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Asian Insider Ep 76: Citizens should push politicians and companies on climate crisis and vaccine inequity, says UNDP head
\\n17:12 mins
\\nSynopsis: Each month, The Straits Times\' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week\'s global talking points with expert guests.
\\nThe climate crisis and the Covid pandemic\'s global vaccine inequity were the two main issues on the agenda at the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by the United States and China.
\\nIn this episode, Nirmal Ghosh hosts the head of United Nations Development Programme - Achim Steiner - who\'s based in New York City. The Human Development Index was created to emphasise that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.
\\nThey discuss the following points:
\\nProduced by:\\xa0Nirmal\\xa0Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) and Ernest Luis
\\nEdited by: Hadyu Rahim
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