130. Opening Hearts with Elizabeth Wathuti

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the ink still drying on The Glasgow Pact, we’re already hearing the results from Glasgow being labeled in binary terms like “Success” and “Failure” While we know that some stunning pledges and progressive language in the Pact came from some of the negotiations, it is also true that historically these pledges have not been met completely, or have been missed entirely. Full stop.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So with millions of humans suffering under the systemic injustice of rising global emissions, how do we meet this moment to reduce those global emissions and break those unjust systems of oppression? And how does the COP process make those necessary changes politically possible? And in the next eight years?!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe it’s as simple as starting with silence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we speak with Elizabeth Wathuti, environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya. She is the founder and president of</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Green Generation Initiative, and Head of Campaigns and Daima Consortium Coordinator for the Wangari Maathai Foundation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elizabeth brought the house down at COP26 this year with her speech in which she led a moment of silence followed by the urgency to every Head of State in the room to “ please open your hearts”. You won’t want to miss what she has to say to us on the show!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stick around ‘til the end for an incredible music track from</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Knomad Spock!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">_</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excerpt from Elizabeth Wathuti's speech at COP26, reproduced courtesy of the UN.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excerpt from the Opening Ceremony of the World Leaders Summit at COP26, November 2021.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Available here: <a href=