Season 2: Episode 2 - COP28 – A climate for humanitarian change

Humanitarian and climate policies are intrinsically linked. What humanitarians do, no matter how well-intentioned, has an impact on the environment and the communities in which they serve. With a 20-year feedback loop around emissions that are released today and how they're experienced on the ground, how can humanitarians ensure they’re helping to alleviate suffering, and not adding to it for future generations? In this episode of I Think You’re On Mute, your host Beth Eggleston explores COP28 and why it’s important for the humanitarian sector to be engaged, what we’re looking to see, and the steps we can take to green the humanitarian system, with climate experts and researchers Jessica Van Son, Jesse McCommon, and Dr Vili Iese. Full podcast transcript Podcast host and guests: Host: Beth Eggleston Director, Humanitarian Advisory Group Guests: Jessica (Jess) Van Son Climate Expert and Researcher Speaks to COP28, why it’s crucial the humanitarian sector is engaged, and loss and damage. Jesse McCommon Leader, Humanitarian Advisory Group Speaks to humanitarian and climate policies and Humanitarian Advisory Group’s research stream, Greening the System. Te’o Lau Dr Viliamu (Vili) Iese Associate Director - Drought Resilience, Victoria Drought Resilience and Innovation Hub Speaks to humanitarian and climate action in the Pacific, and Greening the System framework. This episode features the following audio: UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres: https://youtu.be/og7QrAZJQP8 Podcast research and links: Humanitarian Horizons | Creating communication that works: humanitarians and the climate crisis https://humanitarianadvisorygroup.org/insight/creating-communication-that-works/#:~:text=This%20paper%20analyses%20how%20humanitarian,action%20within%20the%20general%20public. Humanitarian Horizons | Greening the System research stream https://humanitarianadvisorygroup.org/humanitarian-horizons/greening-the-system/ Loss and Damage Collaboration on X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/LossandDamage Dr. Siobhan McDonnell on X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/SiobhanADM