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We Need to Act, hosted by Dr. Sara Rego, dives into the biggest questions shaping our planet’s future. From climate change and biodiversity loss to social justice and environmental degradation, each episode unpacks what sustainability really means.
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Tuvalu Is Fighting to Survive: Climate Change, Rising Seas & Climate Justice | Dr. Tapugao Falefou (065) (opens the original)
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Tuvalu is living the climate crisis now. In this episode of We Need to Act , Sara Rego speaks with Dr. Tapugao Falefou , Tuvalu’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States and the Republic of Cuba. For Tuvalu, climate change is not a distant threat. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion and the loss of land are already affecting communities and creating profound uncertainty about the future. Dr. Falefou explains what it means for a small
El Agua en Chile es Privada y las Comunidades Pagan el Precio con Jorge Morales (opens the original)
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¿Qué pasa cuando el agua que necesitas para vivir ya tiene dueño? Jorge Morales Trincado lleva 14 años defendiendo el agua y el territorio en el Valle del Aconcagua, una de las cuencas más fértiles de Chile — y una de las más amenazadas. Antiguo ejecutivo de multinacionales como Volvo y Mercedes-Benz, Jorge tomó una decisión radical a los 42 años: renunció, volvió a su tierra y dedicó su vida a protegerla. En esta conversación con Sara, Jorge nos lleva al corazón de una de las crisis hídricas má
Our Lands Are Who We Are: Indigenous Science, Ecological Grief and Decolonising Research with Dr. Jessica Hernandez (opens the original)
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What happens to your sense of self when the lands that define you are taken away? Dr. Jessica Hernandez is an Indigenous environmental scientist, author, and founder of Earth Daughters — an Indigenous-led collective supporting indigenous women and youth through mutual aid and climate justice initiatives. Of Binnizá and Ch'orti' Maya heritage, displaced from her ancestral homelands in Oaxaca and Central America, Jessica has spent her career doing what Western academia rarely allows: putting indig
The Fashion Industry Is Broken And Ghana Is Paying the Price with Yayra Agbofah (opens the original)
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What does your wardrobe have to do with a beach in Ghana covered in discarded clothing? Yayra Agbofah grew up trading secondhand garments at Kantamanto Market in Accra — one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in Africa, where millions of garments arrive every single week. He saw firsthand what happens to the ones that don't sell: they end up in rivers, in landfills, on beaches. He also saw something else: extraordinary creativity. Tailors transforming discarded fabric. Traders extending
Environmental Law and Climate Change: Why Collective Action Is Our Most Powerful Tool with Daniel Farber (opens the original)
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What happens to environmental law when the federal government turns its back on climate action? Dan Farber is the Sho Sato Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and one of the most respected voices in US environmental and constitutional law. A former law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court, he has spent decades at the intersection of environmental policy, democracy, and justice. In this conversation with Sara, Dan offers a clear-eyed and surprisingly hopeful assessment of where
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