12 Days of COP

Bonus episode : Coping with Climate Anxiety

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.

Bonus : How did it go? Good COP or Cop Out with Natalie Bennett

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. 

Day 12 : Africa, the economy and the reality of climate change

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. 

Day 11 : Transport - communities in control

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. 

Day 10 : The missing $100bn. Social & climate justice

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. A...

Day 9 : Cool, trendy & sustainable? Fashion & the Paris Agreement.

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 

Day 9 : Cool, trendy & sustainable? Fashion & the Paris Agreement.

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 

Day 8 : Interconnectedness - agriculture, social justice & going vegan

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

Day 7 : The biggest polluters - military spending v environment

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 

Day 6 : Individual activism v system and government change

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. 

Day 5: Renewable energy, electricity, tech & Brazil

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. 

Day 4 : Africa bearing the brunt of climate change

Today Peg Alexander talks with Krystel Sil Sikana @Kryshsil about how Africa is being impacted now by #climatechange. Currently in #Glasgow at #COP26 #COP26Glasgow, Krystel argues it is bearing the brunt, with real challenges around both #climatejustice and the financial support promised at previous COPs not materialising, through to the #socialjustice impacts including #climatemigration and how it feeds into ongoing conflicts. 

Day 4 : How Africa bearing the brunt of climate change

Day 3 : Plastics and 1.5 degrees. Connected or not?

Today Peg Alexander chats with Rasa Tumaševičiūtė, #circulareconomy expert from #Lithuania about #plastic and the Paris agreement. How and why does plastic impact on whether or not we can hit the Paris agreement target of 1.5 degrees. It does and is integral says Rasa, but, the challenge is big as no one knows exactly how much ……… #journalist #reporter #broadcaster #interviewer#presenter  #TVPresenter #RadioPresenter #Podcasthost #politics #currentaffairs  #chatshowhost  #talkshowhost #even...

Day 2 : The youth voice at the heart of the climate issue

Today Peg Alexander chats with 20 year old sustainable development expert Ana Diaz Vidal @aanndv from Spain about #COP26  from the perspective of a young person. Where does individual activism fit in with #COP26Glasgow and a key element of hitting the Paris climate target?   #journalist #reporter #broadcaster #interviewer #presenter  #TVPresenter #RadioPresenter #Podcasthost #politics #currentaffairs  #chatshowhost  #talkshowhost #eventhost #COP26 #climatecrisis #climateaction #climatejusti...

Day 1 : What's possible at COP with Natalie Bennett

Journalist, commentator and presenter Peg Alexander kicks off the #COPCast #Podcast by chatting with #UK #Peer Baroness Natalie Bennett @NatalieBen, a #COP veteran. We talk how COP works, what's the best that can be achieved, how we can all influence change and why it's actually not all about the Governments and the official deal.......