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.
For this second episode, released Friday November 2025, we walk you through the timelines and key themes for this COP - from forests to finance. We also give you a who's who for this year's World Leaders Summit (6-7 November).
Your special guest expert for this episode is Ani Dasgupta, CEO of the World Resources Institute. He shares the Institute's learnings on the biggest gaps in existing national climate plans, and shares his big hopes for the summit in terms of nature and enabling a just transition.
Your hosts are:
- edie content editor Sarah George
- edie editor Matt Mace
- edie senior reporter Sidhi Mittal
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