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Much of the Global South is on the front lines of climate change and countries are calling on the Global North to help fund the fight. At COP26, countries like the US, UK, Germany, France, and the EU launched the Just Transition Energy Partnership or JET-P by pledging South Afric ...  Show more

A Just Transition has the potential to create millions of new jobs globally if we implement the Paris Agreement in a way that takes the social and economic well-being of whole communities into account. On this episode of Heat of the Moment, we hear from Moustapha Kamal Gueye, the ...  Show more

We introduce the second season of Heat of the Moment, a podcast that, like And Now The Hard Part, tells stories from the front lines of one of the world's biggest challenges: the climate crisis. Youth-led movements across the globe are getting bigger, louder, and more effective. ...  Show more

Thousands of youth activists from all over the world gathered in Scotland this week for the COP26 UN climate summit. They say climate change is already transforming their countries — and that their generation has the most to lose if greater action isn't taken. This episode contai ...  Show more

This week on Turnout with Katie Couric: the power and drive of youth activism. First, 19-year-old youth activist Tyler Okeke makes the case for lowering the voting age to 16. Then, Katie talks with activist, author and podcast host DeRay Mckesson on his own youth activism and how ...  Show more

Before the pandemic struck, young people everywhere abandoned their classrooms and took to the streets. Xiye Bastida was a driving force among these youth climate activists in the U.S. Xiye grew up in Mexico, moved to New York at 13 and started organizing school walk-outs to dema ...  Show more