Send us a text Why Asia is warming at twice the global average? 🎙️ Asia’s climate crisis is unfolding in water — sometimes too much, sometimes not enough. In this episode of Attributions, we explore the twin extremes of Asia’s growing water emergency: the floods that drown homes, and the droughts that quietly collapse livelihoods. From the melting glaciers of the Himalayas to the rain-starved deltas of Southeast Asia, a shifting climate is disrupting everything — food, culture, survival...

Send us a text Raja Ampat is paradise under threat. 🌿🌊 In this episode of Attributions, we travel to one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse regions — a place where coral reefs meet ancient forests, and Indigenous wisdom guides stewardship of the land and sea. But behind the beauty, something darker is surfacing. Nickel and coal mining — framed as part of the world’s "green transition" — are endangering the very ecosystems and communities they claim to help. 🎙️ Join us as we dive into the growing ...

Send us a text Floods, droughts, cyclones — Asia faces it all. But anticipatory action is proving that resilience is possible. Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world — and 2024 was among its hottest years on record. The result: devastating floods in Nepal, droughts in China, and Cyclone Yagi’s destructive path across Southeast Asia. But alongside the losses, there are lessons in resilience. This episode of Attributions explores the World Meteorological Organization’s la...

Send us a text Welcome to Attributions! In this episode, we speak with Ma Thandar Ko Gyi — a diver and marine conservationist — about the complex challenges facing Myanmar’s ocean and the people who depend on it. From the silent threat of ghost gear to the pressures of plastic pollution and climate change, Myanmar’s coastal communities are on the frontlines of a crisis that is both environmental and deeply human. 🎧 Join us as we dive beneath the surface to uncover how culture, conserv...

🎙️ This Heat Is Not Normal: A Ground Report from India India’s brutal heatwaves are no longer just summer discomforts — they are a public health and education emergency. In this episode, we speak with Nagraj Adve, a long-time climate communicator and member of Teachers Against the Climate Crisis (TACC), to unpack how extreme heat is disrupting classrooms and endangering children’s futures. Nagraj has written and spoken about global warming for over 18 years. He is the author of Global Warmin...

“There were times when my voice wasn’t heard—not because I lacked experience, but because I am a woman.” Meet Hening, a mother, a climate leader weaving spirituality, activism, and womanhood into powerful change. 🎙️ Hening shares her deeply personal journey through decades of advocacy—navigating male-dominated spaces, cultural expectations, and the emotional labour of leadership as a woman, mother, and changemaker. ✨ Why do women play such a critical role in environmental resilience? &n...

💨 Your Aircon Keeps You Cool, But It’s Heating Up the Planet. Welcome to Attributions, Ever thought about the hidden cost of staying cool? 🌎🔥 Air conditioning is making our cities hotter, driving up emissions, and deepening the climate crisis. 🎙️ Tune in to Attributions as we uncover the cooling paradox—and what we can do about it. #ClimateCrisis #CoolingParadox #SustainableCities #SustainableCooling #AirCon #ClimateImpact #Extremeheat #Extremewealther #AttributionsPodcast

Welcome to Attributions, where we explore how our everyday actions are contributing to the climate crisis. In this episode, we’ll break down the 10 key human activities accelerating climate change, from deforestation and fossil fuel consumption to overfishing and waste. We’ll also delve into the ripple effects these actions have on our planet and discuss what we can do to make a positive impact. Tune in to uncover these pressing issues and discover how small changes in our daily lives can mak...

The Arctic is in crisis. In this episode of Attributions, we delve into the alarming consequences of a rapidly warming Arctic with Tom Meijerrand, Co-founder and COO of Arctic Reflections. We discuss ice loss, the release of methane, and the potential for ice-free summers. Tom shares insights into innovative solutions, including geoengineering techniques, to address this urgent threat. Join us as we unpack the urgent threat facing the Arctic and explore the potential paths forward. Read Mo...

