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Inside COP by Outrage + Optimism
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🌍 Bringing you Inside COP, the official #COP30 podcast.
🎙With Tom Carnac, Paul Dickinson and former UN Chief Christiana Figueres.
⏺ Produced by Persephonica.
On Day One of COP30 we sit down with Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s #COP30 President and ask, can he steer a divided world toward unity? #InsideCOP
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November 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We sit down with @edmilibandmp.bsky.social for a candid conversation about credible climate leadership, the defence of multilateralism, and why the right is wrong to claim voters don’t care about the climate. #COP30 #InsideCOP
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November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
What's it like to be on the inside of a global leaders’ summit at #COP30? In this episode we take you into the room where debates are shaped, questions are asked, and agreements are negotiated. With @jacindaardern.bsky.social and Selwyn Hart. www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In the first #InsideCOP episode from Brazil, we go inside the #COP30 Local Leaders Forum in Rio de Janeiro - where mayors, governors, and regional leaders are driving climate progress from the ground up. tr.ee/InsideCOP
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This week, we take you behind the scenes of the @earthshotprize.bsky.social in Rio de Janeiro, where the fifteen finalists are bringing proof of incredible climate progress across the globe. #COP30 #EarthshotRio www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On #InsideCOP this week, we're talking climate finance - what will it actually take to fix the world’s climate finance system, and make COP30 a turning point from pledges to real investment?
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October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This week, we unpack the Global #Mutirão - Brazil’s concept of coming together for the common good - could it really unite citizens, communities and governments behind real climate action across the world? tr.ee/InsideCOP
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In this week’s #InsideCOP, we look at shifting geopolitics and ask: what will it take for #COP30 to foster genuine cooperation in a changing world? And who will get a slice of the new green economy?

🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts. tr.ee/InsideCOP
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Can #COP30 be the moment when implementation promises become reality? This week on #InsideCOP we unpack the ‘Action Agenda’ - the voluntary climate action driving business, cities, and civil society - and explore how global energy systems and capital flows are already transforming.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
With just a few weeks to go until #COP30 in Belém, we take listeners inside the high stakes and the complex mechanics of a climate summit: how they’re structured, who’s running the show, and what makes this one different. With @thais-bilenky.bsky.social #insideCOP tr.ee/InsideCOP
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#InsideCOP is here! The official #COP30 podcast, created by Outrage + Optimism in partnership with the COP30 presidency. The first episode brings you the essential updates from #climateweekNYC with an exclusive interview with COP30 CEO Ana Toni. Catch up now: tr.ee/InsideCOP
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It's been a bleak few weeks for climate news. So this week we ask: are there still reasons to be optimistic? And what will it take to turn urgency into real change? With Ani DasGupta of @worldresources.bsky.social
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September 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This week, we hear from three remarkable women from the Solomon Islands, Alaska, and Greenland. Their stories are a stark warning - and a reminder that centuries-old knowledge offers resilience and guidance the world cannot afford to ignore.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🤖 Could #AI help us reimagine our place in nature - so that we truly understand our place as just one of 8 million interdependent species on Earth?

This week on O+O: @earthspecies.bsky.social on their extraordinary mission to use AI to translate the communication of other species.

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August 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Excited to bring you the official #COP30 podcast, Inside COP!
🎧 Exclusive access to the action: from the negotiations to the actions, stories, and people shaping our future.
👉 Subscribe to Outrage + Optimism wherever you get your podcasts to get #InsideCOP in your feed. linktr.ee/outrageoptim...
August 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ Christiana and Paul travel to Umbria, Italy, to visit Quintosapore, a farm founded by twin brothers Nicola and Alessandro Giuggioli and ask, what if agriculture could look completely different? #biomimicry www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/you...
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week on Outrage + Optimism, we’re asking what happens if we permanently breach 1.5°C?

With Ricken Patel, Founder & former CEO of @avaaz.org
🎧 Listen to the full episode now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
August 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
In this week’s episode of Outrage + Optimism, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson take on the most common climate myths with science, stories and (genuinely) great metaphors.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
August 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
👉NEW EPISODE: this weeek we're breaking down Trump’s devastating climate backslide in the US and we talk to the brilliant @maggiembaird.bsky.social - actor, producer, climate activist, and mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas. Wherever you get your podcasts bit.ly/4jy5uiH
July 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last week, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion on climate change and human rights - could this transform global climate action and accountability? Listen now for analysis and interviews with the lawyers who fought the case. bit.ly/4jy5uiH #ICJ
July 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We’re handing the mic over to you on this week’s episode as Christiana Figueres, Paul Dickinson and guest host Fiona McRaith respond to thought-provoking questions from listeners around the world. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In a world-first, the ICJ is about to rule on climate & human rights - thanks to a youth-led campaign that began in the Pacific and is now backed by 130+ countries. A story of legal activism, youth leadership, and the fight for climate justice. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH 🎙️⚖️ #ClimateJustice
July 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Umm… is Tom okay? 😂
Fresh from a trip to Brazil, Tom Rivett-Carnac brings the team exclusive interviews with #COP30 CEO Ana Toni and key voices from the Brazilian presidency.

Unfortunately, he’s forgotten how to speak.

🎧 Tune in now for essential COP insights and analysis.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ #COP30: Can #Brazil deliver a global breakthrough?
Back from his recent trip to Brazil, Tom Rivett-Carnac shares his conversations with COP CEO Ana Toni and advisor to Lula, Gustavo Westmann and our hosts ask, can Brazil turn promise into progress at this year’s COP? bit.ly/3X0uaX8
June 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
⚡️ Don't miss: a deeply personal episode from Christiana Figueres all about #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 - a nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis and a powerful voice for #climatejustice.

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/3X0uaX8
June 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM