140. Every Country Could Be Carbon Negative with Erika Mouynes
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“It doesn’t matter what your economy is. It’s just a matter of deciding of protecting your areas and committing to it.”
Last week it was reported that the world’s governments are currently subsidizing our own destruction to the tune of $1.8 Trillion a year…yeah. Not good. What does it look like to turn these subsidies around to promote nature, clean energy, and equitable access to energy across continents?
Maybe this week we have the answer, because in the midst of those irresponsible subsidies, this week we present a story of responsibility, political courage, and negativity! …The good kind.
Erika Mouynes is the Minister of Foreign Affairs from Panama, a country that recently attained certified Carbon Negative status. How does a country with a fleet of ships that is the 8th largest emitter of greenhouse gases and an economy based on global trade go carbon negative? Minister Mouynes tells all in our interview.
From implementing a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fee, to the indigenous protection of land, and even some eco-surveillance in space, today’s episode is all about how a Minister of Forein Affairs goes absolutely Environmental.
And stick around ‘til the end for the African Fusion Soul stylings of ‘Ganda Boys’.
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Mentioned links from the episode:
READ: ROADMAP TO REGENERATION: THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE SELECTION PRIORITIES 2022
READ: The Guardian - “World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds”
READ: Yuval Noah Harari’s 2% More Campaign
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Thanks to our guest this week, Minister Erika Mouynes!
Erika Mouynes
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama
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African Fusion Soul Group ‘Ganda Boys’ are our musical guest!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrageant Optimism, I'm Tom Rific Kanak. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Cristiana Fighettis. |
| 0:17.2 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:18.8 | This week we asked whether it is time to stop subsidising our own destruction. |
| 0:23.1 | We speak to Erika Moynes, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, and we have music from |
| 0:28.2 | Gander Boys. |
| 0:29.2 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:46.0 | So this week we're going to bring you some interesting analyses of a report that came out that suggested |
| 0:50.5 | that the world right now is doing the polar opposite of what we requested and suggested |
| 0:54.8 | last week with Yuval Harari and we'll get into that in just a minute. |
| 0:58.4 | But just before we do, Cristiana, I know you're very close to the team involved in the |
| 1:02.5 | Earth Shop Prize. |
| 1:03.5 | And just this week, in fact yesterday, for those listeners who are listening to this |
| 1:07.2 | podcast on the day, it comes out, there was some very interesting analysis released that |
| 1:12.3 | shows how they are thinking about the Earth Shop Prize this year. |
| 1:15.4 | Do you want to give us a quick overview of what that was? |
| 1:18.0 | Well, the exciting thing about this report that is appearing or has already appeared |
| 1:24.4 | on www.EarthShotPrise.org road map to regeneration is the name of the report. |
| 1:32.1 | And strictly speaking, the report has been commissioned in order to establish what the |
| 1:38.4 | priority areas for the Earth Shop Prize for this year are going to be across all of the |
| 1:45.5 | five areas that the Earth Shop Prize actually works in, which is nature, air, oceans, waste |
| 1:53.0 | and climate change. |
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