Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast17 Okt 2024

267. The Rio Trio: A Cocktail of COPs

This week, our hosts dive into The Rio Trio! No, this is not the name of a new cocktail but three COPs (Biodiversity in Colombia, Climate in Azerbaijan and Desertification in Saudi Arabia) which are about to happen back-to-back. Plus the plastics treaty negotiations in South Korea.

Join our hosts for their take on the history of these three different but interrelated COPs, all conceived in the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. How have they evolved, and how might they continue to evolve to be fit for purpose in a changed world? Since this subject is complex, Christiana uses her get-out clause and phones a special friend for much-needed clarity.

Christiana also asks the question: If we had a blank slate now, would it make more sense to kick start a process based on all nine planetary boundaries? Would this help us focus holistically on the interconnected challenges we face? Sit back and listen as the hosts try to make sense of this negotiating super season for the planet and all its peoples.

Please keep tuned for special and in-depth coverage from the Outrage + Optimism team to guide you through each of these key moments.

NOTES AND RESOURCES

How COPs are organised - Questions and answers

From Cancun to Durban: Implications for Climate and Multilateral Diplomacy by HE Patricia Espinosa

COP16 host Colombia pushes for unified UN climate and nature pledges

COP Presidencies Launch ‘Rio Trio’

Biodiversity COP

Climate COP

Desertification COP

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