Best Wri Mexico Podcasts (2024)

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Voices on Supply Chains Episode 2 - The Power Imbalance 23:48

2d ago23:48

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The approach that many corporations take with their supply chains passes the environmental and monetary costs down to the small businesses and workers that rely on them. These workers are far more vulnerable to supply chain disruptions – which are becoming more frequent and more destructive as climate impacts worsen.In part two of this three-part s…

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Voices on Supply Chains Episode 1 - The Lack Of Worker Power 24:11

9d ago24:11

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Modern supply chains are global, complex, and touch nearly everyone in some way — you’re either part of the production process for a given commodity, a consumer of that product or service, or both. However, current supply chain practices fail to properly value our natural resources and the people working within them.Over the course of three episode…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #66: ACT2025 and vulnerable nations ahead of COP28 15:43

5M ago15:43

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What do climate-vulnerable countries want from the forthcoming COP28 conference? In this podcast Nicholas Walton talks to Mark Bynoe and Maria Laura Rojas, two members of the ACT2025 grouping, a coalition amplifying the voices of vulnerable countries in the climate negotiations. What are they hoping for, what are their concerns, and how optimistic …

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #65: where does Carbon Dioxide Removal fit in? 28:12

5M ago28:12

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Carbon Dioxide Removal promises to be an important tool in fighting climate change, but how can countries best use it as they reduce their emissions? WRI recently published a working paper on the challenges and questions surrounding carbon dioxide removal, such as equity, its role in mitigation, and how its use can be monitored. In this WRI podcast…

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Big Ideas Into Action #64: four Stories To Watch for 2023 18:13

1y ago18:13

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What are the big stories to watch for 2023? In this World Resources Institute podcast Ani Dasgupta and Nicholas Walton discuss four: the longer term impact of Russian's invasion of Ukraine on energy; what the re-election of President Lula in Brazil means for tropical forests; why 2023 is a big year for climate finance; and how is the Inflation Redu…

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Big Ideas Into Action #63: COP15 and Mexico's biodiversity 20:20

1+ y ago20:20

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What is being done to stop marine biodiversity loss? Marine ecosystems are essential for all life on earth, providing benefits ranging from food to economic and recreational opportunities and more – with 3 billion people depending directly on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. However, it is being lost at an alarming rate. COP15…

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Big Ideas Into Action #62: Climate-vulnerable countries and COP27 15:22

1+ y ago15:22

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The evidence continues to mount that the climate crisis is urgent, and action needs to be taken now to avert it and to minimise its impacts. Nowhere is this more true than for those vulnerable countries who are most at risk from its impacts. Many of these countries are part of a grouping called ACT2025, which tries to ensure that their voices are h…

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Big Ideas Into Action #61: the circular economy and climate action 20:31

1+ y ago20:31

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Tackling climate change and its impacts is complex and multifaceted, and involves everything from simply reducing the fossil fuel emissions in energy generation through to looking at agricultural land use. And then there’s the role of the circular economy in making a decisive impact on tackling climate change. That’s the subject of a new report led…

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Big Ideas Into Action #60: Fiji and the Climate Finance challenge 16:10

1+ y ago16:10

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Why is climate finance such an important issue, and how does it affect the world's most climate-vulnerable countries? In this podcast we look at the Pacific island nation of Fiji, which is on the frontline of climate change-related impacts such as coral bleaching, sea level rises, and extreme weather events. Fiji's attempts to meet this challenge w…

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Big Ideas Into Action #59: 40 years of climate action at WRI 24:27

1+ y ago24:27

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The World Resources Institute is now 40 years old, but how have the world's climate challenges changed in that time? And how has WRI evolved to meet them? In this podcast, Ani Dasgupta talks about 4 decades of climate action, about technology, growing global awareness of climate change, and the need to make sure climate action is about equity as we…

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Big Ideas Into Action #58: Iraq and the Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update 9:03

1+ y ago9:03

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Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and turned into a quarterly report.In this third WPS quarterly report podcast we look at the water stresses facing Iraq, from water shortages to water quality,…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #57: international implications of the Inflation Reduction Act 9:29

