Green Pulse Ep 38: Road to a green recovery from Covid-19

15:39 mins

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change in this podcast series.

In this episode, ST’s environment correspondent Audrey Tan and climate change editor David Fogarty host Singapore Management University assistant professor of strategic management Simon Schillebeeckx on what a “green recovery” from Covid-19 could look like for Singapore. 

They discuss the following points:

1. What does a green recovery really mean? (0:58) 
2. What is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on companies and consumers? (5:08)
3. What do we need to do? Identify emerging sectors, reinvent primary industries and learn from nature (9:18)
4. Why nations need not fear the great green transition (13:38) 

Listen to Pt 2 of this podcast discussion with Simon Schillebeeckx of SMU: https://str.sg/JEXc 

Produced by: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg), David Fogarty (dfogarty@sph.com.sg) & Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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