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Climate's Best and Worst of 2023

From wildfires to COP28 to community: The Climate Lens reflects on the past year

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Season 1, episode 16
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The Best and Worst Climate Stories of 2023 with Calgary’s climate community. Druh Farrel (former City of Calgary's councillor), Claire Kraatz (co-lead of Alberta's chapter of For Our Kids), Noel Keough (co-founder of Sustainable Calgary), Jenny Yeremiy (reclamation specialist), Jodi Conuel (program coordinator at the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley), Andy Kubrin (creator of the Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels blog), Markham Hislop (energy writer and independent journalist), Daniel Smithies (volunteer & admin Coordinator at the Calgary Climate Hub) and Joe Vipond (president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) join Steve Bentley to reflect on the year that was.

 

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In 2023 the COP global climate conference has never been more important yet more compromised. Catch up wth the Hub's daily COP28 coverage on this Youtube playlist 

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Energi Media https://energi.media/

Markham Hislop Twitter/X: @politicalham

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Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca

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Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative https://www.bvgreenenergy.org/

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Sustainable Calgary https://www.sustainablecalgary.org/

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For Our Kids https://www.forourkids.ca/

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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment https://cape.ca/

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