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A podcast with Iphigenia Taxopoulou | Part 2

A podcast with Iphigenia Taxopoulou | Part 2

In this podcast, Iphigenia Taxopoulou, founding member and general secretary of Mitos21, the European theatre network, discusses her book, Handbook of Culture Work, published in 2024. The book features a crucial chapter on the intersection of environmental policy and cultural work. Taxopoulou examines the integration of environmental policies within the cultural sector globally and explores why some countries, such as the UK, have been proactive in ecological transition while others have lagged. She delves into the reasons behind this discrepancy, questioning what has fostered an empowering environment in certain regions and not in others. Taxopoulou highlights the Paris Agreement as a pivotal moment in global climate governance, being the first legally binding international agreement that requires signatory countries—almost 200 in total—to deliver measurable results through their nationally determined contributions and to implement national climate policy frameworks. This agreement marked a significant shift in global climate policy. Notably, by 2015, there were 3,000 climate laws and policies in place worldwide, ensuring that at least one climate policy existed in every country with measurable outcomes.

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