#christiana figueres

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#CLIMATEEMERGENCY by Massive Attack (with Algiers and narration by Christiana Figueres) from the Eutopia EP

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DAME CHRISTIANA FIGUERES // DIPLOMAT

“She is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. During the next six years she worked to rebuild the global climate change negotiating process, leading to the 2015 Paris Agreement, widely recognized as a historic achievement.”

[justalittlesolarpunk]

I’ve teased it. You’ve waited. I’ve procrastinated. You’ve probably forgotten all about it.

But now, finally, I’m here with my solarpunk resources masterpost!

YouTube Channels:

Andrewism

The Solarpunk Scene

Solarpunk Life

Solarpunk Station

Our Changing Climate

Podcasts:

The Joy Report

How To Save A Planet

Demand Utopia

Solarpunk Presents

Outrage and Optimisim

From What If To What Next

Solarpunk Now

Idealistically

The Extinction Rebellion Podcast

The Landworkers' Radio

Wilder

What Could Possibly Go Right?

Frontiers of Commoning

The War on Cars

The Rewild Podcast

Solacene

Imagining Tomorrow

Books (Fiction):

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness The Dispossessed The Word for World is Forest

Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Phoebe Wagner: When We Hold Each Other Up

Phoebe Wagner, Bronte Christopher Wieland: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation

Brenda J. Pierson: Wings of Renewal: A Solarpunk Dragon Anthology

Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro: Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World

Justine Norton-Kertson: Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology

Sim Kern: The Free People’s Village

Ruthanna Emrys: A Half-Built Garden

Sarina Ulibarri: Glass & Gardens

Books (Non-fiction):

Murray Bookchin: The Ecology of Freedom

George Monbiot: Feral

Miles Olson: Unlearn, Rewild

Mark Shepard: Restoration Agriculture

Kristin Ohlson: The Soil Will Save Us

Rowan Hooper: How To Spend A Trillion Dollars

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing: The Mushroom At The End of The World

Kimberly Nicholas: Under The Sky We Make

Robin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass

David Miller: Solved

Ayana Johnson, Katharine Wilkinson: All We Can Save

Jonathan Safran Foer: We Are The Weather

Colin Tudge: Six Steps Back To The Land

Edward Wilson: Half-Earth

Natalie Fee: How To Save The World For Free

Kaden Hogan: Humans of Climate Change

Rebecca Huntley: How To Talk About Climate Change In A Way That Makes A Difference

Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac: The Future We Choose

Jonathon Porritt: Hope In Hell

Paul Hawken: Regeneration

Mark Maslin: How To Save Our Planet

Katherine Hayhoe: Saving Us

Jimmy Dunson: Building Power While The Lights Are Out

Paul Raekstad, Sofa Saio Gradin: Prefigurative Politics

Andreas Malm: How To Blow Up A Pipeline

Phoebe Wagner, Bronte Christopher Wieland: Almanac For The Anthropocene

Chris Turner: How To Be A Climate Optimist

William MacAskill: What We Owe To The Future

Mikaela Loach: It's Not That Radical

Miles Richardson: Reconnection

David Harvey: Spaces of Hope Rebel Cities

Eric Holthaus: The Future Earth

Zahra Biabani: Climate Optimism

David Ehrenfeld: Becoming Good Ancestors

Stephen Gliessman: Agroecology

Chris Carlsson: Nowtopia

Jon Alexander: Citizens

Leah Thomas: The Intersectional Environmentalist

Greta Thunberg: The Climate Book

Jen Bendell, Rupert Read: Deep Adaptation

Seth Godin: The Carbon Almanac

Jane Goodall: The Book of Hope

Vandana Shiva: Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture

Amitav Ghosh: The Great Derangement

Minouche Shafik: What We Owe To Each Other

Dieter Helm: Net Zero

Chris Goodall: What We Need To Do Now

Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Stephanie Foote: The Cambridge Companion To The Environmental Humanities

Bella Lack: The Children of The Anthropocene

Hannah Ritchie: Not The End of The World

Chris Turner: How To Be A Climate Optimist

Kim Stanley Robinson: Ministry For The Future

Fiona Mathews, Tim Kendall: Black Ops & Beaver Bombing

Jeff Goodell: The Water Will Come

Lynne Jones: Sorry For The Inconvenience But This Is An Emergency

Helen Crist: Abundant Earth

Sam Bentley: Good News, Planet Earth!

