91. The Race to Zero! Road to COP26
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
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🗓️ 5 March 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the first episode of our new Race To Zero series!
With COP26 as the vital milestone for climate action in November 2021, the promises and pledges made by governments must be converted into meaningful action beginning today. We know the EU, the UK and many other countries have net zero pledges but can they achieve them without a global collective effort?
And it’s not just up to governments - history has shown that political actors need the real economy to place wind in their sails. So with everything on the line and the clock ticking, the Race to Zero has no separation between winners and losers, and failure is NOT an option.
Joined this week by Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President-Designate of COP26, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, Mary Anne Hitt, National Director of Campaigns for The Sierra Club, and Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, we get a first hand look at what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join the race to a better future.
And we’ll find out why COP26 is not just a 2 week event in November, but a race that has already begun.
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Guests this week
Alok Sharma
Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, COP President Designate
Patricia Espinosa
Title: Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
Mary Anne Hitt
National Director of Campaigns, Sierra Club
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Nigel Topping
High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26
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| 0:00.0 | So listeners, this is Race to Zero, a different kind of outrage and optimism, and therefore we have different music. |
| 0:09.0 | Now guys, have you heard the new music? |
| 0:12.0 | Clay hasn't let me hear it actually. He said I'll hear it when listeners hear it. |
| 0:15.0 | I've heard it. It's absolutely brilliant. Listen up. Here we go. Race to Zero. |
| 0:19.0 | Buckle up. Race to Zero. |
| 0:30.0 | Five, four, three, two, one, four. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. I'm Tom Riviccarnock. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Cristiana Pugettus, and I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome to our Race to Zero series. This is the first episode in which we will explore |
| 0:57.0 | the road to COP26, the Race to Zero, and how this is the year that we are going to deal with the climate crisis. |
| 1:03.0 | Thanks for being here. |
| 1:20.0 | So this is it, the big year everybody. |
| 1:23.0 | The countdown to COP26. We've got an international government process. |
| 1:26.0 | We've got a Race to Zero. We're going to dig into that. |
| 1:28.0 | But I just want to start with what's at stake, because I didn't know about you guys. |
| 1:31.0 | But in the last week, what I've seen is a UNF Triple C synthesis report that says we're nowhere on track |
| 1:36.0 | with national commitments and an additional report that came out today from the IEA |
| 1:41.0 | that pointed out that emissions went up in 2020 after all. |
| 1:44.0 | What's going on? This isn't how it was supposed to happen. |
| 1:47.0 | Now it's like the cars are moving in the wrong direction of the race, right? |
| 1:50.0 | Well, well, wait a minute. You turn here. |
| 1:53.0 | This is totally the wrong direction. |
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