Episode 9: Climate agenda fights and decarbonising small businesses

Welcome to COP30 Covered - the daily podcast show from the award-winning edie team which will be keeping you informed and inspired during the 2025 UN climate summit in Brazil. It's Monday 17 November 2025 and we're officially into the second and final week of COP30! We bring you the biggest headlines from the UN climate summit in brief, summarising the options that are on the table for the final agreements on reducing emissions and scaling climate adaptation finance. We also explain how - and why - businesses are getting involved in the COP. Our special guest interview today is with COP29 High Level Champion Nigar Arpadarai. She made it her mission to get as many small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to the COP in Baku last year, and is working with her counterparts in Brazil to keep building this legacy in 2025. Your hosts are: - edie content editor Sarah George - edie editor Matt Mace - edie senior reporter Sidhi Mittal Say hello: newsdesk@fav-house.com