Episode 7: Kamal Amakrane talks about climate emergency and the future of the Atoll Island States
In this special episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kamal Amakrane about climate emergency, its implications for the Atoll island nation states in the Pacific and what the global community needs to do.
Kamal Amakrane currently leads the Global Centre for Climate Mobility, which advances regional climate mobility initiatives enabled by the UN, the World Bank, and other regional organizations in Africa, the Greater Caribbean region, and the Middle East. He also spearheads the Rising Nations Initiative, a UN member states-led initiative focused on protecting the statehood, sovereignty, and heritage of Pacific atoll island countries facing existential threat from rising sea level.