See above my podcast about the cancelled COP and what could be next for the people staging demonstrations in front of it.
If the above file doesn’t work, here’s the link to the mp3 file:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eYwUb6Acmor8klusv8oWS3qa4TNmnZUn
As a quick addendum: Out of the 59020 tons of CO2 eq I mentioned, that were emitted by the COP24 in Katowice, 54800 were compensated for through afforestation. I didn’t include this, because I thought a discussion on carbon compensation and afforestation in general would go beyond the scope of the podcast. Feel free to discuss the implications of this in the comments though.
References:
2020 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (n.d.). Conference of the Parties (COP). Retrieved April 7, 2020, from https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/supreme-bodies/conference-of-the-parties-cop
Bruckner T., I. A. Bashmakov, Y. Mulugetta, H. Chum, A. de la Vega Navarro, J. Edmonds, A. Faaij, B. Fungtammasan, A. Garg, E. Hertwich, D. Honnery, D. Infield, M. Kainuma, S. Khennas, S. Kim, H. B. Nimir, K. Riahi, N. Strachan, R. Wiser, and X. Zhang, 2014: Energy Systems. In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Edenhofer, O., R. Pichs-Madruga, Y. Sokona, E. Farahani, S. Kadner, K. Seyboth, A. Adler, I. Baum, S. Brunner, P. Eickemeier, B. Kriemann, J. Savolainen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow, T. Zwickel and J.C. Minx (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Carbon Footprint Ltd. (n.d.). Recycling. Retrieved April 7, 2020, from https://www.carbonfootprint.com/recycling.html
Eatz, J.G., (2020, January 12). Food’s Carbon Footprint. Retrieved April 7, 2020, from https://www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html
Harvey, F. (2019, December 2). Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world? Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/dec/02/climate-crisis-what-is-cop-and-can-it-save-the-world
Harvey, F., & Ambrose, J. (2020, April 1). Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow postponed until 2021. Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/01/uk-likely-to-postpone-cop26-un-climate-talks-glasgow-coronavirus?
Karpiński, T. (2019) CO2 Emissions Related to COP24 Conference in Katowice. The National Centre for Emissions Management Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute. Retrieved from: https://cop24.gov.pl/fileadmin/user_upload/files/COP24_emissions_EN.pdf
Prenzel, N. (2019, August 14). Im Grund ganz einfach – das sind unsere Quellen. Retrieved April 7, 2020, from https://www.fluter.de/klimawandel/schaubildquellen
Wynes, S., & Nicholas, K. A. (2017). The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541
Music:
Too Young for secrets by Cloudchord and Soul Food Horns @cloudchord and @soulfoodhorns
Available from: https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom/cloudchord-soul-food-horns-too-young-for-secrets
Audio Clips:
Greta Thunberg speaks ahead of climate march in Madrid as COP25 summit continues. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSBZMYxYyFU
Personal Communication. (5.4.2020)
Un Police Clash With Climate Activists From COP25 After Protest. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUT5WpLRlOw
Image:
REUTERS / Juan Medina. (2019). Retrieved from: https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2019-12-07—climate–thousands-of-people-march-in-madrid-on-the-sidelines-of-the-cop25-.BkGkawi_ar.html
Energy, Climate & Sustainability 
Hey Paula. This was a really interesting think piece to listen to in this pandemic. I’m sure a lot of people in the climate and sustainability field are thinking about where these topics will fit in, in a world of social distancing and quarantine. While these restrictions are very valid (in my opinion) to slow down the spread of the virus, it does put climate action on the back-burner and makes it difficult to engage in important things, as you also mentioned, including protests and conferences. I agree that this might be an opportunity to show that activists are still thinking about and pushing for solutions, but it will be interesting to see how possible this is without in-person meetings and coordination. It can seem quite important to have discussions in person and speeches from important people in the same room, but I feel like this might also be an opportunity to show that it can happen online. This could allow people all over the world to participate, although there is still the issue of unequal privileges like laptops and the internet. Nevertheless, this might open a larger audiences eyes on the possibility of meeting online and not needing to fly to conferences to make a change. What do you think? Is there already a plan to meet online during the time where the COP was supposed to take place?
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