253. Mid-2024 Climate Review: How Are We Doing?
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In our penultimate episode of the season, hosts Christiana, Tom, and Paul delve into a reflection on the year 2024 so far. This episode takes a deep dive into recent events, including London Climate Action Week, the global political landscape, and the clean energy transformation, all viewed through a climate lens.
Optimistic Outlook:Christiana shares positive news about upcoming trade agreements involving Costa Rica, Switzerland, Iceland, and New Zealand, which aim to eliminate tariffs on environmental goods.
Looking Ahead:The hosts speculate on what the latter half of the year might bring for climate action and global policies as we anticipate UNGA, New York Climate Week, COP 16 and COP 29 to name but a few.
Upcoming Episode:We will be back for a short episode early next week, dedicated to understanding the election results in the UK and France.
Farewell for Now:The hosts and the O+O team wish you a restful summer holiday. Stay connected for announcements and content on our social media channels as we take a brief break from the airwaves.
Thank you for tuning in!
NOTES AND RESOURCES
Dawn of the Solar Age article from the Economist as mentioned by Tom
Details of the trade agreement between Costa Rica, New Zealand, Iceland and Switzerland as mentioned by Christiana
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, so those of you who live in the UK, which is a significant proportion of our |
| 0:05.6 | listeners, will have the opportunity to vote today. And this is a very consequential election as you've been told and as you've been getting on use from many different places. |
| 0:14.0 | We at Outration optimism are happy to work with anyone in power if they're serious about dealing with climate. |
| 0:20.8 | But having lived in this country over the last 14 years and spent the significant proportion |
| 0:25.0 | of that time defending the policies of the Conservative government when we were getting towards |
| 0:30.0 | the Glasgow Coq, when we were doing many other things things I actually felt like they made real progress. |
| 0:35.2 | But the most recent Prime Minister Rishisunak has used this campaign to try to create a culture |
| 0:39.9 | war in the UK on climate, analogous to what has been happening in other parts of the world. |
| 0:44.8 | And friends for that, he deserves to lose. |
| 0:47.1 | There is no way that we can afford the culture war that we've seen in the United States |
| 0:50.7 | spread to other countries for narrow political reasons. We need a change of |
| 0:54.8 | government in the UK. I actually believe that Kiestarma, David Lamy and Ed |
| 0:59.7 | Miliband will do a great job. I think we will see a labor government I will be |
| 1:03.9 | voting tactically you'll make your own mind up but that voting is one of the most |
| 1:08.0 | important things you can do on climate and today you get that opportunity |
| 1:11.6 | here's the episode. |
| 1:13.0 | Whoa! |
| 1:14.0 | Woo! |
| 1:15.0 | Hell yeah! Hello and I'm I'm Tom Riffic Carnac. |
| 1:24.0 | This is |
| 1:28.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Tom Riffic Carnac. |
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