155. Huge Wins for Future Generations in Australia and Wales with Sophie Howe
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Finally, some optimism for future generations!
First, in Australia, the massive success of the so-called ‘teal’ female candidates, who are not aligned to either of the major political parties, but have essentially swept to power across a number of states. This, along with long-awaited Labour victories…Does this mean the climate wars are over in Australia? We dialed up Dean Bialek, lead negotiator and legal advisor to the world’s island states (AOSIS) in negotiations that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and current Head of Policy & International Strategy at CWP Global, to give us a quick update on what this major swing in Australian politics means for climate!
And for our main interview this week, we sit down with Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. Her role is linked to the Welsh Government’s 2015 Wellbeing and Future Generations Act, which requires public bodies in Wales to think about the long-term impact of their decisions. Described by the Big Issue Magazine as one of the UK’s leading Changemakers, her interventions have secured fundamental changes to land use planning policy, major transport schemes and Government policy on housing - ensuring that decisions taken today are fit for the future, and especially future generations in Wales.
And this week a special Outrage + Optimism EXCLUSIVE performance, 'Quémalo' by Kathy Palma (ft. Reyli Barba).
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Thanks to our guest this week, Sophie Howe!
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And thank you to Dean Bialek for joining us!
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Thank you to our musical guest this week, Kathy Palma!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to our Region Optimism. I'm Tom Rificanak. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Cristina Fijeres. And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:18.0 | This week we discuss the stunning election victory in Australia of Anthony Albinese |
| 0:23.0 | and the end of the climate wars. We speak to former colleague Dean Bialik, |
| 0:27.0 | climate diplomat and head of policy at CWP Global. And we speak to Sophie Howell, |
| 0:33.0 | future generations commissioner for Wales. Plus, we have music from Kathy Palmer. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:46.0 | So in a very significant... |
| 0:47.0 | Nicely done, Nicely done. |
| 0:49.0 | Very nice to be done, so I'm just such a pro. |
| 0:51.0 | That's a pro. |
| 0:53.0 | Right to here, you're kind of just kind of perfection in radio. |
| 0:56.0 | So in a pretty significant way, this is a moment we have been waiting for for a long time. |
| 1:01.0 | I remember God, was it 18 months ago, getting people on the podcast |
| 1:05.0 | to talk about the fact that Scott Morrison had won the Australian election. |
| 1:09.0 | And we all felt really down about the fact that Australia have voted another climate deniering. |
| 1:13.0 | But this week, the astonishing breakthrough of Labour led to the election of Anthony Albinese |
| 1:19.0 | and he said within hours of taking office that this was the end of the climate wars |
| 1:23.0 | and he was going to bring the country together around more ambitious climate strategy. |
| 1:27.0 | This is about time, as we all know, Australia is on the front lines of the climate crisis, |
| 1:32.0 | terrible wildfires, but has the potential to be a huge climate leader |
| 1:37.0 | and help take the world towards a low carbon future, which is what we all need. |
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