Brief: Cop(Out)28 (w/Maya Lilly)

COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, recently took place in the UAE. The controversial conference included 2,500 fossil fuel industry lobbyists and featured billionaires flying into Dubai on private jet. Yet, as Maya Lilly—a film, television, and digital media producer who focuses on activist documentary storytelling—tells Derek, it's one of the few places that so many nations and world leaders meet to discuss climate change. And, she says, the financial incentives exist to make even the richest men salivate. Governments just need the political will, and citizens need to vote more climate-forward legislators into office. Show Notes Maya Lilly’s Curated Climate Reading List Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn Right-wing media use COP28 to dismiss climate-related deaths Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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