An array of top voices are interviewed or heard on this episode straight from Climate Week in New York, a global gathering of leaders and experts working in the climate and environmental sectors on proactive policies and practical initiatives.
The podcast speaks with several individuals on topics ranging from a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty that’s gaining steam currently to ways of improving the financing of Indigenous communities and conservation organizations working in Africa, and many others. Here’s who appears on the show:
Allison Begalman, co-founder of the Hollywood Climate Summit
Amitabh Behar, executive director of Oxfam International
Tzeporah Berman, chair of the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Luisa Castaneda, deputy director of Land Is Life
Paul Chet Greene, member of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda
Susana Muhamad, minister of environment and sustainable development of Colombia
Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives
Maria Neira, director of the Department of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization
Sam Shaba, CEO of Honeyguide
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Image Credit: Indigenous activists during an End of the Fossil Fuels event during Climate Week 2023. Image courtesy of the Confederation of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA).
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Time Codes
(00:00) Mongabay at Climate Week NYC
(01:34) Mohamed Nasheed
(04:35) Paul Chet Greene
(05:52) Amitabh Behar
(07:23) PLANETWALKER with Allison Begalman
(12:15) Funding justice with Luisa Castaneda
(18:19) Community-led conservation with Sam Shaba
(24:44) The fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
(29:19) Juan Bay and the Waorani Nation endorsement
(36:49) Maria Neira from the World Health Organization
(38:39) Susana Muhamad on Colombia’s endorsement
(44:07) Tzeporah Berman talks treaty
(53:32) Rainforest reception and a song
