Blog: Introducing The Climate Carrot podcast

By Mary Anne Zeilstra, Climate Centre, The Hague

The Climate Centre today introduces The Climate Carrot, a new monthly podcast that brings climate science, practice and policy to life through stories, humour, and human experience.

As part of our Strategy 2030, the podcast translates expert insights, evidence-based research, and lived experience into accessible, story-driven episodes that inspire action and spark curiosity.

Each episode highlights how communities, young people, scientists, and humanitarian actors are responding to climate challenges in different ways.

From anticipatory action and urban resilience to health impacts and leadership, the podcast makes complex climate issues relatable and actionable, showing that solutions are possible when diverse voices and disciplines come together.

Through short, engaging episodes, listeners will hear from field practitioners, policy experts, and community leaders, gaining insights into both the successes and challenges of climate action.

The Climate Carrot not only informs but also invites reflection and action, offering practical examples of how small steps today can lead to transformative change tomorrow.

I’m hosting the debut episode, Many cooks in the kitchen, exploring cross-sector collaboration on climate and water resilience with representatives from the Water at the Heart of Climate Action – the five-year programme funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs – and partly recorded in Addis Ababa with our colleague Cheikh Kane.

The Climate Carrot invites reflection on how small steps today can lead to transformative change tomorrow

Other guests include: Elise Tunier, WHCA Programme Coordinator; Stefania Giodini, Manager, Water, Climate and Nature at the Netherlands Red Cross; Ramesh Tripathi, a WMO project manager; Phoebe Shikuku, an expert in early warning at UNDRR; Grace Kiyagaba and Paul Rotebuga, project managers at the Uganda and Rwanda Red Cross respectively; and Abdel Raman Sakayron, Director General, Nile Water, at the Sudan Ministry of Water Resources.

Through engaging interviews, this episode uncovers the successes, challenges, and real-world impact of efforts by governments, communities, and humanitarian organizations.

Listeners hear how forming partnerships, building trust and aligning mandates turn climate risks into practical solutions, even in complex and conflict-affected regions.

Subscribe to The Climate Carrot on Apple, Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart, and discover stories of climate action from around the world.

Along with the Netherlands Red Cross and foreign ministry, we also thank for their engagement the IFRC, the WMO and UNDRR, and the United Nations Systematic Observations Financing Facility, as well as the National Societies of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Sudan, and many national meteorological and water agencies.

Mary Anne Zeilstra at the microphone for the Climate Centre’s inaugural podcast: The Climate Carrot. (Photo: Climate Centre)