Three becomes two on the edie team as Luke and Sarah reflect on ‘frantic Friday’ at the climate summit, featuring a round up of the global commitments from World leaders along with special guest interviews with Google and the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Partnership. 

Say hello – podcast@fav-house.com. 

View all of edie's COP28 content – https://www.edie.net/tag/cop28/.

COP28 03 | World leader pledges, NDC stocktakes and AI for climate action

Welcome to COP30 Covered - the daily podcast show from the award-winning edie team which will be keeping you informed and inspired during the 2025 UN climate summit in Brazil.

This fifth episode, released Wednesday 12 November 2025, focuses on the impact of the energy transition on people. 

Can young people expect to enter good, clean energy jobs? Why is it still challenging to finance renewables in low-income nations? And what's the role of philanthropy in improving energy access? 

We put these questions to our expert guest, Woochong Um, who is the CEO of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP). 

We also bring you the biggest headlines from the UN climate summit in brief, covering everything from China's presence to forest finance. 

Your hosts are:
- edie content editor Sarah George
- edie editor Matt Mace
- edie senior reporter Sidhi Mittal

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Episode 5: Indigenous protests, the Africa COP and the just energy transition

What were the day’s big announcements? How are businesses turning global climate commitments into local sustainability actions? And what has Lula said now? Join the award-winning edie team for this daily podcast show covering the UN's COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil.

Episode 5: Indigenous protests, the Africa COP and the just energy transition

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