Climate One hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious review the top climate stories of 2022, from the global impacts of Russia’s war on Ukraine, to the passage and signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, to the recent international climate summit in Egypt.

Stefan Rahmstorf, winner of this year’s Schneider Award for outstanding science communication, says we’re running toward a cliff in a fog. What can science tell us where that cliff is – and how to avoid it?

It may surprise many that some of our biggest fossil fuel uses are inside our homes – with the appliances that heat and cool water and air, dry our clothes and cook our food. But government funding, new technology and home building improvements are changing the way we think about constructing and living inside our homes and buildings to rely less on fossil fuels.

A growing number of research coalitions, citizen scientists and activists are using a slate of new tools to detect and report emissions and harmful air pollutants, with the goal of increasing regulations to improve climate and health outcomes at the local and global level.

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and his family recently transferred their $3 billion stake in the storied outdoor gear company to a special purpose trust that will give away $100 million a year to environmental causes. Yet climate philanthropy still only accounts for a small fraction of all charitable giving.

Climate One has been at the COP27 summit talking with climate leaders about how developing countries, who are facing the effects of the climate crisis first and worst, can transition to clean energy in a world where even wealthy nations are struggling to meet their own emission reduction goals.

Climate One is on the ground at COP27 in Egypt, where the nations of the world are meeting to hash out how they will accomplish their carbon reduction goals in the coming years. For the first time, richer nations will discuss paying poorer ones for the impacts of climate-fueled disasters.

This week we get an insider’s take on White House climate policy with Gina McCarthy, President Biden’s former White House Climate Advisor. We also feature a special interview between Vice President Kamala Harris and the hosts of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, Katharine Wilkinson and Leah Stokes.

Can you stand strong in your own convictions while at the same time reaching out to those who disagree with you? That’s the skill of so-called persuaders, profiled in Anand Giridharadas’s new book. He explores how the tactics of persuasion can help strengthen democracy and foster positive societal change.

The Global North is responsible for most of the carbon pollution that’s driving extreme weather, while the Global South is experiencing the impacts first and worst. Two award-winning journalists, one from each hemisphere, share their stories of how climate-induced disasters ultimately affect people on opposite sides of the world in similar ways.

This year’s COP27 is being framed as “the implementation COP.” In this special episode, Climate One Host Greg Dalton speaks one-on-one with Egyptian Ambassador and Special Representative of the COP27 President, Wael Aboulmagd, about how Egypt plans to close the gap between promises and implementation.

Next month, countries from around the world will gather in Egypt for the annual UN climate summit known as COP. The urgent need for action has never been more clear. Yet how will countries finance climate adaptation and mitigation? And how will the poorest nations make their case that they should be paid for the loss and damage caused by emissions from the richest?

With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. Democrats were assumed to be in for a shellacking in November, but that may no longer be the case. What is the midterm forecast, and how does that affect climate action?

Home and property insurance is complicated and boring – until a disaster happens to you. With policy premiums rising quickly and some companies canceling policies in high-risk areas altogether, how can we insure ourselves through the climate emergency?

In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which allocates around $370 billion over ten years to help mitigate the climate crisis. But how the law is put into action will make or break its effectiveness.

Longtime tech and business journalist Molly Wood recently moved into venture capital, driven by the potential she sees in financing climate tech startups. Humans have created the seemingly insurmountable climate crisis, and yet human ingenuity, she says, can help us survive it.

In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from fad to mass adoption. EV sales in the US have just passed that 5% tipping point. Does this mean that mass adoption is now inevitable? What about other clean tech?

There’s more consensus around climate action than many of us may think. But in our increasingly online and partisan world, we often ignore viewpoints different from our own. How can we bridge ideological divides and find the common ground necessary for respectful civil discourse?

Climate is often called a “threat multiplier,” because it can worsen already challenging situations. Yet within conflict zones, many brave individuals and organizations work every day to stave off the even greater threat of climate catastrophe. We talk with environmental organizers in Ukraine and the Middle East about how to balance immediate needs with working toward a better future.

Civil aviation accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. And while electrifying cars and trucks is already well underway, flying planes on anything other than liquid fuels remains devilishly difficult. But there are some sustainable options.

For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains approximately $370 billion of investments in clean energy and climate solutions. But not everyone is happy.

Patagonia’s infamous “Don’t Buy This Jacket” ad campaign paradoxically advocated sustainability and increased sales. What’s the role of corporations in sustainability and wildland conservation, and how can the outdoor industry be more accessible and welcoming for all?

As the CEO of the California utility giant PG&E, Patti Poppe is charged with navigating the company through massive wildfires, disrupted energy markets, and lingering public distrust of the company. How can utilities like PG&E reinvent themselves and modernize the electric grid to deliver renewable power when their own systems are threatened by catastrophic climate change?

The construction industry is one of the hardest to decarbonize sectors in the global economy. Cement and steel production together are responsible for about 15% of global CO2 emissions. There is cleaner production technology, but is it ready for primetime?

The climate crisis is a growing driver of human migration, exacerbating the misery of already struggling communities. How well are governments prepared to handle an influx of people driven from their homes – and support those who are left behind?