Climate +: #8: The power of cash transfers in preparing communities for climate change
The United Nations climate conference, or COP 28, kicked off with a great deal of optimism as the loss and damage fund was established and countries made their first pledges to contribute. However, co...
15 Joulu 202331min
Climate +: #7: Giving Indigenous peoples a seat at the climate table
For too long, Indigenous peoples were sidelined from the climate negotiations process, despite being among the most directly affected by climate change. That changed at COP 26 in Glasgow, when for the...
11 Joulu 202327min
Climate +: Special episode: Eliminating poverty while tackling the climate crisis
This year’s U.N. Climate Conference has already been a historic one in the nearly 30-year timespan of the COP process because it’s the first time there’s been a day dedicated to the linkages between c...
7 Joulu 202340min
This Week in Global Dev: #27: An update from COP 28 and renewable energy in the developing world
This week we traveled to Dubai to follow the discussions at COP 28, the U.N. climate summit, and to find out what the outcomes of the negotiations could mean for the global development sector. The f...
7 Joulu 202328min
Climate +: #6: What our fossil fuel addiction means for human health
This year’s U.N. Climate Conference has already been a historic one in the nearly 30-year timespan of the COP process because it’s the first time there’s been a day dedicated to the linkages between c...
6 Joulu 202331min
Climate +: #5: Climate activism has tried facts. Now it needs hearts and minds
The United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP is an imperfect forum for achieving progress on climate change. The discourse that unfolds there is dominated by the global north. Any action ...
3 Joulu 202326min
This Week in Global Dev: #26: Looking ahead to COP 28
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 28, kicked off this Thursday. As with the summits in previous years, we arrive with the usual set of questions: Will pledges be met? Are the b...
30 Marras 202339min
Climate +: #4: How the agricultural sector can adapt to climate change
There was a time when world leaders and climate activists mostly spoke about climate change within the framework of mitigating its impacts by taking actions such as reducing fossil fuel consumption an...
29 Marras 202343min
