260. The UK is Back! with David Lammy
Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this special weekend edition of the podcast, hosts Tom, Christiana, and Paul catch up with The Rt Hon David Lammy, the UK’s new Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Office. In a fascinating conversation, they delve into his decision to place climate change at the heart of his first major speech as Foreign Secretary and discuss why he sees the climate emergency as a national security issue. The Foreign Secretary expresses his outrage at recent trends which have seen climate change used as a political ping pong issue and shares insights into how we might build consensus across parties on the climate and nature agenda.
The hosts also take a moment to congratulate him on the appointment of friend of the podcast, Rachel Kyte, as the UK’s new Climate Envoy.
Tune in to hear the full conversation and discover why the Foreign Secretary’s answers convince the hosts that the UK is once again a global leader in climate action.Make sure to tune in Thursday October 3rd to our brand new five-part series called How To Live a Good Life in a Climate Crisis. Exploring dilemmas around issues like flying, food and parenting, the hosts explore how we might still have meaningful and good lives amidst the overwhelm and turmoil of the climate crisis.
NOTES AND RESOURCES
Rachel Kyte Appointed as the UK’s Special Representative for Climate
The Kew Lecture: UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s speech on the climate crisis
David Lammy’s TED Talk: Climate Justice can’t happen without racial justice
The Sophia Point Rainforest Research Centre
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism, I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Tomma Vekarnack. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Christina Figuette. |
| 0:17.0 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:18.0 | Today we bring you a special conversation with David Lammy, UK Foreign Secretary. |
| 0:22.0 | Thanks for being here. Oh, Okay, friends, so some of us, Mr Dickinson have made it home from New York, others are still here. |
| 0:51.0 | Not that New York's not wonderful, but I think we're now ready to leave. |
| 0:53.6 | You love to arrive, love to leave. |
| 0:56.6 | I heard amongst the many brilliant things I heard this week one of them that actually I think |
| 1:02.6 | takes the Takes the Biscuit is describing this week as the younger games so |
| 1:06.7 | anyone who's been here that one's for free you can enjoy one person |
| 1:10.0 | ends up alive at the end of all all, right? Something like that. |
| 1:13.0 | Tricia. |
| 1:14.0 | Now, as we make our way home, and of course, |
| 1:16.0 | listeners will already have heard some of what we've done with the live episode we did |
| 1:20.0 | later in the week. |
| 1:21.0 | We had the opportunity today, and we've just done it actually so we've heard the interview |
| 1:26.1 | to sit down with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to talk about |
| 1:30.6 | his new mandate, the speech that he gave recently in Q setting out his strategy for |
| 1:35.8 | integrating climate and nature into UK foreign policy. |
| 1:38.7 | So that's what you're about to hear, but friends, why don't we provide a couple of words of |
| 1:41.6 | context before we go to the |
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