Now & Then – a podcast from SEI

COP28 mini-series: Tracking progress towards 2030 | Ep03: Mitigation

In our new podcast mini-series, SEI experts explore expectations for COP28 within the pillars of the Paris Agreement: climate change mitigation, adaptation and finance. They analyze the progress made, current standings and the necessary steps for future change. In this third episode, we reflect on mitigation efforts since the Paris Agreement, what to expect on fossil fuel negotiations at COP28, examine net zero pledges, industry transitions and the race to the towards decarbonization.

COP28 mini-series: Tracking progress towards 2030 | Ep02: Loss and damage and climate finance

In our new podcast mini-series, SEI experts explore expectations for COP28 within the pillars of the Paris Agreement: climate change mitigation, adaptation and finance. They analyze the progress made, current standings and the necessary steps for future change. In this second episode, our focus shifts to loss and damage and climate finance – two topics expected to take centre stage at COP28 negotiations.

COP28 mini-series: Tracking progress towards 2030 | Ep01: Adaptation

In our new podcast mini-series, SEI experts explore expectations for COP28 within the pillars of the Paris Agreement: climate change mitigation, adaptation and finance. They analyze the progress made, current standings and the necessary steps for future change.  The first episode examines the progress in adaptation to climate change through resilience and transboundary climate risks. The discussion includes reflections on the past COPs in Glasgow (COP26) and Sharm el Sheikh (COP27), insights from the Africa Climate Summit, a recently launched Roadmap for African resilience and anticipations for COP28’s deliverables regarding the Global Goal on Adaption and the Global Stocktake.   Guests: Richard Klein & Philip Osano   Host: Katherine Browne   Series producers: Brenda Ochola and Ng'endo Machua-Muniu Artwork: Harry Woodrow

Green transition or green colonialism?

Green transition towards more sustainable practices is indispensable to reduce carbon emissions and maintain the planet within liveable conditions, but is this transition just? Climate inequality is quite apparent with those contributing to climate change the least suffering most of its consequences. Now, the urgency of a green transition is putting even more pressure on those who are already at risk from the climate crisis or already marginalised, exacerbating and bringing existing tensions to the surface in contexts where colonial past and present haven’t been addressed. This is sometimes called “green colonialism”. SEI’s Annette Löf, Laura Del Duca, and Vice President of the Saami Council Åsa Larsson Blind explore what green colonialism means and what climate justice and just transition would look like for the Indigenous Saami peoples in Northern Europe.

Loss and Damage – what it means, and how to operationalize finance to address it

In this episode, Andrea Lindblom, Senior Communications Officer SEI HQ explores “Loss and Damage” - an umbrella term used in international climate negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and it looks set to be the defining issue for the upcoming UN climate change conference COP27. She speaks to Paul Chukwuma from the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition in Rwanda, and Zoha Shawoo and Inès Bakthaoui - both researchers at SEI who give their insights on what Loss and Damage is, and operationalizing its finance.