COPCAST

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A daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

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Reporting in the Amazon under Bolsonaro

Climate Home News and Folha de São Paulo's Amazon correspondent Fabiano Maisonnave speaks to Karl Mathiesen about the challenges facing the world's most important rainforest.

Apr 25, 2019•52 min

Paris lives

Cop24 comes to a close. Karl Mathiesen reports the final moments of a tough fortnight of negotiations. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 15, 2018•9 min

The final hours of a UN climate summit

We track down ministers and experts in the halls of Cop24 to find out what's at stake as these UN climate talks come to the crunch. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 14, 2018•16 min

Dishes in the Paris sink

Megan Darby talks to the UN's special representative on clean energy Rachel Kyte about the reality of the fairytale wedding in 2015. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 14, 2018•14 min

Guterres calls for more

A push emerges in Poland for countries to step up their climate pledges and Megan Darby interviews one of the scientists whose work made the world realise we are on the brink. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 12, 2018•14 min

Can Talanoa help the climate?

Michael Lazarus talks to Megan Darby about a climate meeting that tried to break down the formal boundaries with Pacific twist. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 11, 2018•11 min

What is the US doing at Cop24?

Axios' Amy Harder speaks to Copcast about why the White House brought the US fossil fuel industry to UN climate talks. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 10, 2018•13 min

What's a first Cop like?

It's producer Soila Apparicio's first UN climate conference. She takes us on a brief journey through the conference and shares her experience as a first timer. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 10, 2018•9 min

The Yellow Vest warning

Just a few months before the gilets jaunes protests threw France into turmoil, Valérie Masson-Delmotte presented science to the government, warning climate policy without public consultation was risky. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 07, 2018•10 min

The Jim Crow of climate change

Civil rights activist Katherine Egland lived under segregation as a child but saw it revive in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 06, 2018•17 min

One Pacific, one chance

Megan Darby and Karl Mathiesen talk money. How is the issue of climate finance faring at Cop24? From the negotiating rooms, to the big funds, to the island of Niue. Copcast is a daily podcast all about the news and stories behind the UN’s climate conference Cop24 in Katowice, Poland. Brought to you by the Stockholm Environment Institute - sei.org.

Dec 05, 2018•14 min

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