Timothy Beal: When Time Is Short

Andrew Boyd: I Want A Better Catastrophe

Kristen R. Ghodsee: Everyday Utopia

Elizabeth Cripps: What Climate Justice Means & Why We Should Care

Kylie Flanagan: Climate Resilience

Chris Johnstone, Joanna Macy: Active Hope

Mark Engler: This is an Uprising

Anne Therese Gennari: The Climate Optimist Handbook

Magazines:

Solarpunk Magazine

Positive News

Resurgence & Ecologist

Ethical Consumer

Films (Fiction):

How To Blow Up A Pipeline

The End We Start From

Woman At War

Black Panther

Star Trek

Tomorrowland

Films (Documentary):

2040: How We Can Save The Planet

The People vs Big Oil

Wild Isles

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Generation Green New Deal

Planet Earth III

Video Games:

Terra Nil

Animal Crossing

Gilded Shadows

Anno 2070

Stardew Valley

RPGs:

Solarpunk Futures

Perfect Storm

Advocacy Groups:

A22 Network

Extinction Rebellion

Greenpeace

Friends of The Earth

Green New Deal Rising

Apps:

Ethy

Sojo

BackMarket

Depop

Vinted

Olio

Buy Nothing

Too Good To Go

Websites:

European Co-housing

UK Co-housing

US Co-housing

Brought By Bike (connects you with zero-carbon delivery goods)

ClimateBase (find a sustainable career)

Environmentjob (ditto)

Businesses (🤢):

Ethical Superstore

Hodmedods

Fairtransport/Sail Cargo Alliance

Let me know if you think there’s anything I’ve missed!

[theroyalsandi]

British Royal Family - The Prince of Wales takes part in a panel discussion on stage with Earthshot Prize trustee Christiana Figueres and Brandon Ng of Ampd Energy at the Earthshot+ Summit at Park Royal Pickering in Singapore | November 08, 2023

[world-of-wales]

THE PRINCE DIARIES ♚

8 NOVEMBER 2023 || SINGAPORE VISIT : DAY IV (2/3) - EARTHSHOT + SUMMIT, PARK ROYAL PICKERING

The Prince of Wales attended the Earthshot + Summit at Park Royal Pickering on his fourth day in Singapore.

During the event, William took part in a panel discussion on stage with Earthshot Prize trustee Christiana Figueres, left, and Brandon Ng of Ampd Energy.

Speaking at the event, he talked about that his hopes of expanding the Earthshot Prize program into a global movement to bolster environmental innovators and galvanize governments to be more engaged in green sectors so that climate change would be easier to tackle.

William said that he foresees policy shifts in environmental protection when the program ends in 2030 and a more supportive domain for innovators.

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The Prince of Wales takes part in a panel discussion on stage with Earthshot Prize trustee Christiana Figueres and Brandon Ng of Ampd Energy at the Earthshot Prize Summit at Park Royal Pickering in Singapore on day four on the occasion of The Earthshot Prize 2023 in Singapore -November 8th 2023.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Keep up climate and nature momentum until COP30, 70 leaders tell Brazil and Colombia

The likes of Christiana Figueres, Paul Polman and Richard Branson have joined dozens of business leaders, scientists and Indigenous leaders in urging world leaders not to drop the ball on climate and nature in the year ahead.

A collective call to action from the 70 individuals and organisations has been made of Brazil – the host nation for next year’s UN climate summit (COP30) – and of Colombia, which this year hosted the bi-annual UN biodiversity summit (COP26).

An open letter from the coalition recognises “integrated action” to date on combatting climate change, conserving and restoring nature, ensuing food security and enhancing Indigenous rights.

But it states that far more rapid, far-reaching and joined-up action is needed going forward.

“As hosts of COP16 and COP30, Colombia and Brazil can forge an enduring partnership that will guide the world by demonstrating the interconnectedness of climate and nature,” states the letter.

