Climate Conversations

Taking the pulse of COP 26 with Ian Lumley


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This month we have a special episode; join the IDE gang (physiotherapist Maca Hourihane and doctors Derek Cawley, Jeanette Golden, Ana Rakovac and Sean Owens) as they hit the road to Scotland to take the pulse of the COP 26 event in Glasgow, and bring their message to the global political leadership; the climate crisis is a real and present health crisis.


As world leaders gather to try and hammer out an agreement on nothing less than our future survival, we hear from a variety of people about what has motivated them to travel to Scotland and make their voices heard at one of the most important moments in the fight for climate action.

Dr Sean Owens then talks to Ian Lumley, head of advocacy at An Taisce, Irelands national trust. Amongst other things they discuss: what exactly is COP? The role of indigenous peoples as stewards of the land and their lack of representation at COP, challenges with agriculture in Ireland and the effect of industry lobbying on policy, the need for social movements to challenge the large lobby groups and special interests, plant based diets and the historical precedent for population wide plant based diets supporting large civilisations

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