Podcasts about thanu yakupitiyage

The US has unveiled an updated carbon pledge that will nearly halve its emissions by 2030. The announcement came at a virtual summit on climate at the White House, and Thanu Yakupitiyage of climate action group 350 gives us her response to the news. Paula DiPerna of international not-for-profit, the Climate Disclosure Project, tells us how companies have started to adapt their businesses ahead of government policy intervention. Avijit Das is chief executive of Eveready, which manufactures small wind turbines in Africa, and discusses what role wind power can play in the future energy mix. Following the conviction in Minneapolis of the police officer who murdered George Floyd almost 11 months ago, and the funeral tomorrow in the same city of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man killed by a police officer, we look at policy work and corporate pledges aimed at addressing systemic racism. We hear from Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, about the prospects for federal legislation on police reform. Also in the programme, there's a meeting at the World Trade Organisation devoted to a proposal from South Africa and India to temporarily waive patent protections on vaccines, in a bid to boost global vaccine supply. South Africa's trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel makes the case for such a move. Plus, our regular workplace commentator, Peter Morgan, examines recent research by Microsoft indicating that many bosses may be oblivious to the number of people who will be looking to move on from their teams once the pandemic is over. The BBC’s Fergus Nicoll will be joined from Hong Kong by Enda Curran, Chief Asia Economics Correspondent for Bloomberg News, from Los Angeles, Nicole Childers, Executive Producer of Marketplace Morning Report on American Public Media, and from Washington, Claire Healy, Director of E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism. (Picture: President Biden addresses the climate summit. Picture credit: EPA.)

The US has unveiled an updated carbon pledge that will nearly halve its emissions by 2030. The announcement came at a virtual summit on climate at the White House, and Thanu Yakupitiyage of climate action group 350 gives us her response to the news. Paula DiPerna of international not-for-profit, the Climate Disclosure Project, tells us how companies have started to adapt ahead of government policy intervention. Avijit Das is chief executive of Eveready, which manufactures small wind turbines in Africa, and discusses what role wind power can play in the future energy mix. Also in the programme, there's a meeting at the World Trade Organisation devoted to a proposal from South Africa and India to temporarily waive patent protections on vaccines, in a bid to boost global vaccine supply. South Africa's trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel makes the case for such a move. Plus, our regular workplace commentator, Peter Morgan, examines recent research by Microsoft indicating that many bosses may be oblivious to the number of people who will be looking to move on from their teams once the pandemic is over. (Picture: President Biden addresses the climate summit. Picture credit: EPA.)

The US has unveiled an updated carbon pledge that will nearly halve its emissions by 2030. The announcement came at a virtual summit on climate at the White House, and Thanu Yakupitiyage of climate action group 350 gives us her response to the news. Avijit Das is chief executive of Eveready, which manufactures small wind turbines in Africa, and discusses what role wind power can play in the future energy mix. Also in the programme, there's a meeting at the World Trade Organisation to discuss a proposal from South Africa and India to temporarily waive patent protections on vaccines, in a bid to boost global vaccine supply. South Africa's trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel makes the case for such a move. Plus, our regular workplace commentator, Peter Morgan, examines recent research by Microsoft indicating that many bosses may be oblivious to the number of people who will be looking to move on from their jobs once the pandemic is over.

We discuss the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and climate change with Thanu Yakupitiyage the Communications Director for 350.org. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (10 minute HMM)

We discuss the relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and climate change with Thanu Yakupitiyage the Communications Director for 350.org. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (Full interview)

