Welcome to COP30 Covered - the daily podcast show from the award-winning edie team, hosted to keep you informed and inspired during the 2025 UN climate summit in Brazil. This episode is a special takeover hosted by edie's sister publication, Springwise.

In our news in brief section today (Thursday 20 November), we cover the unusual agreement which Turkey and Australia have reached regarding next year's COP.

This episode also examines whether AI will help or hinder the delivery of the Paris Agreement, and summarises the AI-focused initiatives which have come out of COP30.

Our special guest interviewees today are:

- Matt Carr, co-founder and CEO of Luffy AI

- James Price, solutions engineer at digiLab

Your hosts for this episode are:

- Springwise commissioning editor Matthew Hempstead

- Spingwise content editor Matilda Cox

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