Solomon Quaynor on climate financing for Africa
In the twelfth episode of COPcast, Devex sat down with Solomon Quaynor, vice-president for private sector, infrastructure and industrialization at the African Development Bank to discuss the continent...
18 Nov 202216min
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on how cities can lead on climate
Extreme weather devastated Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown in 2017 when torrential rains led to landslides that killed over 1,000 people. Now the city’s population is grappling with temperatur...
18 Nov 202226min
Claudia Sadoff on transforming food systems
This year world leaders have gathered at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Summit, or COP 27, as people around the world grapple with a food security crisis. An estimated 828 million people are ...
17 Nov 202213min
Aisha Khan on Pakistan's losses and damages
Pakistan's devastating flooding helped push loss and damage up the climate agenda. Devex sat down with Aisha Khan, head of the country's Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change to discuss why the d...
16 Nov 202221min
Andrew Steer on the future of the Bezos Earth Fund
The Bezos Earth Fund is Jeff Bezos's $10 billion commitment to fund scientists, activists, NGOs, and other actors that will drive climate and nature solutions. In this episode of COPcast, Devex’s Pr...
15 Nov 202229min
Vanessa Kerry on prioritizing health at COP27
In the eighth episode of the COPcast, Devex Senior Reporter Sara Jerving sits down with Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry to discuss the health impacts of a changing climate, the need for a stronge...
15 Nov 202222min
Mohamed Nasheed on climate prosperity plans
In 2009 then President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, made headlines when he held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the risk of global warming for small island states like the Maldives. Pro...
14 Nov 202215min
Xiye Bastida on climate justice
The climate justice movement aims to put people at the center of climate change. And in the last few years, young people have mobilized around the issue, often led by young climate activists. At the 2...
13 Nov 202220min
