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Reducing emissions in the aid sector | Rethinking Humanitarianism

Reducing emissions in the aid sector | Rethinking Humanitarianism

FromThe New Humanitarian


Reducing emissions in the aid sector | Rethinking Humanitarianism

FromThe New Humanitarian

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

To what extent are massive relief operations contributing to climate-related crises? In this episode, TNH CEO and podcast host Heba Aly discusses the findings of The New Humanitarian’s eight-month investigation into the size of the aid industry’s carbon footprint. We also hear from two aid organisations trying to green their operations.  Guests: Journalist Léopold Salzenstein explains the TNH investigation. Kathrine Vad, climate change adviser at the ICRC, and André Krummacher, vice CEO of impact and accountability at ACTED, offer perspectives from two aid organisations faced with the challenge of trying to cut emissions.
Released:
Oct 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH’s journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.