Meet Tessa Khan. Tessa is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder of Uplift, a social organisation that supports and energises the movement for a fossil fuel-free UK.
Before Uplift, Tessa set up the Climate Litigation Network, taking national governments to court over their insufficient climate policies. Tessa has also delivered a rallying TEDx Talk, was named by TIME magazine as one of fifteen women leading the fight against climate change and is an awardee of the Climate Breakthrough Project.
Hearing Tessa’s insights on the levers for change in the climate crisis is refreshing and mobilising - in the face of overwhelming climate anxiety and feeling like we have no power, Tessa lays out pathways for action. She reassures us that what we've learned from the pandemic is how to deal with crises under pressure, that we're vulnerable but we can mobilise fast.
For all of us, knowing that we have agency matters in the face of huge odds - and the truth is there is so much that we can all do and we are at a moment in history when we still have time to shift things.
I hope you love Tessa as much as I did!
You can join us on Twitter @greenreallymean and if you love listening to us, please rate review and subscribe wherever you're listening. Thanks so much.
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton
Visit https://www.frankiecotton.com or follow Frankie on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is a Let's Be Frank production.
Meet Tessa Khan. Tessa is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder of Uplift, a social organisation that supports and energises the movement for a fossil fuel-free UK.
Before Uplift, Tessa set up the Climate Litigation Network, taking national governments to court over their insufficient climate policies. Tessa has also delivered a rallying TEDx Talk, was named by TIME magazine as one of fifteen women leading the fight against climate change and is an awardee of the Climate Breakthrough Project.
Hearing Tessa’s insights on the levers for change in the climate crisis is refreshing and mobilising - in the face of overwhelming climate anxiety and feeling like we have no power, Tessa lays out pathways for action. She reassures us that what we've learned from the pandemic is how to deal with crises under pressure, that we're vulnerable but we can mobilise fast.
For all of us, knowing that we have agency matters in the face of huge odds - and the truth is there is so much that we can all do and we are at a moment in history when we still have time to shift things.
I hope you love Tessa as much as I did!
You can join us on Twitter @greenreallymean and if you love listening to us, please rate review and subscribe wherever you're listening. Thanks so much.
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton
Visit https://www.frankiecotton.com or follow Frankie on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is a Let's Be Frank production.