49. Christiana Figueres: COP28, Costa Rica, and surviving the climate crisis

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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How do countries cooperate to tackle the climate emergency? Is it unusual for the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in the oil rich UAE? What does the future hold for renewable energies and reducing carbon emissions? Rory and Alastair are joined by Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres to discuss COP28, The Paris Agreement, what it was like growing up in a political family in Costa Rica, and how to balance working in public service and with positive mental health. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: restispolitics@gmail.com Producers: Dom Johnson + Nicole Maslen Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.1	Welcome to the rest of the politics leading with me Rory Stewart and me
0:58.0	honest Campbell and we are very lucky to have with us today
1:00.9	Christina Fagetes who is joining us from Costa Rica, but joining us at a very interesting time, because we are now just at the beginning of the COP Summit, which is launching in Dubai. all the delegates are beginning to gather and
1:15.9	Christina Figuero is an absolutely central figure to the bringing together of global climate
1:22.2	agreements she was central to the the bringing together of global climate agreements.
1:23.0	She was central to the whole UN process for many years
1:27.3	and was one of the chief architects of the breakthrough
1:31.0	in Paris, which led to a lot of the agreements in terms of climate targets.
1:36.6	She is a Costa Rican diplomat.
1:39.1	She comes from a very distinguished Costa Rican political family. She's multilingual just before we came on. She and
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