The Climate Pod

If 2023 is anything like its predecessor, this year will be full of transformative events that change the trajectory of climate action across the globe. So what might happen this year that ends up defining our transition to clean energy transition and climate fight in 2023? To help us answer this question, this week we feature a conversation with Tom Standage, Editor of The Economist's The World Ahead 2023. Tom also serves as Deputy Editor of The Economist and is the author of several books, including most recently "A Brief History of Motion." In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how the war in Ukraine will continue to be a major driver of international change, both in the energy sector and beyond. We also talk about the future of democracy across the globe, inflation and recessions, how the perception of tech leaders is changing, and why Tom is optimistic about the future of climate action. Check out the full The World Ahead 2023 as well as Tom's editor note here. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

Another year has come to an end. In 2022, we saw a number of events unfold across the globe that further emphasized the need to address the climate crisis with greater urgency and accelerate the transition to clean energy. This is Part Two of our look back of the year with some of the biggest newsmakers we spoke to in 2022. We'll review the second of the year and some of the biggest developments in the climate fight to happen in 2022 - from the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act to establishment of an international loss and damage fund to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and critical elections around the globe. Featuring excerpts from our 2022 interviews with White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Bill McKibben, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Tina Smith, Rep. Ro Khanna, David Roberts, Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Saleemul Huq, Harjeet Singh, Brian Tyler Cohen, Gernot Wagner, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Oliver Milman, and Norwegian Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

Another year has come to an end. In 2022, we saw a number of events unfold across the globe that further emphasized the need to address the climate crisis with greater urgency and accelerate the transition to clean energy. This is Part One of our look back of the year with some of the biggest newsmakers we spoke to in 2022. We'll review the first half of the year and remember how the conversation around the climate crisis evolved and responded to rapidly changing world events - from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, to spiking inflation, new IPCC reports, a promise of a major climate bill in the US and the potential for complete failure. Featuring excerpts from our 2022 interviews with White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Paul Krugman, Bill McKibben, Rep. Ro Khanna, Don't Look Up co-writers Adam McKay and David Sirota, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, IPCC co-authors Joern Birkmann, Paulina Jaramillo, and Stephanie Roe, climate reporters David Roberts and Robinson Meyer, Gernot Wagner, and Norwegian Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

It's hard to see how the current meat industry is helping anyone but a handful of billionaires. In her new book, Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat, Forbes writer Chloe Sorvino reveals a fascinating look into this unsustainable system and how people are fighting to fix it. We discuss how the industry consolidated and crowded out competition, the scandals that have rocked the meat industry, and how innovation may come from more than just alternative protein products. Chloe Sorvino is head of food and agriculture coverage for Forbes Read Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of Meat Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

How have capitalism, colonialism, racism, and other social factors impacted how humans interact with our environment? How will better understanding these connections allow us to create solutions to the climate crisis that not only decarbonize our economy but also make it a world that everyone wants to live in, not just a lucky few? Based on the teachings of Karl Marx, the study of Urban Political Ecology seeks to answer these questions and more. On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Tait Mandler, a co-editor of the new book "Turning Up the Heat: Urban Political Ecology for A Climate Emergency". "Turning Up the Heat" is a collection of essays from leading Political Ecologists that help frame the multitude of crises humans and the environment face today as a direct result of the politics of our time. Buy "Turning Up the Heat" Check out this article featured in The Conversation Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

In the recent piece, "Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller's link to Parkinson's disease," journalists Carey Gillam and Aliya Uteuova report on documents that show efforts to refute and downplay scientific research linking the chemical paraquat to Parkinson's. In this conversation, we discuss what they found, how the EPA has responded, and how this relates to the rapid rise in Parkinson's disease in the United States. Carey Gillam is the author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science, managing editor of The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, was a longtime National Correspondent for Reuters, and is contributor to The Guardian. Aliya Uteuova is a visual journalist who reports on environmental justice for The Guardian. Access the documents discussed in this episode here. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

This week, Nathaniel Stinnett, the founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, is back on the show to discuss how environmental voters became the "silent surprise" of the US midterm elections and what that could mean for the runoff election in Georgia next week. We discuss how the numbers are changing for climate as a top issue, what it could mean for future races, and how the Georgia runoff in 2022 is so much different than the election two years ago. Check out the Environmental Voter Project here for ways to contribute and volunteer. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group.

COP27 has concluded and a historic agreement has been made on establishing a fund for loss and damage. What exactly happened at this year's conference - from the biggest achievements to disappointments - and where do we go from here? We have three expert guests who attended COP27 to help break it all down. First, Oliver Milman, environment reporter for Guardian US and the author of The Insect Crisis, explains the biggest takeaways from COP27 and discusses what it was like reporting at the conference. Then, Ramon Cruz, president of the Sierra Club, and Cherelle Blazer, International Climate and Policy Campaign Director of the Sierra Club, give us insight into the fight to hold the United States accountable for its loss and damage agreement and what the midterm elections mean for the international climate agreement. Read The Insect Crisis Check out the Sierra Club's work Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Further Reading: Cop27 agrees historic 'loss and damage' fund for climate impact in developing countries

With COP27 still underway, this week, we talk to two young leaders at the conference pushing global efforts on climate action. Joining us this week: Azeez Abubakar, Partnerships and Engagement Chair of the Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network, founder and executive director Climate Education Initiative Project. Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Climate justice activist with Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines and Fridays For Future Philippines. They tell us about their experience at COP27, what they hope to see accomplished this week, and how they are holding world leaders accountable to combat the crisis. Also, we review the midterm election results and what it means for climate action in the US. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly" As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Further Reading: Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say 6 wins and 2 losses on climate in the midterms

COP27 is underway and the World Leaders Summit has already come to a close. With this year's global climate gathering comes another reminder of just how far we are from actually curbing emissions to hit the goals of the Paris Agreement. Plus, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and energy prices spiking this year, we are confronting the cruel reality of how our reliance on coal, oil, and gas is leading to 2022's "fossilflation." Professor Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School and author of Geoengineering: The Gamble, has written quite a bit on how global leaders should respond. He joins the show this week to discuss some of 2022's biggest energy issues and what we might expect to see unfold at COP27 and beyond to combat the turbulent prices that come with fossil fuel dependency. Follow Gernot Wagner on Twitter and check out his website for all his writings. Further Reading from Gernot Wagner: The Clean-Energy Race Is On Helping people hurt from high energy prices Cut off Russian gas