Emma and Chloe discuss the recent election result in Australia and what it means for the environment. What should people worried about climate change do now? To explore that question, they go back and look at former PM Bob Hawke’s environmental legacy and the role he played in saving Antarctica from mining. They discuss how environmental wins come about and how the landscape has changed since Hawke. How do we talk about climate change today and why isn’t that translating into action? What kind of communication works, and why? Why are we so obsessed with market solutions and tech billionaires? Chloe goes deeper into a discussion of the role of social movements, and what the long historical threads of nonviolent action might tell us about the way forward.Reading ListOn environmentalism and climate change:Micha Frazer-Carroll, “On environmentalism, whiteness and activist superstars,” gal-dem, 25 September 2019http://gal-dem.com/on-individualism-whiteness-and-activist-superstars/?fbclid=IwAR2nZWGp9zqK04FGukcFIddz1HTLoQEWG5bDUPStAxwTIwMFG_18yl6TTRQMartin Gelin, “The Misogyny of Climate Deniers,” The New Republic, 29 August 2019.https://newrepublic.com/article/154879/misogyny-climate-deniersChristopher Jones, “The Delusion and Danger of Infinite Economic Growth,” The New Republic, 2 October 2019.https://newrepublic.com/article/155214/delusion-danger-infinite-economic-growthBill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? (2019)Noami Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (2014) and On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal (2019)David Wallace-Wells, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (2019)Maia Wikler and Thanu Yakupitiyage, “11 Young Climate Justice Activists You Need to Pay Attention to,” Vice, 1 October 2019https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8xwvq3/11-young-climate-justice-activists-you-need-to-pay-attention-to-beyond-greta-thunbergOn tech billionaires:Luke Darby, “Private jets, parties and eugenics: Jeffrey Epstein's bizarre world of scientists,” The Guardian, 19 August 2019https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/18/private-jets-parties-and-eugenics-jeffrey-epsteins-bizarre-world-of-scientistsJustine Musk, "I Was a Starter Wife": Inside America's Messiest Divorce, Marie Claire, 10 September 2010https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-starter-wife/Adam Rogers, “How Rich Donors Like Epstein (and Others) Undermine Science,” Wired, 15 September 2019https://www.wired.com/story/the-problem-with-rich-people-funding-science/James B. Stewart, Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, “Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA,” New York Times, 31 Juy 2019https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.htmlOn Antarctica:Emma Shortis, “Lessons from the Last Continent: Science, Emotion, and the Relevance of History,” in Communicating the Climate: From Knowing Change to Changing Knowledge, Perspectives, Issue 2019/4, Rachel Carson Centre.http://www.environmentandsociety.org/perspectives/2019/4/communicating-climate-knowing-change-changing-knowledgeEmma Shortis,“History repeating as Greenpeace returns to the Antarctic,” Greenpeace Australia Pacific, 18 April 2018.https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/historyrepeatingasgreenpeacereturnsto-the-antarctic/Emma Shortis,“Saving Antarctica, the last continent,” Daily Review, 17 December 2016.https://dailyreview.com.au/saving-antarctica/53885/

This is a big week! On Friday, activists across 150 countries will join #ClimateStrike. We discuss our plans for the climate protest and talk to 350's Thanu Yakupitiyage, who is the epitome of cool, about climate activism and expressing beliefs through art.  Then, we chat with Cassie Flynn of United Nations Development about the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, The Paris Agreement, and how to get really important world leaders to agree on major climate initiatives. She's brilliant and this was fun.  As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and more! Follow Cassie Flynn on Twitter @cassie_flynn Follow Thanu Yakupitiyage on Twitter @ty_ushka Learn more about The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld Check out the trailer's for Thanu Yakupitiyage's MigrantScape: http://www.migrantscape.com/ NBC News, "Thanu Yakupitiyage Is Amplifying Sounds, Immigrant Voices" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/thanu-yakupitiyage-amplifying-sounds-immigrant-voices-n600761 NPR, "EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections" https://www.npr.org/2019/09/12/760203456/epa-makes-rollback-of-clean-water-rules-official-repealing-2015-protections Thanu Yakupitiyage, "If You Care About Climate Change, You Should Care About Anti-Immigrant Policy" https://350.org/climate-change-and-immigration/    

On this month's South Asian spotlight, we celebrate India's Supreme Court's historic decision striking down Section 377, an archaic Colonial law that criminalized homosexuality. We talk to a feisty Desi lesbian couple  Priti and Mads about their new ice cream business, a venture that has helped them dream and live outside the box in many ways! We also hear from Thanu Yakupitiyage from 350.org, about the ongoing climate actions in resistance to Governor Brown's Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, and why climate change is also a South Asian issue; and the piece de resistance: a sneak peek into a brand new storytelling podcast by APEX Express' Preeti Mangala Shekar! The post APEX Express – Celebrating India's Historic Moment for LGBT Rights, and more! appeared first on KPFA.

This is a recast of the episode where Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and look into the fraught, racist history of immigration reform. We also speak with the New York Immigration Coalition’s Thanu Yakupitiyage about what the new rules mean for undocumented immigrants in the US, and knowing your rights. 

Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and look into the fraught, racist history of immigration reform. We also speak with the New York Immigration Coalition’s Thanu Yakupitiyage about what the new rules mean for undocumented immigrants in the US, and knowing your rights. 

Immigration raids across the country, a new movement coming from the White House against legal immigration, and a repeated accusation of voter fraud — again, blaming undocumented immigrants. Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion on this and more with Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, and Thanu Yakupitiyage, Senior Communications Manager at the New York Immigration Coalition. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The New York Immigration Coalition unites almost 200 organizations, working to assist and protect immigrants. Thanu Yakupitiyage reviews obstacles-language barriers, inadequate legal representation, and anxiety and fear generated by the 2016 election.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV explores the influx of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. w/Laird W. Bergad, Distinguished Prof., and Dir. of the CUNY Center for Latin American Studies, and Thanu Yakupitiyage, Comm. Coordinator of The NY Immigration Coalition.

A movement that was once monolithic has become fragmented, with some activists abandoning the fight for comprehensive immigration reform altogether while others focus instead on local-level relief. In this podcast Fi2W Executive Producer John Rudolph and former editor Von Diaz talk with Thanu Yakupitiyage, the Communications Coordinator for The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) who runs a group for undocumented youth in New York. Listen to their conversation about why many undocumented youth are shifting focus, and what it could mean for the movement.