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Daily Cuts - What are carbon credits and how do they help the Amazon rainforest?

Tech giant Microsoft has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to restore parts of the Amazon rainforest by removing 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – all to offset increasing emissions from its data centres in the coming years. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman learn more about carbon credits as well as the transparency and legitimacy of such programmes. They spoke with John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management Director, MIT System Dynamics Group Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore's off to space

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Jonathan Hung, Executive Director at Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore about Singapore's new initiative to solve sustainability and humanitarian challenges in the region using remote sensing satellite technology.

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Daily Cuts - Economic benefits of Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link

The JB-SG RTS Link is on track to open by the end of next year. Will this bring in more tourists to Singapore and more Singaporeans across to JB? Singapore Today's Lance Alexander speaks with transport expert Associate Professor Walter Theseira from the School of Business at Singapore University of Social Sciences.

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Daily Cuts - Mind Your Money - Approaching your career as a startup

In this age of retrenchments and job insecurity, how would approaching our work as a startup help us to future-proof our careers? Cheryl Goh speaks to Goh Shu Yi, founder of The Strengths Co consultancy to find out more about the ‘career startup’ mindset.

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Daily Cuts - The Wellness Hour - Pawrenting a senior rescue dog

What are the joys - and challenges - of pawrenting a senior rescue dog? Cheryl Goh speaks to furmama Elizabeth Neo on how her dog, Libby, has changed her life for the better.

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Daily Cuts - New search begins for missing MH370 plane

The search for the plane of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, in what is likely the final attempt to find the aircraft that disappeared 11 years ago. Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane. How different would this search be compared to the previous failed attempts? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out as they chat with Dr Gary Ho, Senior Lecturer for the Diploma in Aviation Management at Temasek Polytechnic.

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