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319: Inside COP: Teaming Up for the Planet - The Global Mutirão
We unpack the Global Mutirão - Brazil’s concept of coming together for the common good - could it really unite citizens, communities and governments behind real climate action across the world?
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Season 12 Economy + Climate
318: Inside COP: The New World Order - power, politics and the green pie
16 October 2025
As China rises, the BRICS expand and the United States retreats, the global balance of power is shifting. This week we ask, can climate diplomacy keep up?
Season 12
317: Inside COP: A New Economy Rising - from promises to progress
09 October 2025
Can COP30 be the moment when implementation promises become reality? This week, we unpack the COP ‘Action Agenda’ - the voluntary climate action driving business, cities, and civil society - and explore how global energy systems and capital flows are already being transformed.
Season 12
316: Inside COP: How to Build a COP
02 October 2025
With just a few weeks to go until COP30 in Belém, we take listeners inside the high stakes and the complex mechanics of a climate summit: how they’re structured, who’s running the show, and what makes this one different.
Past Episodes
Season 12
315: Inside COP: The countdown to COP30 at New York Climate Week
Season 11
314: From Courtrooms to Statehouses: The US Climate Pushback
Season 11
313: Beyond the Bad News: Evidence for Climate Optimism
Season 11
312: Rising Tides: How indigenous communities are facing the climate crisis
Season 11
311: Listening to the Living World: Can AI help us hear the planet?
Season 11
310: You Are What You Eat: Soil, Seeds and Social Justice
Season 11
309: Too hot to handle? Facing a Future Beyond 1.5°C
Season 11
308: Mistakes, Mistruths and Misinformation: Climate's biggest myths debunked
Season 11
307: Trump’s War on Climate - and Maggie Baird on food justice and plant-based touring with Billie Eilish