1+ y ago9:29

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The Inflation Reduction Act that has been signed into law by President Biden is seen as good news for US efforts to combat climate change. But what are the international implications of the Act? In this short podcast the President of WRI, Ani Dasgupta, talks about how the Act will add momentum to international climate action with Nicholas Walton. Y…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #56: Just Transition in India 11:43

2y ago11:43

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Some cases of just transition are obvious - such as finding replacement jobs and taxation money when a local coal-fired power station closes down. But as we transition towards a low-carbon economy some other impacts on livelihoods and communities may not be so easy to predict. This case study from Karnatka in India examines the unintended consequen…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #55: Just Transition in the United States 12:10

2y ago12:10

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When a coal-fired power station near the US-Canada border closed, what happened to the local community, shorn of its jobs and the healthy tax revenues that it brought in? As the world shifts toward renewable energy we need to grasp the challenges that this throws up, finding new funding and sources of jobs and economic growth, while enjoying opport…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #54: Just Transition in Australia 13:26

2y ago13:26

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What happens to the workers and communities connected to an Australian coal-fired power station when it is closed down? As the world shifts towards renewable energy more fossil fuel-fired power stations will close down. Learning from what's happened in previous case studies will help us to identify challenges, opportunities and solutions. This case…

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WRI Big Ideas Into Action #53: What is a Just Transition? 15:50

2y ago15:50

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It’s one of the thorniest issues in the shift to low carbon economies – what happens to those whose lives, livelihoods and communities are left behind as we move away from fossil fuels. To help examine these transitions we've put together a podcast miniseries that looks at the challenges, opportunities and solutions of just transition. In this Just…

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Big Ideas Into Action #52: solutions to the African food crisis caused by the Ukraine War 25:23

2y ago25:23

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How has Africa been affected by the growing food crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine? In this podcast we hear from three experts, their analysis of the situation, and their solutions - both to the immediate challenge and to making Africa's food system more resilient in the face of challenges such as climate change and conflict. The podca…

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Big Ideas Into Action #51: Cycling and the Sustainable City 26:00

2y ago26:00

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Many governments and authorities started to build cycling infrastructure during the Covid-19 lockdowns, but were these developments temporary or the foundation of a permanent shift towards truly cyclable cities? In this WRI Big Ideas Into Action podcast we hear that many of those cities are starting to make things permanent, and - of course - why h…

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Big Ideas Into Action #50: Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update 2 7:34

2y ago7:34

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Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and turned into a quarterly report.In this second WPS quarterly report podcast we'll look at the countries most at risk of conflict thanks to the fall out of t…

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Big Ideas Into Action #49: the IPCC reports on climate change 16:55

2y ago16:55

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has delivered its latest three reports, covering climate science, the impacts of climate change, and the actions necessary to minimise the damage. In this podcast we hear from two WRI experts, Sophia Boehm and Preety Bhandari, on the content of the reports and what they will be watching to see if the wo…

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Big Ideas Into Action #48: Ukraine, energy and food 36:43

2y ago36:43

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Beyond the immediate human suffering, what are the wider implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on energy and food? This is an edited, public version of a WRI press call examining the issues and the questions that will need to be asked in the coming months and years. The podcast features four WRI experts: Stientje van Veldhoven, Craig Hanson,…

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Big Ideas Into Action #47: Stories To Watch deeper dive into climate justice 9:57

2y ago9:57

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What is climate justice, and how do we ensure that climate action helps to address rather than exacerbate inequalities in the world? After all, those that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are often in poorer countries with fewer means to address their worsening situation - and yet they have done less to cause the problem of clim…

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Big Ideas Into Action #46: achieving clean air for girls and women 18:53

2y ago18:53

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How much do air quality and pollution issues affect women and girls, and how much can solutions to those problems be helped by making sure they have a seat at the decision-making table? These are the decisions addressed in this podcast timed to coincide with International Women's Day. The podcast features Gillian Caldwell of USAID, Azra Khan of WRI…

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Big Ideas Into Action #45: Stories To Watch deeper dive into the environment/pandemic link 14:08

