The Importance of Hearing All Voices
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Listen to Heat of the Moment: The climate change crisis can feel so formidable, so daunting, that instead of mobilizing people to action, it engenders paralysis. What could we mortals possibly do to prevent the calamity? A fair bit, it turns out. On Heat of the Moment, a 12-part podcast by FP Studios, in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds, we focus on ordinary people across the globe who have found ways to fight back.
How the term “just transition” went from a niche idea in the U.S. labor rights movement to a global call for economic, social, and environmental transformation.
A just transition has the potential to create millions of new jobs globally if we implement the Paris Agreement in a way that takes the social and economic well-being of whole communities into account.
On this episode of Heat of the Moment, we hear from Moustapha Kamal Gueye, the global coordinator for green jobs at the International Labour Organization, on how the term “just transition” went from a niche idea in the U.S. labor rights movement to a global call for economic, social, and environmental transformation.
Then reporter Elna Schütz heads to Emalahleni, South Africa, to hear how the local and national governments are working to make sure all voices are heard as the coal community makes a green transition.
And finally, Sandeep Pai of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins us to discuss how the fourth-largest carbon-emitting country in the world, India, plans on decarbonizing.
About Heat of the Moment: The climate change crisis can feel so formidable, so daunting, that instead of mobilizing people to action, it engenders paralysis. What could we mortals possibly do to prevent the calamity? A fair bit, it turns out. On Heat of the Moment, a 10-part podcast by FP Studios, in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds, we focus on ordinary people across the globe who have found ways to fight back. Hosted by CNN contributor John D. Sutter, Heat of the Moment tells the stories of the people on the front lines of the fight against climate change. See All Episodes
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