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300: Hope for the High Seas?: Sylvia Earle and Oceans on the World Stage
This week we speak to legendary marine biologist Dr Sylvia Earle, plus updates from the UN Oceans Conference in Nice
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Season 11 Policy + Climate
299: COP30: Can Brazil deliver a global breakthrough?
05 June 2025
Back from his recent trip to Brazil, Tom shares his conversation with COP CEO Ana Toni and our hosts ask, can Brazil turn promise into progress at this year’s COP?
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Season 11 Justice + Climate
298: Sovereignty and Survival: A Spotlight on Vanuatu
29 May 2025
Christiana Figueres brings us a deeply personal and political dispatch from Vanuatu - a country on the frontlines of the climate crisis and at the heart of one of the most significant climate justice initiatives of our time.
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Season 11 Economy + Climate
297: When Business Is Political: Climate commitments in an age of backlash
22 May 2025
As the US federal government drifts further into anti-climate rhetoric, abandoning its national and international commitments, in this episode we ask: can non-state actors hold the line?
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Past Episodes
Season 11
296: The Spanish Grid Goes Down: Are renewables really to blame?
Season 11
295: Technology vs Transition?: What Tony Blair gets right - and wrong - about net zero
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294: Beyond the ‘Climate Wars’?: Australia heads to the polls
Season 11
293: The End of Oil? Inside the Hidden Decline of Fossil Fuels | Earth Day Special
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292: China's Decarbonisation Leadership: is Trump (accidentally) fueling Beijing's climate takeover?
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291: Tariffs, Trump, and Al Gore on the Future of Democracy: What on earth is happening?
Season 11
290: Delay, Deny, Derail: inside the fossil fuel lobby’s playbook at COPs
Season 11
289: Behind the Scenes at Kyoto: Drama and diplomacy on the world stage
Season 11
288: Canada's Climate Crossroads: Will Carney deliver real progress?
