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27 November
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11:30
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Interview with Suzette Mitchell, country representative of UN Women in Viet Nam
Suzette Mitchell, the Country Representative from the UN Women VietNam Country Office, describes
grassroots initiatives to empower Vietnamese women to join the dialogue on climate change. Her
organisation has provided training for women to become change makers rather than victims in their
local communities, which they want to share across the global south.
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11:45
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Interview with Francois Rogers, Special Advisor , IUCN Global Gender Office, International Union for
Conservation of Nature
Francois Rogers describes how implementation is key to climate change solutions that also advance
gender equality.
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Interview with P. Trish Glazebrook, Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of
North Texas, Life e. v
Trish Glazebrook, Professor at the University of North Texas talks about the higher impacts of climate
change felt by women. She says that 70% of farmers globally are women, and often working as subsistence
farmers the have a invisibility that means they are not getting the help they need to respond to
climate change.
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12:15
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Interview with Lani Eugenia, General Secretary of the Indonesian Women Farmer and Rural Women
Organization, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Lani Eugenia, General Secretary at Puantani, an Indonesian Women’s Organisation talks about the
impacts of climate change on farming in Indonesia and how it disproportionately affects women.
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12:30
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Interview with Anjum Assad Amin, Member of the National Disaster Management Authority. Pakistan
Ajum Assad Amin, the Prime Minister's Secretariat from the National Disaster Management Authority,
says that 9 out of 10 disasters happening in Pakistan are due to climate change and are adversely
affecting women. She calls for training and recognition of their role for Pakistani women.
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12:45
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Interview with Arend Kuster, Board member of the Qatar sustainability network
Arend Kuster, Managing Director of QScience.com talks about the need for climate science to be open
access so all members of the public can use it.
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13:00
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Interview with Mimi Melles from Advocates for Youth
Mimi Melles, a Consultant at Advocates for Youth talks about the links between reproductive health and
climate change. She says empowering women and young people and increasing the access to sexual and
reproductive health services could help communities adapt to climate change.
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13:20
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Interview with Queen Ehirim National Co-ordinator of Global Community Peace Network
Initiative
Queen Ehirim talks about what how climate change is impacting women in Nigeria. She says that climate
change hugely affects the women of Nigeria who are often the main breadwinner of the average family in
the country.
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13:30
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Interview with Jim Dougherty, Director of Sierra Club
Jim Dougherty talks about the group’s work in the US defeating coal fired power stations. He
explains that the group has moved from an environmental group aimed at protecting wild spaces to one
focused on pollution and now climate change and fossil fuels.
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14:00
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Interview with Reem Al Mealla, member of the Arab Youth Climate
Movement. Indy-ACT
Reem Al Mealla from the Arab Youth Climate Movement says the group has a strong message for Arab
governments that they should pledge now to cut down their greenhouse gas emissions.
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14:15
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Interview with Marcel Hanegraaf Researcher from the University of Antwerpen. Belgium
Marcel Hanegraaff, PhD Researcher at the Universiteit Antwerpen, talks about the organisation
participation at the climate talks. He says that while there is a lot of organisation and NGO activity
at the conference, whether this translates into these groups actually having an impact is less
certain.
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14:40
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Interview with Maria N. Hastrup and Lizette Simpson members of the World Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Souts
Maria Hastrup and Lizette Simpson talk about the importance of girls being involved in climate change
issues. They say for the girl guides and girl scouts it is just a natural thing to be involved.
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15:00
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Interview with Yvonne Maingey from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Yvonne Maingey, Intern at UNEP talks about her journey into environmentalism. She says she was inspired
by the late Wangari Maathai when she saw her on television fighting for Kenya’s forests.
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15:10
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Interview with Josephine Castillo (Jhocas), member of the Dampa Federation, Huairou Commission
Women Homes and Community
Josephine Castillo, Grassroots Leader talks about how her network is helping to build resilient cities
in the Philippines.
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15:30
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Interview with Cecilia M. Kibe National co-ordinator of the Kenya Climate Justice Women
Champions. Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
Cecilia Kibe from the Kenya Climate Justice Women Champions talks about her work trying to bring women
into the decision making process on climate change. She explains the structure of her organisation and
how it helps the flow of information from national to village level and back again.
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15:40
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Interview with Rhoda Robinson from the Hacey’s Health Initiative
Rhoda Robinson, Director of Administration at Hacey’s Health Initiative talks about a project
they are involved in called the Global Action Classroom. She explains how it aims to bring together
children from different countries to share their environmental projects.
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15:45
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Interview with Donna Goodman from the Earth Child Institute
Donna Goodman, Executive Director of Earth Child Institute argues that climate change agreements
without youth empowerment will never work.
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15:50
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Interview with Didhaa Diribaa Ayane, Director General of Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise.
Ethiopia
Didhaa Diribaa Ayane talks about the problem of deforestation in Ethiopia. He says that there are many
reasons why forests are being destroyed in the country including fires, agricultural land expansion and
new settlements and warns that the livelihoods of local people depend on using the forest’s
resources.
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16:00
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Interview with Masahiko Horie, Ambassador for Global Environment of Japan.
Masahiko Horie, Ambassador for Global Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan talks
about the work the country has been doing regionally and internationally on climate change.
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16:30
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Interview with Adeyemi Olabinjo, Lord Mayor of Ojokoro Lagos. UN of Youth Network
Lord Mayor Adeyemi Olabinjo, the Mayor of Ojokoro, Ojokoro Lagos Government, says that a lot of
Nigeria's current difficulties are due to environmental problems. He has come to COP18 to share
knowledge and solutions with others states facing similar problems.
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17:00
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Interview with Prince Goodluck Obi President of UN of Youth Network of Nigeria.
Prince Goodluck Obi, President General at the United Nations of Youth in Nigeria says he is attending
the conference to share ideas and best practices with other countries around the world.
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17:20
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Interview with Brahma Kumaris from the Bhama Kumaris World Spiritual University
Sister Jayanti Kirpalani talks about the spiritual dimension of climate change.
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17:40
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Interview with Kelly Dent from Oxfam Australia
Kelly Dent, COP18 Global Lead for Oxfam Australia talks about the key issues emerging in the first days
of the talks. She says that behind the scenes tensions are beginning to show within the African
Countries and the Least Developed Countries over the lack of climate finance.
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