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Five Degrees of Change

Feb 25, 2024

Wopke Hoekstra is the European Commissioner for Climate Action, having served as deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, as well as minister for foreign affairs and minister for finance. 

 

For his policy changes, Hoekstra chose to enhance climate diplomacy, to build more carbon markets around the world, and to bridge...


Feb 19, 2024

Claire DuPont is a research professor of European and international governance at Ghent University, with a deep knowledge of the political economy of climate action. 

 

For her policy changes, she chose to better integrate the humanities and social sciences into the policy process, to invest in infrastructure and public...


Feb 12, 2024

Alan Matthews is a retired professor of agricultural policy and economics at Trinity College Dublin. One of Ireland's leading experts in farm economics and sustainability, Matthews chose for his policy changes to tackle the climate problem in agriculture through measurement and a land based emissions trading scheme,...


Feb 5, 2024

Pádraic Fogarty shares his deep knowledge about nature and why it is in chronic decline in this episode. For his policy changes, Pádraic chose to rewild 30% of Ireland, to put nature rights into the constitution, and to end industrial fishing. For his personal changes, Pádraic spoke about quitting meat and...