Why Is Palm Oil So Controversial?
Palm oil is used in close to 50% of packaged products at the supermarket, and according to the 2021 IPCC report, land-use change for needs such as conversion from forest to oil farm is the second greatest contributor to human-induced climate change. In this episode, learn what palm oil is, why it’s responsible for so much destruction, and where we go from here. With special guest Dr. Janice Ser Huay Lee, Assistant Professor at the Asian School of Environment at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.