Money for Change | Triodos | What is the role of finance in addressing climate change?

Welcome to Money for Change, a brand-new podcast from Triodos Bank! In this weekly podcast, the Impact & Economics team will share insights and challenges related to our core question: how can we transition to a more balanced and just world?

Each episode, we’ll be joined by Hans Stegeman, Triodos Bank’s Chief Economist. Together, we’ll dive into various topics and current affairs related to this overarching question, exploring ways in which these necessary changes might be realized.

Today we dive into the 29th conference on climate change which is currently underway in Baku. As the current conference is often referred to as the ‘Finance Cop’, it is self-evident that it has our special attention. To help us navigate the latest developments, we’re joined by Hilde Stroot, climate justice expert at Oxfam Novib, who is reporting live from the conference. She’ll share the latest insights from Baku and give us an update on what’s been happening. Furthermore, we’ll explore the concept of climate finance by discussing what it is and who we believe to be responsible for providing the billions of dollars needed to address the climate crisis. We’ll look at the different types of funding, where the money is actually going and the dynamics between developed nations and vulnerable countries that need to be supported.

Hans will elaborate on the subject by giving some hopeful news which functions as an example of how we can fund money for climate change in the future.

Have fun listening and don’t forget to follow and rate us on your favourite podcast platform!

Co-hosts: Ernst Hobma & Hans Stegeman

Guest: Hilde Stroot

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hans’ hopeful news item; https://globalsolidaritylevies.org/scaling-solidarity-progress-on-global-solidarity-levies-report-released/