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12 Days of COP Peg Alexander
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Every day of #COP26 in #Glasgow, award winning journalist & presenter and #climate campaigner Peg Alexander chats with people from all over the world about different aspects of the issues that #COP needs to get to grips with if the world is to meet the #ParisClimateAgreement. No more business as usual. In partnership with academic thinktank The Green Economics Institute. @TVRadioPeg
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Bonus episode : Coping with Climate Anxiety
In another bonus episode of the podcast, Peg Alexander is joined by Youth Advocate of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rhiannon Hawkins to discuss climate anxiety and eco distress. Rhiannon believes that taking what action we can in our own lives is key to helping us get through this.
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Bonus : How did it go? Good COP or Cop Out with Natalie Bennett
Now its over, the deal is done. But was it a good cop, or a total copout? Peg Alexander chats with member of the UK House of Lords, Natalie Bennett.
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Day 11 : Transport - communities in control
Today Peg Alexander talks transport with Richard Walker of Leeds University and decarboN8. Can a place based carbon calculator help individuals and communities to make better decisions about their local carbon footprint? We also get a bit Leeds, talking about our home city.
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Day 10 : The missing $100bn. Social & climate justice
Todays episode, *12 Days of #COP26* Peg Alexander chats with ex MEP Jean Lambert. Jean has spent many years developing and negotiating international initiatives and been a key European campaigner on issues of #socialjustice and #climatejistice. We talk understanding why the $100bn previously agreed to help the global south hasn’t yet been paid, the impact on individuals and communities and why this feeds into conflict. And why Jean says cancelling out debt repayments alone isn’t an answer. An...
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Day 9 : Cool, trendy & sustainable? Fashion & the Paris Agreement.
Today Peg talks with Prof Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, expert in sustainable and ethical fashion at the British School of Fashion. We talk about how the fashion and clothing industry is one of the biggest contributors to climate change and pollution and what we as consumers can do but also what the industry needs to do. Can you be super cool and proper trendy and also be sustainable? #climatechange #fashion #clothingindustry #climateaction #sustainableclothing
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Day 8 : Interconnectedness - agriculture, social justice & going vegan
Today Peg Alexander chats with young Polish activist, Morgan Janowicz. We talk about how everything is connected - climate change, social justice and animal rights. Morgan feels agriculture isn’t being discussed enough at #COP26 and wants more debate about veganism and a move to 100% plant based diets. We also talk about how young people are leading this movement and about how the campaign is going in Poland. #COP26 #COP26Glasgow #ClimateChange #climateactivism #climatejustice