Climate One

We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Brocious and Kousha Navidar bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the challenge — the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

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REWIND: Exploring Climate Psychology / Getting ...
We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Exploring the psychology of climate change and the importance of reconnecting with nature to maintain physical and mental well-being.
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Im...
Everyday choices – like deciding which shirt to buy or on which platform to binge-watch shows on – may impact the planet more than you think. Tatiana's Schlossberg's new book Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, looks at how seemingly small choices can have a big impact on the climate. We sit down with experts in the fashion and energy sectors, two industries with a big carbon footprint, to see how far individual actions can take us – and when it's up to companies and producers to take the lead. Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Miranda Ballentine, CEO, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance Rebecca Burgess, Founder and Director, Fibershed Gary Cook, Senior Corporate Campaigner, Greenpeace Amina Razvi, Executive Director, Sustainable Apparel Coalition Tatiana Schlossberg, Author, Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Parts of this program were recorded at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
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Dr. Robert Bullard: The Father of Environmental...
Robert Bullard is known for his work highlighting pollution on minority communities and for speaking out against environmental racism.
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The Big Climate Stories of 2019
2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world – from the Arctic to the White House. Two reporters who cover the climate beat discuss the stories dominated their news feeds this year - and the ones that aren’t getting heard.
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Blackout
California has battled dozens of destructive wildfires in recent years. Many have been found to be the result of negligence on the part of California’s biggest utility, PG&E. With the company facing bankruptcy, how will California power its future?
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Rewind: Jonathan Safran Foer and David Wallace-...
A look back at conversations with two writers with new books on climate in 2019: David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, and Jonathan Safran Foer, author of We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast.
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High Risk, High Hopes: A Year of Climate Conver...
Over the past year, climate has risen on the national agenda. Youth activists skipped school and the Green New Deal forced a new conversation – even among Republicans. A look back on the big ideas that shaped some of our favorite episodes from 2019.
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Shadows to Spotlight: Climate in the Media
Coverage of climate change in national newspapers has surged since President Trump took office. It’s also expanded from science and environmental beats to culture, health and finance. Can the climate story expand into narrative journalism as well?
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Letters to The Boss: Help Fix Our Climate
Climate change has become a major risk factor for corporations. With groups like the Carbon Disclosure Project grading companies on their carbon footprint, employees, consumers and investors are taking note -- and CEOs are feeling the pressure
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John Browne: Engineering the Future
Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? In his new book, former BP CEO Lord John Browne argues for a mass deployment of engineered technology to address climate change – and that the tools we need to get there already exist.
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California’s Story: How Did It Get Here?
As climate change fuels megafires across California and the state’s largest electric utility shuts off power to millions of residents, can the state’s legacy of environmental leadership save it from climate disaster?
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Libation Migration: Beer, Wine and Climate Change
America’s most popular alcoholic beverages are about to take a hit from climate. Disruptions from drought, fires, and rising temperatures have brewers and winemakers wondering: will business as usual survive into the next generation?
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Cities for the Future
Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. How do we redesign our cities to withstand the challenges of cars, climate change and rapid population growth? Can we build a Tomorrowland that is sustainable, livable and inclusive?
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Law and Disorder: Climate Change in the Courts
The jury is out on whether our legal system is equipped to deal with climate change. While some parts of the country are inundated by floods, others are resisting the growth of oil and gas infrastructure — and both are running into the law.
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Scorched Earth: Culture and Climate Under Siege
From the Amazon to California, our planet’s forests are disappearing. And along with them, the stability of our climate. As wildfires, agribusiness and consumerism drive deforestation, who is planting the seeds of change that will save our trees?
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Jonathan Safran Foer: We Are the Weather
Author Jonathan Safran Foer writes that stopping climate change begins with a close look at what we eat — and don’t eat — at home for breakfast. But are societies up for changing norms at a scale ambitious enough to meet the challenge?
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Heavy Weather: Balancing Joy and Despair
Whether we get it from the news, the trauma of a natural disaster, or fear of a warming planet, climate anxiety is undermining our health and well-being. Join us for a conversation about awareness and resilience in an age of unprecedented disruption
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My Climate Story: Terry Root
Scientist Terry Root’s research has helped reveal how climate change puts bird and animal species at risk for extinction. For Root, the climate connection is also personal: she was married to the late Steve Schneider, a Stanford professor and pioneer in communicating the impacts of climate change, who died suddenly in 2010. “It's been a fabulous career, but it has been very painful at times, very painful,” says Root, who was the lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change in 2007 when it was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore. This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Guest: Terry Root, Senior Fellow Emerita, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
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A Tale of Two Cities: Miami and Detroit
Climate change is upending Miami’s real estate market. And as hurricanes pummel the coast and rising seas lap at Florida’s shoreline, Midwestern cities like Detroit look more and more appealing. Is the Motor City ready for a Sunshine State invasion?
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My Climate Story: Ben Santer
In 1995, Ben Santer authored one of the most important sentences in the history of climate science: “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.” While one of the first statements to identify humans’ role in driving climate change, the vitriol that followed was personal and malicious, impacting both Santer’s career and family. “If you spend your entire career trying to advance understanding, you can't walk away from that understanding when someone criticizes it or criticizes you,” says Santer, now a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley. With his research contingent upon government funding, Santer is concerned about the future of climate science under an administration that does not prioritize it. This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Guests: Ben Santer, Climate Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Related Links: At Hot Center of Debate On Global Warming (New York Times) Yes, humans are causing climate change. And we've known for 40 years. (Popular Science)
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From Wheels to Wings: Our Flying Car Future
Can we beat the traffic by taking to the skies? Sailing over freeways in a flying car, commuting in minutes instead of hours, has long been the stuff of science fiction. But ambitious startups are on their way to making urban airborne mobility a reality.
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How Pro Sports Can Be a Player in Climate
From stadiums packed with energetic fans to food, beer, and waste, athletics can have a big carbon footprint. But could the core values of athletics — integrity, teamwork, and commitment — be the same values we need to tackle the climate challenge? Guests: Dusty Baker, Special Advisor, San Francisco Giants Roger McClendon, Executive Director, Green Sports Alliance Jim Thompson, Founder, Positive Coaching Alliance.
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Carbon Offsets: Privileged Pollution?
Carbon offsets have been called everything from a band-aid solution to “the best thing a consumer can do right now.” A new service even offers customers a monthly subscription to offset their carbon footprint. Meanwhile, offset providers are scrutinized for transparency, and purchasers are criticized for using them as a get-out-of-jail-free card. In the race to bring carbon emissions to zero, are offsets a legitimate tool, or a delusion that allows heavy emitters a way out of taking real action? What impact does purchasing offsets have on poorer communities?
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Tom Steyer: Power Disruptor?
Businessman, activist, and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer says he’ll declare climate change a national emergency on Day One of his presidency. But is this the moment for another wealthy, white, male to run for president?
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Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming Ame...
Achieving the goal of 100 percent clean power presents a host of challenges, from modernizing an aging electrical grid to transporting and storing the energy we produce. Do we have what it takes to make the transition from fossil fuels to renewables?
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