In this episode, we take you through the key highlights of COP29. From climate finance debates to the inclusion of indigenous voices and the urgent need for sustainable tourism and agriculture practices, we examine the outcomes and what they mean for our planet's future. Did COP29 deliver real solutions, or are we left with more promises? Join us as we discuss the progress made, the gaps that remain, and how we can all push for meaningful change. Subscribe now and listen to stay informed, ins...

Attributions speaks to Philip Taspall, the Group Lead in Corporate and Finance Sector Engagement at XDI--the Cross Dependency Initiative--and part of the Climate Risk Group, about a new report from XDI on climate change impacts and their risks on commercial and residential real estate assets across Asia. Topics discussed include why Asia's asset risks are greater than those in other regions, the importance of supply chains to real estate assets and their climate risk, how real estate assets ...

Attributions speaks with Mark Hutchinson, the director and chair of the Southeast Asia Task Force at the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). We speak to Mark about a recent report published by GWEC about the offshore wind industry attempting to coexist with South Korean fishing communities. Other topics include what kind of challenges offshore wind faces by local communities, the supply chain implications to an offshore wind industry in South Korea, the push back by local fishing communities a...

Attributions speaks to Hannah Mason about all things heatwaves and public health at sporting events. Hannah is a lecturer and researcher at the College of Public Health, Medical, and Veterinary Sciences at James Cook University. She's worked on a wide range of public health and safety research projects, including exploring the impact of heatwaves on health systems. Topics include heat waves and their impacts on public health systems, extreme heat and sporting events, the impacts of extreme he...

Attributions speaks with Anjal Prakash about the Indian elections in the context of climate change and public policy. Anjal is an Associate Professor and Research Director at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy at the Indian School of Business, whose work focuses on climate change, water, gender issues and urban resilience in South Asia. Anjal has also worked across several areas, including issues related to Himalayan water and resilience, snowpack, and glacier-dependent river basins. He's ...

Attributions speaks with Davide Faranda about a recent study he and other scientists conducted on the attribution of climate change on the heatwaves that affected Central Asia last year, along with a recap on some of the science behind heat waves, the impacts that heatwaves are having in the region and many other topics. Davide is senior scientist in climate science at the French National Center for Scientific Research and His main expertise lies in attributing extreme weather events to clima...

Attributions speaks with Gaia Zanaboni about the impacts of climate change on women for International Women's Day. Gaia works with Women Engaged for a Common Future (WECF), a non-profit organisation. Her work primarily revolves around exploring the connections between international climate policies and their effects on women and girls. During our discussion, we cover a wide range of topics, including why women are disproportionately affected by climate change, how climate policies impact wo...

Attributions speaks with Steve Turton about all things extreme flooding, climate and weather systems, and recent climate change impacts in Australia and the globe. Steve is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography at Central Queensland University. Steve has had a distinguished career across academia where he's held senior research and counseling roles in several universities and research centres. Steve's also a one of the former Presidents of the Australian Council of Environment Dea...

Attributions speaks with Finu Shrestha about climate change's impacts on the Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountain ranges ice pack and glaciers. We talked about what kind of effects are being felt in the mountains, how the glaciers are responding to warming, weather pattern changes and water security for billions of people across Asia that rely on Himalayan and Hindu Kush glaciers and snowpack that feed some of Asia's largest river systems. Finu is a Remote Sensing and Geo-information Analyst at...

In this episode of Attributions, Climate Impacts Tracker summarizes the main events, announcements and agreements at the COP28 climate change conference that wrapped up in Dubai in December 2023. While the COP did not provide transformative change, many agreed that it was a successful conference with several key climate-related initiatives being lifted and worked on. This includes loss and damage, climate finance, climate change adaptation and adaptation finance, fossil fuels, carbon ma...

Today we speak with Hans Nicholas Jong. Hans is a journalist in Indonesia and a staff writer at Mongabay, where he has been writing for six years about environmental issues surrounding palm oil, indigenous land rights, carbon trading, deforestation, energy transition and much more. Previously, he was a journalist at the Jakarta Post for five years. We spoke about a wide range of issues from palm oil and its impacts on deforestation in Indonesia, the impact of palm oil plantation on indigeno...