Episode 3

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Published on:

12th Mar 2021

Politics

Leo Varadkar's speech on the steps of the Irish Embassy in Washington DC in March 2020 was one of those seminal moments, the day our lives changed. Ellen and Darragh use that speech as the focal point for their chat about the parallels between COVID and climate politics.

If we are going to take meaningful action on climate change we need to approach it with the same seriousness, the same crisis footing.

The episode ends with suggestions for getting more politically active and these websites/organisations are mentioned:

whoismytd.com

onefuture.ie

stopclimatechaos.ie

The speech which the episode is based around can be found here:

https://amp.rte.ie/amp/1121849/

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The COVID Alarm Clock
Can we use our experience of COVID as a wake up call to take real climate action?
This podcast asks if we can use our experience of COVID as a wake up call to take real action on climate change.
Join hosts Darragh Wynne and Ellen Hegarty, based in Dublin, Ireland, as they chat about topics including science, politics, media, the economy and more, looking at what we have learned about these areas throughout the pandemic and how that can inform our climate response.
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