Latest podcast Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti: Champion of Sustainable Development

This podcast created by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence the editors of the book Heroes of Environmental Diplomacy: Profiles in Courage focuses on the contributions of Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the former Brazilian Ambassador to the United Nations, to international sustainable development efforts.

 It specifically examines her role in the lead-up to and during the Rio+20 Conference, a United Nations summit held in 2012 to review progress on sustainable development and formulate future plans. 

The podcast highlights Viotti's diplomatic skills, her commitment to multilateralism, and her role in advancing critical agreements like the Sustainable Development Goals. The authors present Viotti as an exemplar of a quiet but effective diplomat who prioritizes consensus building and avoids unnecessary conflict, ultimately furthering the cause of sustainable development on a global scale.

The authors of the chapter were Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago and Luiz de Andrade Filho 

Listen to the podcast on Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, here.


The podcast is available here.

These earlier episodes can be found here.

Raúl Estrada-Oyuela: Hero of Kyoto: The Kyoto Protocol

Barack Obama: The Missing Hero? The Copenhagen Climate Summit

Christiana Figueres: The Can-Do Advocate: The Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Mostafa Tolba and the Battle for the Ozone Layer

Sidney Holt a Lifetime Fight to Save the Whales


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