“Together, you can champion bold action to ensure our efforts to protect nature are aligned with climate action, while placing the urgent transformation of our food systems at the heart of our shared mission for a sustainable future.

Continue reading.

[lowcountry-gothic]

Photos by Gavin McIntyre, from The Wild and the Water by Stephanie Burt, for The Bitter Southerner.

"The lengthening shadow of development across this peninsula highlights a deeper question for the soul of the city: What worth do wild places have in today’s Charleston? And, as environmentalist Christiana Figueres asserts, if in truth we are nature — not just extracting from it or living with it — how do these places that we have not fashioned, or some might say have left fallow, feed us? How do their inherent natures mirror our own and the stories that weave together to be the Charleston so many love?"

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Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, oversaw the Paris Agreement with an iron fist. This was never about a socialist program of wealth distribution, but was about changing the whole economic system into a Technocracy.

What is not clear about her statement?

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. “This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.” (Christiana Figueres, Feb. 2015)

The plan is to grab all the resources on planet earth, not to re-distribute them. Get your eyes off of communism, socialism and Marxism and you will see this clearly. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.

At the height of the covid lockdowns and mandates a massive portion of the global economy was shut down, leading to supply chain instability, huge job losses and a stagflationary crisis. However, climate change propagandists argued that the event was actually a positive for the planet when it was revealed that emissions fell by 5.4%. They asserted that the covid lockdowns were a practice run for what they called “climate lockdowns” – Presenting a plan for scheduled disruptions to global economic activity as a means to slow the effects of climate change.

Globalists also presented climate lockdowns as a kind of collective social punishment in the event that populations refused to cut carbon output on their own. As World Economic Forum “Agenda Contributor” Mariana Mazzucato argued in 2020:

“Under a “climate lockdown,” governments would limit private-vehicle use, ban consumption of red meat, and impose extreme energy-saving measures, while fossil-fuel companies would have to stop drilling. To avoid such a scenario, we must overhaul our economic structures and do capitalism differently.

Many think of the climate crisis as distinct from the health and economic crises caused by the pandemic. But the three crises – and their solutions – are interconnected…”

After a public uproar over the notion of extending pandemic lockdowns into climate lockdowns, the establishment media would go on to “Fact Check” the issue and assert that it was a “conspiracy theory.” They lied.

The pandemic lockdowns would eventually be exposed as pointless; a disastrous drain on the global economy that did nothing to prevent the spread of the covid virus. But as we witnessed with most of the restrictions instituted during covid, the goal was never to protect the health of the populace. Rather, the goal was to acclimate the populace to an exponentially increasing list of violations of their basic freedoms.

One organization that has a distinct interest in diminishing economic activity for the sake of preventing global warming is the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a recent ‘call for global climate action’ the IMF states that restrictions on economic activity and general emissions activity would have to far surpass those enforced during the pandemic in order to get to their stated temperature target of less than 1.5°C.

[climateinformed]

3 great resources to keep an eye on.

Climate Reality is a great resource for data. https://www.climaterealityproject.org/

The Yale climate group is reliable. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/

And https://www.globaloptimism.com/ is great. This is founded by Christiana Figueres.

[jjgacutno]

The Countdown

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass…[1] Luke 21:36a (KJV)

Thinking about the end of the world is a dreadful thought process for many of us. While there are many ways that our planet and life as we know it could end, it is a matter of preparedness to face this event. Maybe this will happen in our lifetime, or maybe not. I relate this idea with how our climate is changing. It may not be material to end the world, yet the principle of preparation prompts us to an urgent action. The United Nations has reiterated that climate change is happening at a faster pace, and the scientific community agrees that a limit of 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels in temperature must be achieved; To do this, greenhouse gas emissions must be diminished by half by 2030 [2]. That is six years away; to my mind, this serves as a countdown for us, a reminder that our inability to change the climate in our favor would change our lives forever.

