Decolonize the System

Show notes

About this episode The second episode of the second season of “Climate Action – Child Protection” highlights the importance of decolonizing global systems in order to achieve global climate justice. In this episode, the hosts are joined by Miyuki Daorana: a young indigenous woman from Greenland who has seen the effects on the Greenlandic Ice Sheet first hand. She speaks about what the consequences of those changes mean for her people. She demands to include indigenous perspectives much more into climate decision making. Due to her personal experience, Miyuki believes in connecting indigenous values with Western cultures – and that this can make the world more just and accessible for all, and simultaneously help to bring up adaptation strategies to a changing climate.

Guests: Miyuki Daorana (24) is an indigenous woman from Northern Greenland. She works as a translator from Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit people in Northern Greenland) in research projects. She works for the Greenland government where she brings in her experiences growing up in two worlds: the indigenous culture she was born into and the Western cultures she has also lived in. She demands the integration of indigenous perspectives in climate decision making in order to create a more climate just world for everyone.

About this Podcast This podcast, Climate Action - Child Protection, is produced by SOS Children's Villages weltweit and explores various dimensions of the connection between the climate crisis and children and youth rights. Similar to the first season, climate journalist Leonie Fößel and researcher Jakob Nehls host impressive guests from around the world to discuss a specific aspect of this topic. On this journey, the listener will gain sensitivity to the urgency of action as well as expertise in selected fields.

The podcast is produced in English, although almost exclusively non-native speakers are featured. This is intended to make it accessible to a broad international audience. While all episodes are publicly available, the podcast primarily targets the SOS community - people who are in some way connected to the organization, whether as employees, donors, or (former) residents of SOS childrens’s villages.

The aim of the podcast is to raise awareness among people who are interested in the topic of children and youth rights about the close connection between this issue and the climate crisis. The episodes are intended to provide knowledge but also to ignite a spark and show listeners that they can take action themselves.