Geneva and climate change: start local and change the world

For our planet, each year brings new climate records, and they’re not good ones. “We now know that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record. At the same time, we have accumulated more CO2 than ever in the history of human life on Earth,” says Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization. Subscribe to 'Inside Geneva' on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. On Inside Geneva this week, we look at the damage from the perspective of United Nations (UN) aid agencies. “Climate change is making us sick, and it’s making us sick because it’s increasing the possibility of having more infectious diseases and waterborne diseases like cholera. It’s also sometimes destroying the capacity to produce food,” says Maria Neira, Climate Change Director at the World Health Organization. We also hear how aid agencies are trying to reduce their own carbon footprints. “Anyone who’s in the field at the moment shouldn’t be using their own agency ...