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Climate One

A Global Just Transition — For Whom?

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Climate One

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4.7585 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

According to the United Nations Development Program, 54 countries, accounting for half the world’s population, face such critical debt burdens that they simply cannot finance climate adaptation and mitigation on their own. Most of these same countries are in the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world, setting them up for compounding disasters. At the same time, every nation on earth is being asked to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels — which enabled the richest countries to develop their economies. So how can those in the developing world make the transition to a clean energy economy while centering economic justice?  This episode is a collaboration with Foreign Policy’s Heat of The Moment podcast. Guests: Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute This episode features stories from Amy Booth and Elna Schütz for Heat of The Moment podcast  For show notes and related links, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6

This is Climate One. We often talk about the need for a just transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to one that's more sustainable and healthy.

0:38.3

That also means supporting poorer countries as they decarbonize, develop new industries, and adapt.

0:45.3

All these countries are colonies for hundreds of years where labor and resources were extracted by design, not by accident.

0:53.3

But it's not just a moral calculation.

0:56.0

There are clear financial incentives for this shift.

0:59.0

If we did transition the global economy in the weight needs to transition to low-carbon, people-friendly,

1:05.0

nature-positive, there is a $26 trillion additional gain to the economy and millions more jobs.

1:11.9

And the reality is, we don't have a choice.

1:14.5

In the long run, countries will not be able to grow if they do not address the climate

1:20.3

because the risk or the cost of climate would be so much higher.

1:24.0

A global just transition up next on Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. And I'm

1:32.3

Ariana Brocious. A fundamental injustice of the climate crisis is that the rich countries responsible

1:37.7

for most greenhouse gas emissions have the money to adapt, and poor countries don't. According to the

1:44.0

United Nations Development

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