means, the so called geoengineering? Our host took off to hear from experts what these approaches mean for the planet’s environment and society.
