real enemy. it was against the covering of child sexual abuse fry the catholic church. to quote her as well, she got cancelled for it at the time. the scandal led to people outside the studios in new york city of the record company as well, and hundreds of her album coffees were steam roller that one point. copies. protesters called her one stupid broad and demented apology. it would be years later when lots of people realise just how right she was about the abuse in the catholic church. very much a protest song as well as that classic but everyone knows of nothing compares 2u. i was
we spoke in the first hour of this programme to a woman in ireland who said she didn t think anyone had such an impact on women in ireland as sinead o connor. she had the platform and she was fearless in discussing her experience growing up as a woman in ireland, and particularly growing up in the catholic church. particularly growing up in the catholic church. yes, i think it would take catholic church. yes, i think it would take it catholic church. yes, i think it would take it for catholic church. yes, i think it would take it for granted - catholic church. yes, i think it| would take it for granted know catholic church. yes, i think it - would take it for granted know that p0p would take it for granted know that pop stars are outspoken, and that they talk about issues like sexual abuse, about mental health, sinead o connor who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, spoke about all those things in their songs but at the time in the 80s she was an outlier. nobody support like th
into the artist she became. very much s0- into the artist she became. very much s0- i m into the artist she became. very much so. i m looking into the artist she became. very much so. i m looking at - into the artist she became. very much so. i m looking at a - into the artist she became. very much so. i m looking at a quote here from her where she said, i don t do anything in order to cause trouble, itjust so happens that anything in order to cause trouble, it just so happens that what anything in order to cause trouble, itjust so happens that what i do naturally causes trouble. i m proud to be a troublemaker cycles an earlier recruit nikki talk about the ripping up the picture of the pope in the scandal that that caused and created. ., ., , in the scandal that that caused and created. . ., , ., , in the scandal that that caused and created. . . , ., , ., ., created. that was a big deal, and america that created. that was a big deal, and america that led created. that was a
model to what we ve had thus far. so, if we can and this is an if this, but this is what we re trying to make happen through different partnerships provide different models where africa doesn t have to go through the same fossil fuel trap that we went through but instead, through investment, can build its renewable energy for its own energy access which is far better than having, i mean, look. crosstalk. but the investment s not there, is it? it s starting to happen. but it s not there, jennifer morgan, is it? not yet. not by a long, long chalk. no, and that s why we need to change the international financial system. yes, i mean, are you not. that s what we re doing right now. you re heckling a steam roller. 14 years ago, the rich world agreed to pledged to pay 100 billion a year dollars a year by 2020 for the green climate fund. it s mobilised only a 10th of that. it is not enough, obviously, it s a drop in the ocean. the imf, the international monetary fund estimates that