Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ⁠⁠ChangeNOW summit⁠⁠ in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.

This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience - and for this week's episode, ⁠⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠ is joined by François Gemmene, a researcher and IPCC lead author.

François' work focuses mostly on the human impacts of climate change, including migration and displacement, as well as issues such as security conflicts, inequalities and development.

In this episode, François discusses the evolving relationship between climate adaptation policies and migration governance, what a just transition means in the context of adaptation, why local and regional governments are uniquely positioned to lead the way and his work on the Pathways2Resilience EU programme, which helps support regions through long-term adaptation.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠

⁠⁠Climate KIC⁠⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

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Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ⁠ChangeNOW summit⁠ in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.

This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience and for this week's episode, ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined by Joshua Amponsem, Co-Director of the Youth Climate Justice Fund and Founder of the Green Africa Youth Organization.

Joshua has spent the last decade pushing for more inclusive climate policies, shaped international forums like the UN Youth Climate Summit and led groundbreaking work, including the Global Youth Call to Action on adaptation. His work challenges the colonial roots of climate funding and calls for a new era of climate finance, one that truly supports local leadership, youth innovation, and indigenous wisdom.

In this episode, Joshua talks about the injustice of climate finance, the need to support leadership coming from the global south, and what it takes to shift decision making and funding to the communities that are living through and needing the transition.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠

⁠Climate KIC⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

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Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.

This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Eytan Levi, Co-Founder of Roofscapes. Focused on adapting existing roofs and buildings to a changing climate, Roofscapes uses timber platforms to make previously untapped roofs shadier and greener, thereby reducing thermal discomfort, increasing biodiversity anchors, and offering new outdoor spaces in cities.

Eytan talks about how an inspiration for founding Roofscapes was his Paris upbringing, how timber platforms can dramatically reduce temperatures - even during heatwaves - the importance of involving people who live in the buildings Roofscapes works on, and invites listeners to visit Roofscapes’ pilot project at L’Académie du Climat in Paris.

If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our fifth season, whose content is also focused on cities. 

This episode is part of Climate KIC’s #LiveableCities Campaign 2025, which highlights our leadership in transforming cities across Europe into climate-resilient, just, and regenerative places. Through initiatives like NetZeroCities, CitiES 2030, Climathon, EIT Community New European Bauhaus and the Pilot Cities Programme, we support local governments and communities in creating scalable solutions to tackle climate challenges. By showcasing diverse approaches - from citizen engagement and innovative financing to sustainable mobility and urban heat mitigation - this campaign amplifies the stories behind the systems change we’re helping to orchestrate.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

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Welcome to a new season of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.

This week Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marion Waller, Executive Director of the Pavillon de L'Arsenal in Paris. The Pavillon de L’Arsenal is a centre for architecture and urban planning, as well as a museum.

Marion talks about the importance of collaboration between cities when tackling climate challenges, the role of culture and storytelling in driving urban transformation, how architecture acts as a bridge between identity and climate resilience, as well as the role of public engagement through imagination.

If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our episode about building a sustainable mass timber market in East Africa with Syakaa William - as well as our fifth season, whose content is also focused on cities. 

This episode is part of Climate KIC’s #LiveableCities Campaign 2025, which highlights our leadership in transforming cities across Europe into climate-resilient, just, and regenerative places. Through initiatives like NetZeroCities, CitiES 2030, Climathon, EIT Community New European Bauhaus and the Pilot Cities Programme, we support local governments and communities in creating scalable solutions to tackle climate challenges. By showcasing diverse approaches - from citizen engagement and innovative financing to sustainable mobility and urban heat mitigation - this campaign amplifies the stories behind the systems change we’re helping to orchestrate.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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It’s the final episode of our leadership-focused series, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour. The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.

This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou is interviewing Rana Adib, Executive Director of REN21. A policy network and a multistakeholder governance group, REN21 promotes renewable energy as a solution to accelerate climate action. 

In this episode, Rana talks about the importance of integrating sustainability across economic sectors and policymaking, how combining technical ‘hard’ skills and transversal ‘soft’ skills are equally important in the shift away from fossil fuels, as well as the need to balance storytelling with facts and figures when communicating about climate change.

Rana also talked about REN21’s REboot the world campaign and its Renewables 2024 Global Status Report.

