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 Politicians, scientists, and activists are heading to Dubai this year as one of the world’s largest oil producers plays host to a high-stakes climate change summit.

With countries battered by storms and strained by heatwaves, floods and droughts, can COP28 help change the trajectory of the climate crisis and preserve the planet for future generations?

Climate + is our new twice-weekly podcast, publishing in the lead up to, during, and after this year's UN climate conference.

Join Devex senior reporter Michael Igoe and the Devex team as we speak with COP insiders and experts, campaigners, and contrarians to ask — can COP28 deliver?Copyright Devex Politics & Government
Episodes
  • What role can the private sector play at the ‘finance COP’?

    What role can the private sector play at the ‘finance COP’?
    Nov 21 2024
    For this special episode of our weekly podcast series, Devex EVP and Executive Editor Kate Warren sits down with leaders from Bayer and Mars who discuss the challenges and opportunities for the private sector in addressing climate change.
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    43 mins
  • Leaders push for climate adaptation funding in the face of escalating risks

    Leaders push for climate adaptation funding in the face of escalating risks
    Nov 16 2024
    For this special episode of our weekly podcast series recorded at COP29, Devex climate reporter Jesse Chase-Lubitz sits down with Kulthoum Omari-Motsumi from the Africa Adaptation Initiative, Patrick Verkooijen of the Global Center on Adaptation, and Tagaloa Cooper from the South Pacific Regional Environment Program.
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    35 mins
  • How agricultural innovation and science can help tackle climate change

    How agricultural innovation and science can help tackle climate change
    Nov 15 2024
    Agriculture is both a driver of climate change, with around 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from direct on farm emissions, and a potential game changer in mitigating it, if carried out sustainably. Yet currently agriculture receives only 4.3% of total mitigation and adaptation finance, making it an underutilized part of the solution to climate change.

    “Maybe an important conversation to have in Baku is to say, of the finances that we have available, are we all focussing on the sectors where we can see true, tangible, and implementable solutions,” said CropLife International’s Vice President for public affairs and communications Laurie Goodwin, the global association that advocates on behalf of plant science innovation.

    In a conversation with Devex Executive Vice President and Executive Editor Kate Warren, Goodwin and CropLife International’s President and CEO Emily Rees discussed advancements in plant science and the role of innovation, such as the use of digital tools — otherwise known as precision agriculture — in building resilience in global food systems. “It’s a real digital revolution, a farming revolution, that we’re seeing,” said Rees. “I think it’s really important to keep in mind what the benefits are of this from a biodiversity perspective, from a conservation perspective, from a land degradation perspective.”

    Listen to their conversation to hear how innovative technologies are helping improve crop resilience and yields, and what more is needed to ensure these solutions reach smallholder farmers.
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    39 mins
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