Wine fraud, migration policy and climate litigation: there's something for everyone this week. Back in April, Switzerland's government lost a groundbreaking European court case and was ordered to rewrite its climate policy. Has it actually done that? No, no it has not. We speak to Geneva-based climate lawyer Seb Duyck about whether Switzerland can be forced to change its tune. We're also talking about offshore migrant detention centres, a full-bodied fraud case and the latest sign that AI is coming for podcasters' jobs.
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Seb is a senior attorney at the
Center for International Environmental Law. You can follow him on Twitter
here.
You can listen to our award-winning 2023 episode about the KlimaSeniorinnen case, 'The Biggest Climate Case That Ever Was',
here and find the follow-up interview with Molly Quell
here.
This week's Inspiration Station offerings: 'Swimming in the Dark' by Tomasz Jędrowski, translated by Robert Sudół; 'World Without End' by Christophe Blain and Jean-Marc Jancovici, translated by Edward Gauvin.
Other resources for this episode:
Ursula von der Leyen's letter to EU leaders on migration, October 14, 2024
https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/15/October-2024-EUCO-Migration-letter.pdf
'What is refugee rentierism? An explainer'. The New Humanitarian, August 14, 2024
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2024/08/14/what-refugee-rentierism-explainer
00:22 Katy's parents made a podcast
06:18 Good Week: Pedro Sánchez
19:48 Bad Week: Rich wine-drinkers
29:14 Interview: Seb Duyck on Switzerland's failed response to the KlimaSeniorinnen ruling
46:26 Inspiration Station: 'Swimming In The Dark' and 'World Without End'
51:02 Happy Ending: Luka Modrić, an inspiration for all people in their late thirties
Producers: Katz Laszlo and Wojciech Oleksiak
Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak
Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina
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