Eight years ago, the Paris Agreement was adopted by leaders of all countries as a promise to act and solve the looming global disaster that may be brought about by a changing climate. It has solicited action plans from each country through its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) as a response to the 2030 temperature target among many things; While the UN is aware that even with the INDC of the countries, the global temperature would still be increased by around 2.7 to 3.5 degrees Celsius; this is still better than not acting as that would mean an over 4-degree Celsius increase in global temperature [3]. I was in college back then preparing for my undergraduate thesis hoping that after I finish my degree, I could face the real world with opportunities and that it would welcome me as a global citizen ready to pitch in the many problems that plague our world. I was hopeful and saw that the Paris Agreement served as a symbol of a true ‘united nations’; I was about to start my career thinking that yes, we have one major global problem that will be solved and to which I do not have to worry. I remember watching the Ted Talk of Christiana Figueres entitled ‘The Inside Story of the Paris Climate Agreement’ two months after she led the Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) [4]; being a millennial, her optimism inspired me to forge a path in my life bearing a purpose of transformative leadership as I was finishing my degree. I guess it is a human spirit to celebrate this success of consolidating international cooperation to decide the fate of our world with climate science.

Fast forward to today, the UN cited that we are “drastically off track” from the 2030 target [5]. This news does not sit well for us given the negative consequences of not achieving this climate goal. Some might think that we still have time. That six years is still enough for us to get there. I do not discount this optimism and move towards a we-can-still-do-something attitude. Yet, I also believe that radical and similar transformative leaderships are needed to get us to the target. When I look at the UN’s statement, it makes me wonder what happened. It could be the procrastination of governments and the private sector to adopt tangible actions for emission reduction and transition to climate-friendly practices and technologies. I could not unsee how the United States, of all the nations that must adhere to the Paris Agreement, opted to withdraw in 2019 when it is one of the developed economies that significantly impacted the climate; Had it not been with the new administration, the US could still not re-accept the agreement two years after [6]. This instability in the position of the US government may say a lot about how arbitrarily one nation can topple our potential progress. I also consider the decisions of major corporations to act sustainably and help reduce our climate debt—moves that would make the next six years mirror the critical role of the private sector in climate action. At an individual level, I look at my consumption and lifestyle as ways in which I can positively contribute to climate action; Understanding where and when I can limit my carbon footprint creates a personal commitment to be part of achieving our emissions targets.

By 2030, I will be in my early 30s and look forward to the prime years of my career. Yet if the global climate outlook remains a red flag, the years of hard work of my generation and the next after mine will be offset by the inequalities and insecurities of the borderless climate catastrophes. This is a reminder for us that time is ticking. If we do not act now, it might be too late for us.

[1] King James Bible. (2008). Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+21%3A36&version=KJV (Original work published 1769)

[2] Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. (n.d.). United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change/

[3] UN Climate Change Conference Paris 2015. (n.d.). United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cop21/

[4] The inside story of the Paris climate agreement. (2016, February). TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/christiana_figueres_the_inside_story_of_the_paris_climate_agreement?language=en

[5] Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. (n.d.). United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change/

[6] Paris Agreement. (2015, December 12). United Nations Treaty Collections. https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XXVII-7-d&chapter=27&clang=_en&_gl=1*1m20zpi*_ga*MTYyNDI4MDQ0Ni4xNzEwNzcxMDg3*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*MTcxMTI1ODc1MC4xLjAuMTcxMTI1ODc1MC4wLjAuMA

[justalittlesolarpunk]

Happy International Women’s Day. Reminder that this day emerged out of labour organising and it’s not about celebrating girlbosses or any whitewashed corporate feminism. It’s about equal pay for equal work, full bodily autonomy, the liberation of queer and trans women, sex work decrim, fairly shared domestic labour, global decolonisation, fighting misogynoir, an end to sexual harassment and rape culture, a society that actually supports those trying to raise children, fair representation of women across all sectors and positions in society, media and stories that don’t cast women as passive and useless. Reminder that patriarchy is inextricably linked with the forces currently wreaking such destruction on nature and the environment, that a green future is a feminist future and a feminist future is a green future. From Greta Thunberg to Leah Namugerwa to Christiana Figueres, Mikaela Loach, Xiye Bastida and Nemonte Nenquimo, women are powerful and important voices across our movement, leading the way and demanding the change we need because they understand that it’s all connected.

