We Don't Have Time Studio
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We Don't Have Time Studio
Join us for a live event and COP30 watch party



You are cordially invited to participate as live audience in our COP30 Climate Hub broadcast from the We Don't Have Time studio in Stockholm! Join us on November 20 for an exclusive session and mingle event focused on strengthening democracy and science!
Among our speakers are: Bonni Cohen, director of “The White House Effect” on how the Bush administration and the oil lobby polarized climate action politically; Kenyan democracy activist Geoffrey Mboya; scientist & climate activist David Alcer; U.S. meteorologist Christopher Gloninger who received death threats for linking weather reports to climate science. Meet the TikTokers who are using social media to combat climate disinformation. We will also hear from world renowned researcher on how digitalization can be threat to democracy, Yaël Eisenstat.
Join us as we discuss the threats to democracy and science, and how to reverse the trend, with journalists, scientists, filmmakers and members of civil society from around the world.
Register here to engage with influential speakers and contribute to the global dialogue on climate action. This is your chance to connect, learn, and actively participate in shaping a sustainable future.
Address: Malmgårdsvägen 63, 116 38, Stockholm, Sweden. Floor 2, enter the door on the right.

Live COP30 broadcast begins at 15:30. First guest from our Stockholm studio will join the broadcast at around 16:30. Make sure to be here at 16.15 at the latest.
COP30 is quickly coming to an end. Where are we now on the goals and promises? We invite experts on the ground in Belém to give us the latest updates.
Also, American TV meteorologist Chris Gloninger started linking climate science to his weather report. Then he started receiving death threats. Hear him tell the story in this live interview.
Hear journalists share their experiences – meet Peter Alestig, climate reporter at Dagens Nyheter.
Q&A with the director of ”The White House Effect”, a Netflix documentary that tells the story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.
Confirmed speaker(s): Geoffrey Mboya, Kenyan democracy activist; David Alcer, scientist and climate activist who has faced threats for exposing disinformation campaigns targeting climate science.
We have heard about the challenge. So how can we strengthen our democracies and fight disinformation? We meet Yaël Eisenstat, an American democracy activist and technology policy expert who has spent more than two decades confronting extremism, polarization, and anti-democratic behavior both online and offline. A former senior U.S. counter-extremism official and Facebook’s Global Head of Elections Integrity Ops, she is widely recognized for her pioneering work on how social media fuels polarization and radicalization.
Panel discussion with film directors Fanny Lindström and Clara Wetzel; UNDPs Roxani Roushas, Global Lead of the Youth4Climate initiative; and Sundus Sohail, who leads the Reef Revival Initiative in Pakistan, a Youth4Climate supported project. The panel is followed by an exclusive online avant premiere of ”Generation Trust”
Get to know our guests and speakers.
Astrid Caldas is a senior climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, where her work focuses on climate change adaptation and science communication, with practical policy implications for ecosystems, the economy, and society - including equitable and just adaptation and resilience measures. She was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she started her career as a field ecologist. After moving to the United States in 1996, she staged a change that brought her to the arena of climate change science and policy, and related issues of climate justice, biodiversity, and sustainability. Dr. Caldas has advised or consulted on projects with the Smithsonian Institution and the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, and has worked in both domestic and international settings. Dr. Caldas holds a Ph.D. in ecology and Master’s in entomology and environmental management.
Chris Gloninger is a meteorologist and climate communicator who made national headlines after receiving death threats in Iowa for reporting on the links between extreme weather and climate change. His experience highlighted the growing risks faced by journalists covering climate science and strengthened his commitment to improving public understanding of our changing world. An Emmy-winning broadcaster with nearly two decades of experience across the United States, he launched one of the first weekly television series focused on climate change. Today, Chris is a climate scientist at Woods Hole Group – A CLS Company, where he works on building community resilience to a rapidly changing climate.
Princess Esméralda is also a passionate human rights' campaigner and an environmental activist and has spoken out on a number of sensitive issues. She believes that we all have a responsibility to confront the past and build a better society in the future.
Geoffrey is a Youth Advisor for WeDon'tHaveTime and Climate Activist from low-lying land in Nairobi and has felt firsthand climate impacts in the form of environmental degradation around his neighbourhood. Inspired by his background, Geoffrey advocates for the connection between climate action and poverty. He speaks passionately and urgently about social justice, environmental protection, climate change, indigenous rights, and more, and isn’t afraid to call out corporate leaders and others who have contributed to our environmental crises. Despite the backlash he has received from, politicians, and even strangers, Geoffrey remains determined to continue his activism and bring about meaningful change.
Roxani Roushas is the Global Lead of the Youth4Climate initiative, co-led by UNDP and the Government of Italy. The initiative works to identify, amplify, support and scale youth-led climate breakthroughs and provides financial and technical resources to youth-led innovations. Prior to taking on this role, Roxani was based in Jordan with UNDP’s Regional Innovation Team for Arab States, supporting initiatives on youth-led innovation, women’s digital entrepreneurship, and enhancing country-level development programming through the use of foresight, behavioural science and systems thinking. Roxani has also worked with UNDP Somalia, the Delegation of the European Union to the African Union, and the International Labour Organization. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Politics from the University of Essex and a Master of Science in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.
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