2y ago14:08

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With the world continuing to struggle with the cost of the Covid 19 pandemic, what are the chances that humanity's continued ill-treatment of nature will lead to the emergence of future diseases? What are the issues and questions behind the link between environmental degradation and disease that we need to be examining?This deeper dive looking at p…

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Big Ideas Into Action #44: Stories To Watch deeper dive on electric mobility 12:58

2y ago12:58

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One of the biggest challenges of a transition to a low carbon world is to change the way we get around. Electrifying transport is a key element of this, but it's about far more than selling electric cars and installing charging points in the cities of the rich world. But what are the issues and questions that we need to be examining?This deeper div…

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Big Ideas Into Action #43: Stories To Watch deeper dive on coal 14:44

2y ago14:44

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Coal is one of the most potent drivers of climate change. Phasing it out is critical for cutting harmful emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Yet despite rising commitments to do so, many countries seem to want to hang on to coal. Why? This deeper dive looking at coal is the first of a short series of WRI podcasts looking at the ind…

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Big Ideas Into Action #42: Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update 1 5:36

2y ago5:36

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Is it possible to predict conflict? That's what the Water, Peace and Security Partnership's machine learning early warning tool sets out to do. Four times a year the predictions are analyzed and turned into a quarterly report. We'll be doing a short podcast about the headline story from each quarterly report - this time the focus is on the Horn of …

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Big Ideas Into Action #41: WRI's Stories To Watch 2022 22:10

2+ y ago22:10

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What are the Stories To Watch for 2022? Every year WRI works out what the important ones are for the year ahead and presents them to the world. This podcast - with Ani Dasgupta interviewed by Nicholas Walton - looks at the background and inside story of those Stories, and the big changes in the world that have informed them. To read more about WRI'…

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Big Ideas Into Action #40: ACT2025 - The Final Outcome 15:38

2+ y ago15:38

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This series of ACT2025 podcasts from the World Resources Institute looks at climate from the point of view of vulnerable countries. In this podcast we hear an evaluation of the outcomes from the COP26 conference, from Preety Bhandari, Senior Advisor in WRI’s Global Climate Program and the Finance Center. She was interviewed by Molly Bergen. ACT2025…

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COP26 Shorts: Air Quality 6:36

2+ y ago6:36

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Air Quality with Jessica Seddon. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Circular Economy, Energy, Food and Land Use, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/un-cl…

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COP26 Shorts: the Ocean 6:12

2+ y ago6:12

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Ocean with Kristian Teleki. Other episodes look at Cities, Circular Economy, Energy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/un-…

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COP26 Shorts: Food and Land Use 8:58

2+ y ago8:58

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Food and Land Use with Morgan Gillespy. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Circular Economy, Energy, Clean Air, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/un-cli…

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COP26 Shorts: Cities 5:57

2+ y ago5:57

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Cities with Rogier Vandenberg. Other episodes look at Oceans, Circular Economy, Energy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/un-c…

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COP26 Shorts: Circular Economy 7:38

2+ y ago7:38

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Circular Economy with Stientje van Veldhoven. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Energy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri…

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COP26 Shorts: Business 8:53

2+ y ago8:53

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at the Business world with Kevin Moss. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Circular Economy, Energy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/u…

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COP26 Shorts: The Overview 10:23

2+ y ago10:23

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton gets an overview of what to expect from COP from Helen Mountford. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Circular Economy, Energy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, and Business. For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/u…

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COP26 Shorts: Energy 7:36

2+ y ago7:36

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This new series of short WRI podcasts looks at why COP26 matters for different issues. In this episode Nicholas Walton looks at Energy with Jennifer Layke. Other episodes look at Oceans, Cities, Circular Economy, Food and Land Use, Clean Air, Business, and an overall look ahead to COP26.For more on #COP26 go to our resource hub: www.wri.org/un-clim…

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Big Ideas Into Action #31: Towards a more equal city 21:43

2+ y ago21:43

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Cities are a place of opportunity and inequality, and where more than half the world's population will experience the impacts of climate change. They're also part of the solution. This podcast draws on WRI's major new report, "Towards a more equal city", which uses its six years of research to look at the challenges of the world's cities through th…

