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317: Inside COP: A New Economy Rising - from promises to progress
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.
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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.
Season 12 Policy + Climate
315: Inside COP: The countdown to COP30 at New York Climate Week
25 September 2025
Welcome to our new series Inside COP - your complete guide to COP30 in Belém, starting on the ground at New York Climate Week.
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Season 11 Culture + Climate
314: From Courtrooms to Statehouses: The US Climate Pushback
18 September 2025
This week we're exploring how states, cities, and communities in the US are holding the line on climate when federal leadership fails.
Past Episodes
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
Season 11
306: Breaking Planetary News: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained
Season 11
305: Planes, Protests, Pensions... and have banks given up on saving the planet?
