12 Days of COP

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.

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. 

Today Peg Alexander chats with Ugandan activist, Dorothy Nalubega about Africa, economic questions for her country. Is green growth possible and how does this fit with an agricultural economy like in Uganda. 

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. 

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. And I get really angry about about this money. 

#climatechange #climateaction  #COP26 #climatecrisis #climatejustice #COPCast #Podcast 

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 

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

Today Peg Alexander chats with Dr Lionel Ehtesham in #India about the amounts of money that the top polluting countries spend on the environment v what they spend on #arms and #defence. We also talk specifically about India.

#COP26 #COP26Glasgow #ClimateChange #climateactivism #climatejustice #india #defensespending #defencespending 

Today Peg Alexander chats with one of her heroes, Adam Smith, founder of the #junkfood #payasyoufeel movement. From a small local project in the #UK, Adam create a movement that went worldwide in not much more than a year. So on the day that the world demonstrates alongside #COP26,  is individual activism like this the way forward? Adam feels so and thinks it's that pressure and action which will force change. 

Today Peg Alexander chats with Brazilian engineer Gabrielle Sousa e Silva Hiltmann. Gabrielle works in the solar industry and we talk renewables, the rush to electricity, the discussion at #COP26 so far about coal. Can we tech our way out of this? And we also talk about Brazil, #Bolsonaro, de-forestation and the impact pdf #climatechange on indigenous people. As always it comes back to #climatejustice and #socialjustice.