269. COP16: Making Peace with Nature?
Outrage + Optimism
Persephonica
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
This week, Christiana has a fascinating window into the Biodiversity COP negotiations underway in Colombia. From Cali, she’s joined by Freya Newman and Irene Suarez Perez from the Global Optimism team who give us the lowdown into what’s going on inside and outside the negotiating rooms. They tell what’s unique about Colombia hosting, how it’s given a platform to indigenous and local community voices; and why business is talking about love as well as finance.
Also joining Christiana from Cali is Monica Medina, a fellow with Conservation International and the US’ first Special Envoy for Biodiversity. They have an animated chat about the essential interdependence of climate and biodiversity, and Medina shares her optimism about a new oceans fund. And they take a deep (and refreshingly nerdy!) dive into DSI - digital sequencing information - and how we can ensure lucrative genetic codes, often found in the Global South, are fairly compensated and reimbursed.
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Monica Medina, Arnhold Distinguished Fellow at Conservation International, former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science and the first US Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources
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Irene Suarez Perez, Senior Advisor - Nature & Food System Transformation - Groundswell at Global Optimism
Freya Newman, Advisor, Groundswell at Global Optimism
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Out Paul and no Tom today. We're going to |
| 0:13.3 | outrage and optimism. I'm Christina Figuette's and we have no Paul and no Tom today. |
| 0:21.6 | We're going to be covering what is going on at the UN |
| 0:25.2 | Biodiversity Copp in Kali Colombia. Thanks for being. Oh, So friends we indeed have no ball and no Tom today but they will not be sorely missed because I am delighted to be joined from |
| 0:58.2 | Cali Colombia by two of our wider global optimism team members, Irenes Suarez and Freon |
| 1:07.1 | Newman. Ola, Chikas, how wonderful to have you and welcome to the show so delighted a that you are there doing the |
| 1:19.0 | hard work but also taking the time at this ungodly hour of the morning |
| 1:24.0 | to join us and give us a bit of the feel of what is going on in Kali Colombia. |
| 1:30.0 | So who would like to give us a little description of the vibe because you know most of our |
| 1:37.8 | listeners will be either pretty proficient or at least knowledgeable about climate cops, but not so about biodiversity |
| 1:47.8 | cups. So from that perspective because both of you have been to both. |
| 1:53.0 | What are the differences? |
| 1:55.0 | Freya. |
| 1:56.0 | Ola, oh, Bona's D.S. |
| 1:58.0 | I sound really rough as I start speaking, don't I? |
| 2:01.0 | It's okay, it's very early. And we went salsa dancing last |
| 2:04.5 | night, which doesn't help. Oh, no, it does help. I wanted to ask. Yes, yes, yes, |
| 2:09.7 | very good. When in Colombia you have to go salsa dancing. |
| 2:14.0 | Especially in Cali we heard and it is also the world championships for |
| 2:18.7 | salsa dancing taking place alongside the cop in Cali at exactly the same time. |
| 2:23.0 | But not at the cop. |
| 2:25.0 | But not at the cop, although it should be at the cop. |
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