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Sustainable Views: Can female leadership accelerate climate action?

Season 3, Ep. 4

There was barely a woman to be seen in the official photograph of the world's climate leaders at COP28. This is a problem when half of the world's population is female.

We spoke to former Canadian environment minister Catherine McKenna and Aron Cramer, CEO and president of sustainability consultancy BSR, about how they believe more women can be brought into the climate space and how this can change the dynamics around climate action.

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