This podcast discusses the following question: To what extent are massive relief operations contributing to climate-related crises?
In this episode, The New Humanitarian’s (TNH) CEO and podcast host Heba Aly discusses the findings of TNH’s eight-month investigation into the size of the aid industry’s carbon footprint. We also hear from two aid organisations trying to green their operations.
Journalist Léopold Salzenstein explains the TNH investigation. Kathrine Vad, climate change adviser at the ICRC, and André Krummacher, vice CEO of impact and accountability at ACTED, offer perspectives from two aid organisations faced with the challenge of trying to cut emissions.
