#083 Minister Grace Fu, Darian McBain, Esther An, and MJ Kong: on changing the narrative on climate futures
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This is a special episode, a panel discussion I moderated during our recent Conscious Festival in Singapore on changing the narrative on climate futures. We had an all-star, all-female panel with:  > Minister Grace Fu - Minister for Sustainability and the Environment > Esther An - Chief Sustainability Officer of City Developments Limited - one of TIME 100 Climate, an SDG Pioneer in 2018, Vice Chair of the World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board among many others.  > Dr. Darian McBain - CEO of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia and previously the first Chief Sustainability Officer for the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She was also a UN SDG Pioneer 2021 for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and listed as one of Fast Company Most Creative People in Business in 2020. > And MJ Kong - co-fonder of Just Keep Thinking, a leading edutainment platform for all things science and nature in South East Asia. With over 235k followers on Instagram, 149k followers on Facebook, 124k followers on TikTok - they are experts in taking complicated topics and explaining them with simplicity and ease. We talk about how every decision we take today has a ripple effect on our future, where we are on climate narratives and actions through the difference lenses, and where we might see ourselves in the future.  Okay, it’s time to live wide awake.  Stay connected & support the show Instagram: http://instagram.com/livewideawake  Reach out: [email protected]
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