258. The Climate Pledge Turns Five
Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week, The Climate Pledge turns five and Tom and Christiana talk to Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, to reflect on the journey of this initiative co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism.
At the top of the episode, Tom and Christiana anticipate the frantic and sometimes frustrating weeks ahead in this hectic period for those working in climate, and as wild weather continues to wreak havoc, Christiana and Tom invite us to pause for a moment. How can we listen and better contribute? How can we roll up our sleeves - with hope - and get to work on having a positive impact and building momentum?
In their thoughtful interview with Kara, the hosts reflect on how The Climate Pledge has grown over the last five years to over 500 signatories - companies who share an ambition to innovate, accelerate joint action and collaborate across sectors to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten years earlier than the Paris Agreement.
Kara, Tom and Christiana discuss the specific challenges companies face and the solutions and strategies they’re adopting to meet targets. Sharing failures has been just as valuable as sharing successes because, as Tom points out, none of us have decarbonised the global economy before. Unafraid to go deep, they question how we would reduce emissions and redesign society if we kept in mind the earth’s atmosphere.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is |
| 0:14.0 | this is so nice. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to Palm Village. |
| 0:17.0 | This is a first ever in a couple of ways. |
| 0:19.0 | One is, it's not the first time we've recorded a podcast in Plum Village, |
| 0:22.0 | but it is the first time that we've recorded a podcast in Plant Village, but it is the first time that |
| 0:24.0 | we have recorded a podcast walking around outside. |
| 0:26.8 | So listeners, I don't know how much of this is coming through on the audio file, but we have |
| 0:31.7 | these clever little mics that we've pinned to our shirts and we're just going to walk around and provide an intro to this week's episode. |
| 0:37.0 | So this is fun and lovely to be here. Tom you have introed me to constantly evolving and improving recording technology, this being your latest. |
| 0:48.0 | Well, I just wait until you're comfortable with the previous version and then decide to just change |
| 0:51.8 | it up and move for the next one. |
| 0:53.0 | Exactly. |
| 0:54.0 | Anyway, why are we here? |
| 0:56.0 | So we're here, well, a few things. |
| 0:57.0 | First of all, we're going to get to our really amazing conversation this week, |
| 1:01.0 | which is, I think, important to both of us us and I'll explain why in a minute but first of all this podcast is coming out on the Thursday just before UN Climate Week. |
| 1:09.0 | We'll be in New York. We're going to be traveling there from here at Plum Village in France at the weekend. |
| 1:14.0 | How should we think about that week, Christina? |
| 1:17.0 | Well, this morning, I have to do some introductory remarks to retreat, the climate and nature retreat that starts here tonight. |
| 1:28.0 | And I was contemplating this morning something that is known to all of us but that is worth |
| 1:35.6 | emphasizing which is the last three months of every year are completely |
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