Making climate action urgent and equitable | Sunita Narain
The climate crisis is an inequality crisis. Australia needs to pay attention to equity and inclusion and enable sustainable development for countries in energy poverty.
On this episode, Sunita Narain joins Paul Barclay to discuss the need for inclusive and equitable growth in tackling climate change, pollution and congestion in Delhi, renewable energy in India and how climate change and climate justice will affect global migration.
This discussion was recorded on Tuesday, 18 February 2025, and things may have changed since the recording.
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Guest: Sunita Narain, Environmentalist Writer and Director general, the Centre of Science and Environment // @sunitanar
Host: Paul Barclay, Walkley Award winning journalist and broadcaster // @PaulBarclay
Show notes:
Our crisis of integrity looms in the Pacific by Elizabeth Morison, The Canberra Times (December 2024)
The National Climate Disaster Fund: Our Pacific neighbours, an Australia Institute initiative
“A drowning memory”: the Pacific Island communities fighting for their survival, Follow the Money (March 2025)
Hitting our limits: the climate and COP29, Follow the Money (November 2024)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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