PS Events: COP30 Studio Sessions – Fireside Chat: Making Sustainable Development Sustainable Although voters around the world generally voice strong support for climate action when polled, governments that actually pursue robust climate policies sometimes face a backlash from constituencies who either have different priorities or reject such measures as an added cost, a “luxury” pursuit, an unfair hurdle to development, or even a culture-war issue. How can we build the enduring majorities that we will need to make the net-zero transition politically sustainable? Carlos Alvarado-Quesada, Former President of Costa Rica and Member of the Club de Madrid Natalie Unterstell, President of Talanoa Institute and Member of the COP30 Presidency's Adaptation Council Keep up to date with PS films by subscribing to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/project-syndicate ******************************************************************** For more PS, join the conversation on... Our website: www.project-syndicate.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/projectsyndicate Twitter: www.twitter.com/prosyn LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/project-syndicate SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/projectsyndicate

While climate jargon can be very polarizing, noted former President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado-Quesada in our COP30 Studio Sessions, protecting people’s well-being and livelihoods is not. Watch at the link below. #PSStudioSessions #PSEvents

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In our COP30 #PSStudioSessions, former US Secretary of State John Kerry criticizes the Trump administration’s “tragically myopic and wasteful” choice not to send a US delegation, noting that many US leaders still back the climate fight. Watch here: bit.ly/445pUJo

How is Brazil under its current leadership keeping climate-aligned development front and center? Hear from Natalie Unterstell, Member of the COP30 Presidency's Adaptation Council and President of Talanoa Institute, on November 17. #PSStudioSessions @fesonline.bsky.social
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Project Syndicate Event: Studio Sessions COP30 in Brazil

Join us for our next event, happening at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Register at the link now, and tune in to #PSStudioSessions. bit.ly/4r85d9U

Climate Week NYC 2025 Studio Sessions - Project Syndicate 9/25/2025 3:00 PM EDT Hub Live at Climate Week NYC 2 Speakers

At #ClimateWeekNYC, PS sat down with Arunabha Ghosh and @sddecleve.bsky.social to discuss the creation of a “citizens’ track” to support the COP process. Watch the conversation – the first in our new PS Events: Studio Sessions series – at the link. #PSStudioSessions @iswe-foundation.bsky.social

Don’t miss the first edition of PS Events: Studio Sessions, in which Arunabha Ghosh discusses (with @sddecleve.bsky.social) the need to embed a “citizens’ track” into the COP process. Click the link to watch the discussion. bit.ly/4my9ZKc #PSStudioSessions #GlobalCitizensAssembly #COP30