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Podcast: The Climate Question
Episode: COP: Is this the world’s toughest event to organise?
Description: Every year, tens of thousands of people — from world leaders to activists to celebrities— gather for one of the world’s most ambitious meetings: the UN’s annual climate summit, COP.But what does it actually take to make it happen? How do you feed, transport and house 80,000 people, while trying to keep global negotiations on track?The Climate Question hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar talk to Helen Wright, who helped deliver COP26 in Glasgow and COP28 in Dubai, to find out what goes on behind the scenes. From keeping the meeting rooms at...