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Climate Conversations with Lian Pin Koh

Renowned ecologist and environmental scientist Lian Pin Koh (Professor of Conservation Science, Technology and Policy in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Director of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at National University of Singapore) joins us in the penultimate session in Climate Conversations series with his talk, Promises and Pitfalls of Nature-based Climate Solutions.

Nature-based climate solutions are essentially ways of leveraging Nature’s superpower of carbon storage and sequestration through photosynthesis to help us tackle the challenge of climate change. Examples of these solutions include protecting our remaining natural ecosystems, and restoring degraded ones to a more natural state. Although nature-based solutions have great potential for addressing climate impacts, they are not without trade-offs that may limit their outcomes. Professor Koh will speak about how a better understanding of both the potential and limits of nature-based climate solutions is needed to help inform our climate policy and investment decisions.

The programme will be hosted and moderated by Zhang Baoxin (Curator, Public Programmes).

About Climate Conversations:

Climate Conversations brings together climate scientists and ecologists in a programme of talks that spotlights some of the most profound stories from the frontlines of conservation and climate innovation. Speakers include Cynthia Doumbia, Mandy Barker, Intan Suci Nurhati, Lian Pin Koh and Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Lum.

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26 Jan, 5pm – 6pm

The Speaker

  • Lian Pin Koh (Professor of Conservation Science, Technology and Policy in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Director of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at National University of Singapore)

    Lian Pin Koh is a prominent researcher in the field of sustainability and environmental science, having worked in institutions across Switzerland, Australia and the United States over the last 16 years. He obtained a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University in the United States in 2008. Professor Koh’s research focusses on developing innovative science and science-based decision support tools to help reconcile humanity’s needs with environmental protection. He is the Founding Director of ConservationDrones.org, a non-profit organisation that seeks to introduce drone technology to conservation scientists and practitioners worldwide.

    Professor Koh has published more than 130 widely-cited papers and books. His work has also been featured by international media, including The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American and Time Magazine, among others. Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards including the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2014, the Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship in 2011, and the ETH Fellowship in 2008. He was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2013, and recently appointed as a new member of Singapore’s Emerging Stronger Taskforce.

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