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The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry, the Guardian can reveal. The UAE is hosting the UN climate summit in November and the president of Cop28 is Sultan Al Jaber, who is also chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). The revelations have been called “explosive” and a “scandal” by lawmakers. The Cop28 office had claimed its email system was “standalone” and “separate” from that of Adnoc. But expert technical analysis showed the office shared email servers with Adnoc. After the Guardian’s inquiries, the Cop28 office switched to a different server on Monday. Al Jaber’s dual role has attracted strong criticism, including from the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, who called his approach “dangerous”.

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails | Cop28 | The Guardian

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The BBC has revealed the names of the inspiring and influential women on the BBC 100 Women list for 2023. For the first time, to recognise the disproportionate impact of climate change on the lives of women and girls, this year’s BBC 100 Women list specifically highlights a group of women leading the battle against the climate crisis.

By naming 28 Climate Pioneers from all corners of the globe, the BBC 100 Women list 2023 celebrates those inspiring and leading their communities to tackle and adapt to the devastating impact of climate change in their regions.

The announcement of this year’s list kicks off the BBC’s 100 Women 2023 season – focusing on women’s right and diverse life experiences around the globe, with special content including interviews, documentaries, features, digital and social journalism, across the BBC’s UK and global TV and radio services, BBC iPlayer and BBC.com.

The season will look at the practice of child marriage, as 12 million underaged girls are forced into marriage every year. It will explore the spike in climate anxiety concerns with a data-led project, and hear from women whose reproductive choices have been impacted by environmental concerns. It’ll go on the road with Mexican truck drivers in a heavily male-dominated and dangerous business, and also travel up the mountains with a group of shepherdesses who brought wealth and transformed their community in less than a generation.

“It is fantastic to see the truly remarkable women named on this year’s BBC 100 Women list. This diverse list of influential and ground-breaking grassroots women, who have been making a difference in their field – from community level to international politics – are an inspiration to us all.”

— Liliane Landor, Senior Controller, BBC News International Services

Notable names from the BBC 100 Women 2023 list include former First Lady of the United States, attorney and campaigner Michelle Obama, footballer Aitana Bonmatí, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, actresses America Ferrera and Dia Mirza, beauty mogul Huda Kattan, AI expert Timnit Gebru, campaigner Ulanda Mtamba, writer Oksana Zabuzhko and feminist leader Gloria Steinem.

Yet it is the new names that make the BBC 100 women list so unique. Among them are the 28 Climate Pioneers, announced to coincide with the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, starting later this month in Dubai.

They include Indian photographer Arati Kumar-Rao, Paraguayan sprinter Camila Pirelli, South African freediving instructor Zandile Ndhlovu, Pakistani midwife Neha Mankani, Nigerian mental health advocate Jennifer Uchendu and Thai campaigner for indigenous and LGBTQ+ rights Matcha Phorn-in.

Other women celebrated for their work tackling the climate crisis in different fields, include Brazil's state minister Sonia Guajajara, firefighter Sofia Kosacheva, and climate advisers Iryna Stavchuk and Christiana Figueres.

Liliane Landor, Senior Controller of BBC News International Services says: “It is fantastic to see the truly remarkable women named on this year’s BBC 100 Women list. This diverse list of influential and ground-breaking grassroots women, who have been making a difference in their field – from community level to international politics – are an inspiration to us all.

“In a year where extreme heat, wildfires, floods and other natural disasters have been dominating headlines, and where wars have weighed heavily, it is more important than ever that the BBC World Service continues to shine a spotlight on women globally and their fight back against climate change.”

Alongside the list, BBC 100 Women will present a season of specially commissioned content and documentaries, featuring the untold stories of some of this year’s BBC 100 Women, including:

Arab News: This combination of photos shows two profiles from BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023, featuring Pakistani shepherdess Afroze-Numa and Neha Mankani, a midwife who provided life-saving care during the 2022 floods. (Photo courtesy: BBC)

In Conversation

BBC News will broadcast exclusive conversations with some of the most globally recognised women on this year’s list:

BBC 100 Women In Conversation: Amal Clooney, Michelle Obama and Melinda French Gates

