21 November 2024
Morning Shot: COP29 In Focus - Are mitigation and adaptation strategies enough to face up to more extreme weather events to come? 
The COP29 climate talks are heading into its final stretch, with negotiators from nearly 200 countries still remaining far apart, as nations try to agree on a plan to provide potentially trillions of dollars to developing countries suffering the effects of climate change.
As evidence becomes increasingly challenging to ignore, climate scientists are warning that the planet is almost certain to blow past the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius - a rallying cry  for climate action for nearly a decade.
However, divisions remain over how much money should be made available, what kind of financing efforts should count toward the overall goal and how recipient countries should gain access to the funds.
Is the focus of these talks headed in the right direction? And why are the talks seeming to yield little progress?
On this episode of Morning Shot, Professor Ben Horton, Director from the Earth Observatory of Singapore at NTU shares his insights.
Presented by: Audrey Siek
Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
Photo credits: Igor Kovalenko / EPA, via Shutterstock

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9 December 2023
Saturday Mornings: A view of the COP28 UN Climate Conference with Earth Observatory Singapore's Prof. Benjamin Horton
Saturday Mornings host Glenn van Zutphen and co-host, award-winning author Neil Humphreys in their “Saturday Sit-Down Conversation” discuss the COP28 UAE United Nations Climate Change Conference with Professor Benjamin Horton,  Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU… and his take on what they need to urgently do to address climate change.

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24 November 2023
Climate Connections: Fossilised mangroves are telling us where sea levels were more than 10,000 years ago
Time and tide wait for no man! This saying applies aptly to our natural ecosystems as well. Ahead of COP28, scientists are warning that our coastal habitats could disappear in the next 30 years, if global warming and rising sea levels are not curbed within limits set out by the Paris Agreement.
On this episode of Climate Connections, Professor Benjamin Horton, Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU explain how his team is digging deep beneath the oceans to find out how fossilised mangroves right under us can help guide our conservation strategies moving forward.
Feature produced and edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
Voiced by: Audrey Siek
Music/sound credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors
Photo credit: Yeo Kai Ting

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20 July 2023
Morning Shot: A Climate Crisis - How much action is needed to turn the tides?
Singapore has delivered its second voluntary national review to the United Nations. This comes just as the effects of climate change become increasingly visible.
So, what chance does the world stand in its bid to turn the tides?
Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at NTU analyses how efforts in the green space are changing and whether that is enough to help turn the tides.
Presented by: Lynlee Foo
This podcast is produced by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

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24 May 2023
Morning Shot: Understanding the price of heat
As the mercury hits record-high in Singapore and across other parts of the world, people and businesses alike are increasingly affected by the blistering heat in one way or another.
Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore at NTU weighs in on the extent of the likely consequences should the searing heat exacerbate as climate change extends its grip on the planet.
Presented by: Lynlee Foo
This podcast is produced and edited by Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)

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3 December 2022
Weekends: “Polar Impact Asia” Documentary
Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Prof. Ben Horton, Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore and Professor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to talk about the need of global cooperation to address the challenges due to melting polar ice sheets and so far what have been achieved.

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11 October 2020
Weekends: Benjamin Horton on the Earth Observatory of Singapore's new documentary series
Glenn van Zutphen talks to Prof Benjamin Horton, Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU about “Climate Impact Asia”, a 4-part documentary series created by EOS, about what leading scientists are doing to help plan and mitigate regional challenges from climate change over the coming decade.

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7 June 2020
Weekend: Protecting Mangroves
Glenn van Zutphen speaks to Prof. Benjamin Horton, Chair of the Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Principal Investigator of the Earth Observatory of Singapore about the importance of nations and individuals acting quickly to stem the tide of climate change, and his new study about the urgency of protecting mangroves.

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23 May 2020
Weekends: Rising Sea Levels Need Immediate Action
Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Professor Ben Horton, Chair, Asian School of the Environment, NTU about how cities should prepare for an impact on coastal protection that will hit sooner than predicted by the United Nations and globally, what are the efforts that need to be made to sow the polar ice melt.

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25 April 2020
Weekends: COVID-19 and our Natural Environment
Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Professor Benjamin Horton, Chair, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University about the impact of COVID-19 on our natural environment. Also, the need for mankind to take immediate action on the way we're living to combat climate change.

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