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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Geo-engineering: Global Salvation or Ruin?
Our three panelists share distinct perspectives on the passionate discussion about geo-engineering.
70 min
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After Copenhagen: What Now?
The panel will also address the possibility of U.S. domestic climate legislation and the political and industrial jockeying around that part of the energy puzzle.
64 min
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Chris Martenson: Oil, Water and Climate
A scientist and former executive for a Fortune 300 company, Martenson puts together the macro-trends that will shape our finances and our relationships to our natural and social environments in the years to come.
64 min
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The King of Coal, Prince of Wind? Dave Freudent...
Governor Freudenthal is trying to chart a new path for an extraction state where half the people don’t believe global warming is real. He’s looking to cleaner ways of using coal and believes natural gas is a winner...
65 min
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Panel: Scaling Up Solar Power in California
This panel of experts discusses the bright future for sun energy in the Golden State.
58 min
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Climate One in Copenhagen
Climate One travels to Copenhagen to host a timely program on the issue of Climate legislation. Included in this discussion is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Rajendra Pachauri of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
59 min
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James Letz: The Future of Cars and the Auto Ind...
Car buyers are looking for the best deal, the safest wheels, and greener vehicles. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from an industry leader who is helping determine whether those buyers get what they want.
65 min
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India: Deal Maker or Deal Breaker?
India plays a critical role in the global climate chess game. It’s hard line stance has been softening slightly recently as the Copenhagen negotiations approach. What is India’s approach to the international negotiations?
30 min
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Lester Brown: Saving Civilization Is Not a Spec...
Brown also will comment on how the melting glaciers of Tibet could affect the price of a bagel in California.
67 min
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David Orr: Confronting Climate Collapse
Yes, we’re in trouble. Yet there is hope. Orr is working on creating a sustainable oasis around Oberlin College, in the heart of the Rust Belt, that incorporates clean energy, eco-friendly buildings and green jobs.
63 min
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Stephen Schneider: What’s Science Got to Do wit...
Schneider says that negotiators in Copenhagen need to cut a climate deal with real bite, “Targets without teeth solve nothing.”
64 min
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Henry N. Pollack, Ph.D: A World Without Ice
As the climate-change debate becomes more heated, are we at risk of losing these precious formations?
59 min
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Tim Flannery: Now or Never
Flannery argues that we are approaching the point of no return, he believes there is hope that steps can be taken to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
61 min
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EPA + You = A Greener Future. Lisa Jackson, Adm...
After winning higher auto fuel economy earlier this year, what are the EPA’s next big priorities? In her first visit to California as the country’s chief environmental regulator, Jackson lays out her vision for cleaning up America’s air, water and land.
66 min
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: California - Carbon = A ...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon convene a global summit of governors from developing countries to advance the transition to a clean-energy economy. Today he visits Climate One for a discussion of California's role managing greenhouse gases.
69 min
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Hopenhagen: Seth Farbman, Jon Krosnick, Adam We...
Some of the world's biggest advertising companies are putting aside their rivalries to collaborate on a new global campaign - Hopenhagen - about the hope of a green and prosperous future. Will they have any impact? Experts discuss what's at stake.
68 min
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Panel: Carbon Exchange 101 - controlling emissi...
Is carbon exchange politically feasible in the United States? How does it compare to a carbon tax? Join a panel of experts to break down the details of this complicated scheme.
59 min
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Woody Tasch: Slow Money - Investing as if Food,...
Tasch draws on three decades of experience working along the boundaries of venture capital, social investing and philanthropy.
59 min
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Gill Friend: The Truth About Green Business and...
Hear from one of the leaders in the field explain how we can change the world by greening business.
64 min
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World Bank: Driving Incomes Up, Carbon Down
The World Bank is at the center of the great 21st-century challenge of reducing carbon while creating opportunity in emerging economies. When are those priorities in alignment? When do they conflict? How does the Bank’s efforts relate to private capital?
65 min
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Curtailing Suburban Sprawl in California
As California’s population has grown, so too has the state’s thirst for expansion and space. Panelists discuss a recent state law that passed to curtail suburban sprawl, as well as the impact legislation will have on individual citizens and the state.
66 min
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Chevron + Sierra Club: Drilling for Common Ground
Chevron and the Sierra Club both see renewable fuels as a growing part of our future, yet they have different views on how that will occur. In their first public dialogue, O’Reilly and Pope discuss energy and the environment in the 21st century.
65 min
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The Road to Copenhagen: Are We on Track?
In six months more than 180 nations will gather in Copenhagen to hammer out one of the most far-reaching international treaties since the post-war order was established nearly 70 years ago. Is the world on track to make a deal?
69 min
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Rethinking Buying and Building: A New Sustainab...
This panel, which includes the CEO of the country’s largest recycler, $14 billion Waste Management, will discuss innovations in design, materials and marketing that are convincing people and companies that being green is good for business and the planet.
67 min
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Clean Coal: Myth, or Reality?
Coal-fired power plants are the largest U.S. emitters of CO2 and human-generated mercury, yet our nation is poised to build many new coal plants in the future. Our panelists look at the reality and myths involved in the coal industry and "Clean Coal".
67 min