185. Welcome to 2023
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year!
Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transform our anger into productive dialogue about building a sustainable future.
After a well-spent hiatus, the team returns with the first episode of what we hope to be an amazing year documenting climate progress! We know from previous years that many people discover the podcast over our break, so If you're a new listener, we're thrilled you’re here!
In today’s episode, co-hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson catch up on what’s been happening in climate over the last few weeksーand what’s to come in 2023.
First up, the team chats about their break and the importance of taking time to reflect and cultivate equanimity, self-care, and inner strength. And speaking of inner strength, what about the brave decision of New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to leave office after five remarkable years? Our co-hosts weigh in with some thought-provoking insights.
There’s talk of Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the controversial pick to be the president of COP28—this year’s UN climate conference, which is set to be held in Dubai. Al Jaber is the Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Check out Christiana’s Op-Ed on Al Jaber in The New Statesman.
This year will also mark the first global stocktake (GST), the process designed to assess the world’s progress toward achieving the purpose behind the landmark Paris Agreement.
Oh, and Paul’s “friend” wrote a poem about Christianaーyou’ll have to listen to find out what rhymes with “emissions.”
Finally, we leave you this week with the beautifully haunting track “Oh Mother” from Sive.
Bye for now!
NOTES AND RESOURCES
To learn more about our planet’s climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action subscribe to the podcast here.
Tom recommends Stolen Focus by Johann Hari.
Learn more about ChatGPT.
Read Christiana’s Op-Ed about Dr. Sultan Al Japer in The New Statesman.
Learn more about COP28.
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| 0:00.0 | So welcome to 2023, welcome if you're a regular listener, welcome if you're a new listener, |
| 0:04.7 | we know from previous years that many people find us over the break if you're one of them |
| 0:08.2 | with thrilled you found us, and we look forward to sharing this consequential year for |
| 0:12.7 | climate action with you. |
| 0:14.3 | Now outrage and optimism is a podcast that looks at our critical issues from a perspective |
| 0:18.8 | of appreciating that we need both of those impulse, outrage about what's not been done and |
| 0:23.9 | optimism to help us get back on track. |
| 0:26.4 | Here's the episode. |
| 0:40.1 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism, I'm Tom Ravit Karnak. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm Cristiana Fiegettis. |
| 0:44.4 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:45.7 | This is our first episode of 2023 and we're going to look back at the last several weeks |
| 0:49.9 | what's been happening in climate as well as casting our minds forward throughout this year |
| 0:54.4 | to ask what's to come and how we can make this the year it needs to be. |
| 0:58.4 | Plus we have music from Sive with our mother. |
| 1:01.2 | Thanks for being here. |
| 1:13.6 | Okay it feels so good to be back with you. |
| 1:15.9 | It's been several weeks and most of the time I see you every week and it just becomes |
| 1:20.7 | something that I take for granted then when I don't see all the time I miss you. |
| 1:24.0 | So how wonderful now to be to be starting hello Paul. |
| 1:28.7 | How are you? |
| 1:29.6 | I'm super good. |
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