Julia Simon
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862 appearances
78 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 14 Sep
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And he says right now Colombia's federal government, it's very left wing, very pro climate action.
That's why they co-hosted this conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels with the Netherlands.
The president now, Gustavo Petro, he has a moratorium on new exploration contracts for fossil fuels.
They've suspended new fracking projects.
But later this month, there's a presidential election in Colombia.
Here's Lozada.
But Lozada says that even if the right wing wins in Colombia, he says that won't be the end of climate action in the country.
He came into the House of Representatives 12 years ago.
He's been through administrations that were pro-climate action, others that weren't so much.
He says the lesson for people working on climate solutions is to keep pushing forward.
On the local level.
All these climate actions on the local level, he says, add up.
And that is why NPR and the NPR network have dedicated this past week to examples of local climate solutions across the country.
When you add all these local actions up, yes, actions on the city and state level matter for reducing emissions.
Obviously, scientists are calling for coordinated high level climate actions from federal governments.
But because a lot of policies for energy and transportation and building codes, those are implemented on the local level, research finds that what states and cities do actually really matters for climate.
And that's why, Aisha, I want to tell you about some communities here in the U.S.
where people are making real changes.
Exactly, Aisha.
A lot of the stories this week are about energy because the energy sector, it's a huge driver of global warming.
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