Walasaha: A Podcast by Dominique Noralez Dominique Noralez

The COP is arguably the most important meeting of civil society, the private sector and governments around the issue of Climate Change that pierces through our lives from bus rides to plane rides, the market and the water in our pipes but what really happens at the COP?

Sumeet Betancourt is a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Officer with the Forestry Department in Belize currently on a young professionals fellowship with the UNFCCC Fellowship in Bonn, Germany. He has been to two UNFCCC COPs as a junior negotiator and while he considers himself a rookie until #3, he does a thorough job of helping us demystify this big meeting of minds that for us in the Caribbean is a ticking clock.



Learn more about COP28 UAE here: https://www.cop28.com/en/\



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Escazu who? The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean is probably the most important Agreement to be signed in the regional space. We spoke to Senator Janelle Chanona, Vice President of OCEANA in Belize. She’s the representative for the Belize Network of NGOs comprised mostly of environmental organizations that were pivotal to Belize’s ratification of Escazu.

 

Read the Escazu Agreement
here: https://www.cepal.org/en/escazuagreement

Our colleagues at the Universal
Rights Group wrote an amazing summary on the importance of the Agreement here: The
Escazú Agreement: A landmark regional treaty for environmental defenders

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In part two of our renewable energy special we speak to Kristin Marin, a renewable energy and climate finance specialist from Belize but now based in the United Kingdom. She told us the challenges we face are global but for the global south there’s always more work to be done.

Read more on the
Caribbean’s Path to Renewable Energy here: Sustainable
Energy Paths for the Caribbean

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In this episode, we speak about The Caribbean’s Green Energy Transition.

Referencing research, we talk about data, the practicality and contradictions of the Green Energy Ambitions with a focus on Caribbean states.

This series is being done in partnership with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network and made possible through the kind generosity of the Clara Lionel Foundation: https://claralionelfoundation.org/justice/



Read more on the Indigenous Women’s Solar Project in Belize here: https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=57240

Read more on Barbados' potential grid instability due to renewable energy systems: https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/01/25/light-power-concerned-about-possible-grid-instability/

Background Music: The Caribbean Youth Environment Network

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Special Series- Inbetweenity: The Green Pod

In this episode we speak to:

Jevanic Henry is a climate change and development professional with experience leading and supporting the development of environmental projects at multi-levels. He previously served as Climate Change Special Envoy for the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN), Foreign Service Officer with the Government of Saint Lucia as well as serving on the National Climate Change Committee

Naomi Cambridge is a student at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, pursuing a BSc. in International Relations with vested interest in climate diplomacy. She is Barbados Youth Climate Activist and an ambassador for the HEY Campaign which has been making continuous strides for the past 3 years in climate justice for our youth and SIDS globally. Connect with Naomi on Instagram: @naomiacambridge

This series is being done in partnership with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network and made possible through the kind generosity of the Clara Lionel Foundation: https://claralionelfoundation.org/justice/

Background Music: Ganjaliese

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The Caribbean Youth Environment Network and I link up for a special reflective episode on What Climate Justice means to young people across the region! This is a special episode done as an activity within CYEN's climate justice awareness week across the region.
Tune in to hear what's happening in your country and of course to see how you can join in our call of #JusticeDelayedisJusticeDenied
For more information go to the CYEN website: https://cyen.org/
'CYEN's work on climate justice in the Caribbean is made possible through the generous support of the Clara Lionel Foundation.'
Background Music: Ganjaliese
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