Climate Strike! UN Climate Action Summit! (w/ United Nations' Cassie Flynn and 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage)

This is a big week! On Friday, activists across 150 countries will join #ClimateStrike. We discuss our plans for the climate protest and talk to 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage, who is the epitome of cool, about climate activism and expressing beliefs through art. 

Then, we chat with Cassie Flynn of United Nations Development about the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, The Paris Agreement, and how to get really important world leaders to agree on major climate initiatives. She's brilliant and this was fun. 

As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more!

Follow Cassie Flynn on Twitter @cassie_flynn

Follow Thanu Yakupitiyage on Twitter @ty_ushka

Learn more about The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld

Check out the trailer's for Thanu Yakupitiyage's MigrantScape: http://www.migrantscape.com/

NBC News, "Thanu Yakupitiyage Is Amplifying Sounds, Immigrant Voices" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/thanu-yakupitiyage-amplifying-sounds-immigrant-voices-n600761

NPR, "EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections" https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760203456/epa-makes-rollback-of-clean-water-rules-official-repealing-2015-protections

Thanu Yakupitiyage, "If You Care About Climate Change, You Should Care About Anti-Immigrant Policy" https://350.org/climate-change-and-immigration/