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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Crash Course (4/24/12)
In the midst of all the doom and gloom about the economy, where's the hope for building resilience back into family and community finances? Which personal choices will make a difference in regaining prosperity?
64 min
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Power Poll (4/19/12)
"When Americans step into the voting booth, what influences their decisions on energy issues? Join us as we explore public attitudes underlying America’s energy future.”
64 min
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Covering Electric Cars (4/23/12)
What's driving electric car sales? Who's buying, and which manufacturers understand how to market to these buyers? Does VC capital and government funding help or hinder progress? Listen in as three experts debate the issues.
63 min
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Water World (3/29/12)
Wild weather and growing population are increasing stress on global fresh water supplies. What role should corporations and governments play in stewarding water resources in the American West and in a growing and thirsty world?
70 min
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Speaking Youth to Power (3/26/12)
From courtrooms to diplomatic enclaves, youth advocates are clamoring to make their voices heard. Join us for a conversation with youth trying to build a cleaner future starting now.
65 min
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Going Local (3/23/12)
After decades of globalization there’s a new current pulling the other direction. Local food caught on and now people are thinking about buying other products from another county instead of another continent.
65 min
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GM CEO Dan Akerson (3/7/12)
The American auto industry is adding jobs and helping spur sluggish economic growth. Can the Chevy Volt overcome its battery problems and drive the “new GM” into the future? Join us for a talk about the future of personal mobility with GM's CEO.
64 min
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From Durban to Rio (2/29/12)
Developing and industrialized countries are slowly crawling together toward a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases. Our panel of experts say to expect countries to continue investing in clean energy and carbon-cutting projects within their borders.
64 min
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Cruising 55 (2/13/12)
Have regulators, environmentalists, and automakers reached détente on the need to boost the fuel efficiency of America’s vehicle fleet?
64 min
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Power Plays: Media Roundtable (2/3/12)
Clean energy has boomed in recent years, but to guarantee its continued growth investors need stable, long-term policy support, according to three of the Bay Area’s leading energy journalists.
68 min
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Sun Spots (1/30/12)
Can large solar farms and the California desert co-exist? Yes, says this expert panel, which includes state and federal policymakers.
66 min
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Wild Weather (12/13/11)
2011 has been marked by extreme weather. In the U.S. alone, a record dozen disasters caused more than $1 billion in damage. This, and the release last month of a special UN report on extreme weather, was the backdrop for this Climate One panel.
64 min
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Dr. Richard Alley, Winner of the Stephen H. Sch...
The event is a moving tribute to the late Stanford University climatologist Stephen Schneider, as Richard Alley is honored as the inaugural winner of the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication.
62 min
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Dan Miller: Boom or Bust? (11/18/11)
Managing Director at the venture capital firm The Roda Group, Dan Miller says climate change “is going to dominate our world in the next century. It’s a very big risk, but it’s also a tremendous opportunity, if we make the right choices.”
66 min
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Sun Up (11/17/11)
California continues to be bullish on solar power, but the sun still supplies a tiny fraction of the state’s electricity. What does that mean for U.S. companies and consumers?
65 min
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The Great Disruption (11/7/11)
Are the 40-year-old Club of Rome ideas about limits of growth finally gaining traction? What lies beyond growth? Join us for a conversation with two visionary thinkers about the economic road ahead
64 min
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Energy Innovation: Overhaul or Tweak? (11/3/11)
These three experts of the nation’s leading universities says that the U.S. risks falling behind if it refuses to address the technical, financial, and political barriers slowing energy innovation.
65 min
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William Clay Ford, Jr. (10/27/11)
Join us for a conversation with an American icon about the move toward electric cars, government regulations, new technologies and environmental stewardship.
64 min
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US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (10/26/11)
America should wean itself from foreign oil and invest in clean energy technologies and infrastructure. Join us for a conversation about what Congress could do to promote electric cars, create jobs and development of biofuels from agricultural lands.
68 min
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Beyond Petroleum: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexi...
How much safer is offshore oil drilling 18 months after the Deepwater Horizon sank on Earth Day 2010? The president’s commission found systemic problems with industry practices and regulatory oversight.
62 min
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Beyond Petroleum: Navy Seals Leading the Charge...
The U.S. military has ambitious plans to reduce its dangerous dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. Can the buying power of the Pentagon drive innovation in new energy technologies and create markets?
64 min
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Saltworks and Beyond (10/18/11)
Is DMB Associates' proposal to build 12,000 homes on Cargill's salt ponds in Redwood City an example of smart growth, or just dirty old development? Where else can the Bay Area add needed homes while creating resilient communities?
64 min
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Daniel Yergin: On Energy, Security and the Rema...
Bullish on technology’s ability to tap previously unreachable oil and gas, energy analyst Daniel Yergin tells this Climate One audience to expect the age of fossil fuels to continue well into this century.
68 min
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Red Alert: China Time, China Scale (10/12/11)
The four China watchers assembled for this Climate One panel debate the motives for, and the implications of, China’s domestic climate action, particularly its abundant clean energy investments.
70 min
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Drop In, Scale Up? (10/6/11)
Next-generation biofuels are on the verge of a breakthrough but aren’t ready to displace conventional fuels, three Bay Area biofuel company CEOs say. The CEOs insist that their fuels must compete on price with conventional gasoline or diesel.
63 min