In this final episode of Here's The Plan, we recap everything we have discussed in the last 10 weeks, and draw it all together in one final plan. 

For the final step of our 10-point plan, we sit down with Ralph Regenvanu, the Minister of Climate Change, Energy and Environment and Disaster Management of the Republic of Vanuatu. 

Climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution - it's all pretty scary. But more worrying still - imagine if our main plan to tackle them was inherently scientifically flawed? 

Imagine - what if we could cut emissions drastically faster, with no change in political leadership or public support, just by being a little smarter?

It's often said about the climate crisis that we know what we need to do, we're just not doing it. But why? 

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Carbon credits. Offsets. Removals. In all their terms and forms, they are perhaps one of the most divisive concepts among environmentalists today. Some see them as a cop-out for companies to claim carbon neutrality and continue business as usual. Some fear they will lead to no emissions reductions at all - and worse, human rights violations. Others believe it is the only way we can channel enough finance from the Global North to climate solutions in the Global South to stay below 1.5 degrees. 

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Often described as the third environmental crisis of our time, plastic pollution is a rapidly growing problem. And it's not just killing turtles. It's everywhere: in our air, our food, our water... and in our blood. 

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The way we produce food is the single biggest underlying driver of species extinction, and a major contributor to the climate crisis. When you add to this the understanding that we may have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we did in the last 8000, it becomes obvious that we need to make drastic changes to our food system if we are to maintain a habitable planet.

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Over the last thirty years, Costa Rica has undergone an incredible transformation. They doubled their rainforest cover and transitioned to 100% renewable electricity -  all at the same time as doubling their population and tripling the size of their economy. This feat remains an unparalleled example of environmental leadership on the international stage.

This week, 6 Portuguese youth will take 32 countries to the European Court of Human Rights, in what will be the biggest climate lawsuit in history. The implications, should they succeed, would be world-changing.