Each year, 12 million underaged girls are forced into marriage – a crisis that at the current rate will take over 300 years to fix, says the UN. Now, three of the world’s most high-profile humanitarians have vowed to tackle the issue together. In a BBC 100 Women exclusive, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates talk about the work they do to combat child marriage and amplify the efforts of grassroots organisations.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 25 November at 01:30 and 08:30 GMT, and Sunday 26 November at 07:30, 14:30 and 21:30 GMT

BBC 100 Women In Conversation: Gloria Steinem

The face of the women's rights movements in the US during the 1970s and an icon of feminism, Gloria Steinem has spent the last 50 years focusing her efforts on advancing women's political participation and reproductive rights. Her activism followed her career in journalism, where she was the co-founder of Miss Magazine, one of the first US publications to focus on women's issues beyond the perils of housekeeping. Now at 89 years old, Steinem has sat down with BBC 100 Women to discuss how feminism has changed over the decades, the impact of cancel culture, and what the future might look like for women's rights around the world.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 2 December at 12:30 GMT and Sunday 3 December at 00:30, 07:30 and 19:30

BBC 100 Women Documentaries. Rising Tides, Shifting Futures

With sea levels rising fast, women are leading grassroots efforts in coastal areas to help mitigate the effects of climate change. From Miami’s increasingly gentrified Little Haiti neighbourhood, to the fishing villages of eastern Ghana and the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa, BBC 100 Women meets the women at the forefront of the climate battle – working against the odds to secure a future for themselves and their communities.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 25 November at 02:30 and 15:30 GMT and Sunday 26 November at 00:30, 09:30 and 18:30 GMT

Ride Above It

Balance, stamina and sequins: BBC 100 Women enters the show-stopping world of disabled equestrian vaulting. A small-town troop of disabled children and women in Italy train hard all year and compete to find glory in the ring, doing gymnastics and coordinated dances on a horseback. But the rewards of the sport go well beyond the medals – as they work to deal with stigma and overcome their own fears, one pirouette at a time.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 2 December at 02:30 and 15:30 GMT and on Sunday 3 December at 09:30 and 18:30 GMT

On The Road with Mexico’s Traileras

Clara, Liszy and Paty are breaking gender barriers in the male-dominated cargo transport industry – they are some of Mexico’s traileras, women truck drivers travelling distances on the country’s dangerous routes. Robberies and abuse are part of the hazards they face in the job – but the traileras are determined to overcome adversity. BBC 100 Women rides with them as they work to make a better life for their families and change the face of the next generation of drivers in Latin America.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 16 December

The Last Wakhi Shepherdesses

Deep into Pakistan’s Karakoram mountains lies the scenic Shimshal Valley, home to the Wakhi shepherdesses. Every year, over many generations, these women have taken their flocks to high pastures, where they prepare dairy products to barter while their animals graze during the warmer season. Their income has brought prosperity to the village and allowed them to build roads and provide an education for their children – but their tradition is about to end. BBC 100 Women follows the last shepherdesses on their journey up the mountains, on a dangerous trek 4,800m above sea level.

Airs on BBC News on Saturday 23 December

BBC 100 Women at COP28

BBC 100 Women will be present at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28, from 30 November to highlight the strand's commitment to telling the climate story. We will be holding a TV broadcast from Expo City, Dubai and from Nairobi, bringing some of our grassroot pioneers together to provide a space to share their thoughts and deeply personal experiences of living life right on the forefront of the climate crisis, amidst a growing sense of climate anxiety.

This programme will air on BBC News on 3 December and will also be available on The Climate Question podcast from 10 December.

BBC World Service Radio

The Conversation - BBC 100 Women special: Climate Pioneers

Kim Chakanetsa meets two women on this year's BBC 100 Women list: Basima Abdulrahman, founder and CEO of KESK, the first company in Iraq to offer green building services and products, and Jennifer Uchendu, founder of SustyVibes in Nigeria, a youth-led sustainability organisation, and The Eco Anxiety Project, an initiative promoting awareness and research into climate change and its impact on young Africans’ mental health.

They’ll discuss their commitment to the environment, the challenges of getting their messages across, the impact that climate change is having on their mental health and their hopes for the future.

Airs on BBC World Service Radio Monday 27 November at 11:30 GMT