207. Five Times Faster
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
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.
With the hosts back together, Christiana and Tom discuss their week at Plum Village with Paul, and Christiana mentions the privilege of meeting Emmanuel Faber, the Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). They debrief on their fascinating conversation with him about the recently launched IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, ushering in a new era of sustainability-related disclosures in capital markets worldwide, something very close to Paul’s heart.
Our interview this week is with Simon Sharpe, Director of Economics for the UNFCCC Climate Champions, Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute and author of Five Times Faster. In conversation with Christiana and Tom, Simon discusses how we can accelerate climate action, why we need to decarbonise the global economy five times faster than we have managed so far, and why some of the real blocks to achieving this could be the very ideas and institutions that are supposed to be helping us.
To close the episode, we have some exciting instrumental music from a listener of the podcast, Gilmore Trail.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. I'm Tom Ravicchanak. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Cristiana Figuedes. |
| 0:17.2 | And I am Paul Vicenton. |
| 0:18.4 | This week we have a wrap up from our time at Plum Village. |
| 0:21.8 | Plus we speak about the ISSB new reporting standards. |
| 0:25.6 | We speak to Simon Sharp and we have music |
| 0:28.2 | from a listener to this podcast Gilmore Trail. |
| 0:31.1 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:46.5 | So nice to be back with you both. |
| 0:48.3 | It was an interesting, different and really wonderful |
| 0:50.7 | for us episode last week. |
| 0:52.2 | I hope you enjoyed it listeners. |
| 0:53.4 | Before we kick off into news of the day, Paul, |
| 0:55.6 | what did you think about the episode? |
| 0:56.8 | You had two minutes long. |
| 0:58.0 | Two minutes long was that podcast? |
| 1:01.4 | What listeners didn't hear is that Joe Confino |
| 1:03.1 | was just about to launch into another great section of it |
| 1:05.9 | when we ended our 45 minutes in. |
| 1:08.0 | At which point, Cristiana's no long podcast alert went off. |
| 1:12.4 | But it was wonderful to be in Plum Village and there with our friends, |
| 1:15.6 | I actually had an interesting cultural experience over the weekend |
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