COP28 Countdown: 5 Things to Watch at This Year’s Climate Summit, and How AI Might Help Save Mangroves

COP28 kicks off on November 30 in Dubai – that’s the annual UN summit where national governments come together to assess global climate efforts. Today’s episode is a two-part preview for this year’s summit. In Part 1, you’ll hear from Liz Georges, WWF’s senior director for climate communications. Liz is going to tell us what it’s like to be at a COP (2:15) and break down the top 5 issues and activities that we’ll be watching heading into Dubai (8:35). Then, in Part 2, you’ll hear from Shaun Martin, WWF’s vice president for climate change adaptation, about ManglarIA, an exciting new initiative that WWF will be showcasing at COP28 aimed at deploying AI to protect and restore mangroves (25:45).

LINKS:

COP28 Website

WWF at COP28

WWF-BCG Report: Building a Nature-Postive Energy Transformation

America is All In

Local Climate Action Summit

ManglarIA web story

Liz Georges bio

Shaun Martin bio