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Big Ideas Into Action #30: ACT2025 - Adaptation 15:32

2+ y ago15:32

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ACT2025: Adaptation - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Success at COP26 is seen as critical if the world is going to avoid catastrophic climate change. We’re increasingly familiar with what many of the world’s…

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Big Ideas Into Action #29: ACT2025 - Loss and Damage 17:10

2+ y ago17:10

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ACT2025: Loss and Damage - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Success at COP26 is seen as critical if the world is going to avoid catastrophic climate change. We’re increasingly familiar with what many of the wo…

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Big Ideas Into Action #28: ACT2025 - Finance 18:44

2+ y ago18:44

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ACT2025: Finance - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Success at COP26 are seen as critical if the world is going to avoid catastrophic climate change. We’re increasingly familiar with what many of the world’s r…

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Big Ideas Into Action #27: ACT2025 - Rules 15:51

2+ y ago15:51

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ACT2025: Rules - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Success at COP26 is seen as critical if the world is going to avoid catastrophic climate change. We’re increasingly familiar with what many of the world’s richer a…

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Big Ideas Into Action #26: ACT2025 - Ambition 17:16

2+ y ago17:16

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ACT2025: Ambition - for more go to www.wri.org/ACT2025This new series of World Resources Institute podcasts looks at what vulnerable countries want from the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. Success at COP26 is seen as critical if the world is going to avoid catastrophic climate change. We’re increasingly familiar with what many of the world’s r…

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Big Ideas Into Action #25: How does Ani Dasgupta see the world's greatest environmental challenges? 21:58

2+ y ago21:58

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The recent IPCC report underlines just how grave and urgent the environmental challenges facing us are. But how should we frame such challenges in a way that helps us to find solutions - not just to climate change, but to the array of other issues, from food and forests to energy, cities, water and oceans. Who better to ask these questions than WRI…

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Big Ideas Into Action #24: Agricultural Adaptation In Africa 20:48

2+ y ago20:48

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Whatever the commitments countries are making about decarbonizing their economies, one thing is certain: climate change is happening, and its impacts are being felt disproportionately by the poor. In Africa the agricultural sector, dominated by small producers and subsistence farming, is especially vulnerable. Adaptation can play a vital role in he…

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Big Ideas Into Action #23: Who won the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities? 13:26

3y ago13:26

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The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its winner for 2020-21 has been announced. Which finalist won the $250,000 first prize?The 5 finalists were from Ahmedabad in India, London in the UK, Rosario in Argentina, Kibera in Kenya, and Monterrey in Mexico. Each wou…

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Big Ideas Into Action #22: Transformative Adaptation in Agriculture 23:16

3y ago23:16

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If you were a farmer and the climate changed, what would you do about it? At first you might simply try small experiments to adapt – after all, farmers are used to annual variations in the weather. But what about if the changes aren’t just annual variations, but are serious shifts in weather patterns associated with climate change? Drier weather, h…

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Big Ideas Into Action #21: WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities finalists 25:40

3y ago25:40

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The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change. The five finalists for the 2020-21 prize come from five very different urban environments - in Kenya, Argentina, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom - but all demonstrate how effectively innovative ideas can tackle inequality …

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Bonus Ocean Panel episode: surfing, sharks and World Ocean Day 13:11

3y ago13:11

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This is a special World Ocean Day podcast that was orginally for the WRI Ocean program and the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. It's with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez of the Global Environment Facility, and it's about what he's learned about the ocean from his decades of surfing, especially off the coast of Costa Rica. Go to oceanpanel.…

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Big Ideas Into Action #20: How Data is Helping Protect Cameroon’s Forests 26:57

3y ago26:57

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Cameroon sits just north of the equator, right on the edge of the vast Congo River basin. It has around 20 million hectares of tropical forest, mainly in the south, but according to data on Global Forest Watch it has lost nearly 4 percent of its primary forest since 2002. Knowing this about what's happening to Cameroon's forest is one thing, howeve…

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