GreenBites

GreenBites

New-season of Sustainable Asia Podcast … 10-minute update highlighting environment news in Asia. Our hosts cherry-pick and wrap up the latest green news for you.

  1. 01/06/2022

    Indonesia’s path to renewables

    The world’s largest exporter of thermal coal, Indonesia plans to tighten restrictions on coal miners and build an industrial park that generates energy from renewables. In this episode, we also cover the hope for Vietnam’s IUU fishing issue, a suspended clean energy plant in China and a controversial China-funded climate project in Thailand.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Stella Chan and Chermaine Lee Producers: Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    8 min

  2. 12/16/2021

    China’s Five-Year Plan on Industrial Green Development

    China unveils the details of its green transition towards carbon neutrality starting with reforms and incentives given to major polluting industries.  A fragile climate victory prevails in Indonesia’s court despite the country’s ambiguous and often contradictory position on domestic deforestation.  The cane toad, a species globally introduced into farmland for pest control, is starting to become a problem in Taiwan. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee, Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    10 min

  3. 12/04/2021

    COP26 highlights and innovations in Asia

    This week we close our coverage of COP26 with some main takeaways, and discuss two new green innovative projects in Asia: a net-zero emissions airport in India and lab-grown seafood in Singapore. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Stella Chan Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    9 min

  4. 11/10/2021

    Pledges and cautious optimism at COP26 in first week of talks

    Talks at COP26 have finally begun starting from the first week of November, here’s a catchup on what has been discussed on the table so far.  Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran and Chermaine Lee Producers: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee and Avery Choi Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee, Khoa Tran Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    10 min

  5. 11/02/2021

    The renewable energy sector pushes on while pressure builds on COP26

    Things are looking dire as COP26 is starting.  This week we look at the UN emissions gap report released ahead of what many describe as the world’s last best hope to curb emissions.  Singapore is exploring geothermal energy, a promising renewable that’s been around for a while and comes at a high cost.  Lastly, we cover a development for electric vehicles: how there is some hope on how standardizing certain practices could lead to a healthier secondhand market. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Avery Choi, Stella Chan Producers: Avery Choi, Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    10 min

  6. 10/27/2021

    Turkmenistan’s local methane emissions have a global effect

    This week, we explore methane emissions in Turkmenistan, what they are and what is being done about them; a concerning document leak ahead of COP26; and more extreme weather forecasts for Northern China. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee   Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    11 min

  7. 10/20/2021

    What should we expect from COP26?

    This week, we touch upon a few important points to expect from COP26 happening at the end of the month, the struggle for China to balance out its new climate commitments with its ongoing urban development goals, and COP15, the UN Biodiversity Conference. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Khoa Tran, Chermaine Lee   Producers: Khoa Tran, Stella Chan, Chermaine Lee Production Supervisor: Bonnie Au, Chermaine Lee Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    11 min

  8. 10/11/2021

    Nobel Prize in Physics: Is that the new hope for climate change?

    Nobel Prize in Physics goes to a Japanese scientist who has dedicated his academic life to studying global warming and climate change. A restaurant has decided to embrace the ongoing heavy floods in Thailand by offering meals in the floods. Indonesia is keen to increase the use of palm oil in jet fuel, but what does that mean for the environment? In the Philippines, environmental groups are protesting against two gas facilities’ construction plans that will happen in a region that spans across dozens of marine protected areas. Find out more in this episode of GreenBites. Production credits: Production by Sustainable Asia Hosts: Bonnie Au, Stella Chan Producers: Stella Chan and Bonnie Au Production Supervisor: Stella Chan and Bonnie Au Executive Producer: Marcy Trent Long Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin Transition Music: Xylo-Ziko - Termites We also have a Mandarin Greenbites show, check it out now!

    11 min
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New-season of Sustainable Asia Podcast … 10-minute update highlighting environment news in Asia. Our hosts cherry-pick and wrap up the latest green news for you.

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  • Creator
    GreenBites
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
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