8. Finding Refuge with David Miliband

Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast

Persephonica

Environment, Planet, Policy, Current Affairs, Business, Society, Society & Culture, Climate, Science, Green, News, Energy, Finance

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Ahead of World Refugee Day on 20th June, we explore how climate change is magnifying the impacts of the refugee crisis around the world, and what the future solutions and challenges ahead of us might be. Christiana and Tom also talk with David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee and former Foreign Secretary of the UK. We ask him what routes he sees to addressing the rising challenges brought about by cross border migration, why he doesn’t like to make economic arguments in favor of accepting refugees, and what gives him most hope.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. It's Tom here. I just wanted to say hi at the top of the show and in particular to say welcome to all the new listeners.
0:07.0	We have had a huge number of new people discover the podcast in the last two weeks
0:12.0	probably because we've been featured on
0:14.2	Apple Podcasts in the US and the UK. So a big welcome and we really hope you're
0:19.7	enjoying the show and that you subscribe. Today's episode is about how the climate crisis
0:24.5	is exacerbating the situation with refugees. It's a tough subject but
0:29.1	certainly not without reasons for optimism. Hope you enjoy it. Hello and
0:43.8	Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism a new podcast about solving the climate crisis and remaking the world. I'm Tom Rivit Carnac. I'm Christina Figuettes. I'm Christina Figuero.
0:53.0	And I'm Paul Dickinson.
0:54.0	Today, we look at how climate change is accelerating the refugee crisis
0:58.0	and ask what solutions exist that can help us overcome this acute but long-term challenge.
1:04.8	Christina and I then travel to Detroit where we talk to David Mulliband,
1:09.3	CEO of the International Rescue Committee,
1:12.0	former Foreign Secretary of the UK, and author of the book,
1:15.6	Rescue, refugees and the political crisis of our time.
1:19.7	Thanks for being here.
1:20.6	Well I actually wanted to start by sharing with you a story that I discovered as
1:27.2	I was researching this because I think what's interesting is as you delve into this incredibly complex
1:31.1	global topic that will only be able to sort of
1:33.0	scratch the surface of today. There are all these sort of stories of human
1:36.9	endeavor and human brightness where people have stepped up to meet this and one
1:41.0	that really struck me was from this Italian town of
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