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Are people switching off from the climate change debate?

Are people switching off from the climate change debate?

Update: 2025-11-221
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Division at the COP30 climate change summit in Brazil - a more difficult message to tell to the world than progress. Scientists, politicians, media and business all have a huge role to play in keeping the public engaged. But are they succeeding? 

In this episode: 

  • Professor John Sweeney - one of Ireland's foremost climate scientists and contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC’s Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Professor Allam Ahmed - a leading scholar in sustainable development and the knowledge economy.
  • Michael Shank - a climate communication expert and a former Director of Media Strategy at Climate Nexus.

Host: Neave Barker

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Are people switching off from the climate change debate?

Are people switching off from the climate change debate?

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