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If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend listening to episode two from this season, which saw Gosia Rychlik, Branch Manager at The Climate Reality Project, talk about the role of storytelling in effective climate leadership - as well as how taking action at a local level can impact a global problem like climate change.

You should also check out this season’s first episode with Climate KIC’s Marina Gil Velasco, where we discussed the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy - supported by EIT - and how Climate KIC is tackling the green skills gap. 

Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

Check out our website, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter. 

Welcome to the second episode of our latest season, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour. The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.

This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Gosia Rychlik, Branch Manager at The Climate Reality Project who is based in Poland.

In this episode, Gosia outlines the work the Climate Reality Project prioritises as a global initiative, including their three major campaigns - emissions reduction, financing a just transition, and international cooperation for strengthening climate action.

Gosia also talks about the role of storytelling in effective climate leadership, the importance of building bridges and “unusual partnerships” to effect change, as well as how taking action at a local level can impact a global problem like climate change.

If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out this season’s previous episode with Climate-KIC’s Marina Gil Velasco, where we discussed the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy - supported by EIT - and how Climate KIC is tackling the green skills gap.

Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

Check out our website, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter. 

Welcome to a new season of How Could We? - recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour, organised by The Climate Reality Project, which aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.

This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marina Gil Velasco, Project Lead at Climate KIC for the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy.

Marina explains how the Climate KIC Academy bridges the green skills gap by equipping leaders with the technical knowledge and transversal skills needed to tackle the climate crisis. The Climate KIC Academy accelerates the green transition by empowering climate leaders to turn knowledge into action and equipping businesses, industries, and policymakers with essential skills for lasting change.

If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our episode on equipping young leaders for climate negotiations with Veena Balakrishnan, Co-Founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy, as well as our Radical Collaboration episode with Yiannis Chrysostomidis from REOS Partners.

Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.

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This episode was presented and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and co-produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.

Check out our website, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter.

In this new episode of How Could We?, recorded in front of the LDC’s delegation office during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Binyam Gebreyes, diplomacy lead at IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), where he supports the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group.

Binyam's role ensures that LDC priorities and needs are amplified throughout the COP negotiations.

In this conversation, Binyam talks about the power dynamics that shape climate negotiations, highlighting the challenges faced by LDCs in these spaces.

He discusses the importance of the LDC group’scollective approach to counteract the influence of larger, more powerful nations, and how strategic engagement through high-level dialogue and early communications helps elevate their voice.

Binyam also explains the significant progress made on the loss and damage agenda, where the LDC group has beenpushing for tangible financial solutions to address climate impacts that are no longer preventable or adaptable.

Binyam also talks about the lessons he’s drawn from his work on the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE AR), highlighting the need for programmatic, community-led adaptation solutions that reduce transaction costs and allow local communities to own and drive their own adaptation strategies.

This episode provides insights into the role of LDCs at COP29 and their ongoing fight for climate justice in the face of systemic power imbalances.

Visit the IIED website: iied.org

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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.

In this new episode of How Could We? recorded in the streets of Baku during COP29, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviewed Rich Wilson, CEO of the Iswe Foundation, about the state of our democracies today and the role of citizen assemblies in making our democracies stronger.

In this episode, Rich says that we are at a pivotal moment for democracies today. Despite growing public demand for action, our governments and democratic systems are struggling to effectively address the climate crisis.

Rich discusses how citizen assemblies can help strengthen democracies by building agency for citizens, fostering learning, and being grounded in principles of solidarity and inclusion. The challenge, however, is in scaling them.

One of Iswe Foundation’s projects is to create a global, permanent citizen assembly to bring to COP30 in Brazil. Their goal is to support a new form of democracy and governance that can help address the climate crisis, by empowering citizens to drive change within their communities.

Visit the Iswe Foundation website to learn more: Iswe

Visit the Global Citizen Assembly website:

Visit ⁠climate-kic.org⁠, and reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions.

This episode was presented and produced by ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠.

In this new episode of How Could We?, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Megan Rowling, editor of Climate Home News, to discuss the main objectives and challenges of COP29.

Megan explains why, despite criticisms, the COP process remains crucial in mitigating global climate risks, preventing what could otherwise be “runaway climate

They also discuss topics expected to dominate media headlines, like the global transition from fossil fuels and

This episode sheds light on the pressing issues shaping COP29 and why the decisions made here will affect climate action worldwide.

For updates from the COP29, follow Climate Home News’ reporting on their website, subscribe to their

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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.