Western law generally treats the natural environment as property, with all rights held by its owners. But more jurisdictions are making the argument that natural systems – from rivers to forests to glaciers – are entitled to their own legal rights to exist and thrive.

Two venture capitalists have written a new plan for how to address the accelerating climate crisis. This week we talk with John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram of Kleiner Perkins about their new book, Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.

This week we feature a conversation with marine biologist, policy expert and writer Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Climate One’s winner of the Schneider Award for excellence in science communication. We also talk with past winner Naomi Oreskes about how the field of science has changed for women during her career.

As climate threats intensify and sea levels rise, coastal communities are some of the first to face hard questions about relocating. How do we decide when to stay and when to go? Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home, this week on Climate One.

From extreme weather events to the climate summit in Glasgow to the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure deal, 2021 has been a banner year. Join hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious as we review the good and bad of this year in climate.

What a student learns about climate science depends a lot on which state they live in and who’s teaching. This week, we unpack climate miseducation with investigative reporter Katie Worth and learn about the undue influence of industry on school curricula.

President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will pour billions of dollars into projects, but does it go far enough?

Talking about climate disruption can be difficult no matter your background. Simply delivering information is rarely enough; communicating hard truths may depend on first forming heartfelt human connections.

After two weeks of negotiations, presentations and protests in Glasgow, COP26 is a wrap. This week we discuss what was achieved - and what wasn’t - at the international climate summit, and whose voices were heard.

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?

Solar geoengineering could provide an emergency brake on the disruptive and deadly effects of carbon emissions, but it is complicated.

Fully electrifying our homes, cars and industries could cut the amount of total energy we need by half, says Saul Griffith, entrepreneur, inventor and author of Electrify. Meanwhile automakers are increasingly investing in EVs, responding to consumer demand. This week, we explore the climate potential of electrifying everything.

Delegates from across the globe will soon meet for the international climate summit known as COP26. Six years on from the Paris agreement, is there finally enough urgency to turn ambition and promises into action?

How do we manage our own anxiety around an uncertain climate future – let alone help our children work through their feelings and fears? This week we explore Zen, mindfulness and psychotherapeutic approaches to building emotional resilience for adults and children in face of the climate crisis.

With human-caused climate change making lands hotter and drier, we are increasingly living in flammable landscapes. In an era of climate-driven megafires, how can we better live with fire, rather than always fighting it?

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says we should start conversations from the heart, not the head, in order to drive action on climate change. By talking about climate, we can help ourselves and others understand why it matters — and what we can do about it.

How can we prepare for a future wholly unlike the past we’ve known? Like COVID-19, climate disruption is a threat multiplier that will disrupt our lives in myriad ways. This week we discuss what changes we can make now to better prepare for future risks and climate disasters.

Fifty years ago, Frances Moore Lappé challenged people to think about the larger systems underpinning the food on their plates, particularly meat. Since then, the industrial food systems in America have only grown bigger and more consolidated. This week we discuss the intersections between democracy, environment, food, and justice.

“Modern water infrastructure has replumbed the planet,” says Giulio Boccaletti, author of Water: A Biography. But the story of water is not technological, it is political. What can 10,000 years of human history with water teach us about how we should handle this essential element in a climate-disrupted future?

Why have oil pipelines become such a flash point in the environmental movement? And what can all sides agree on to work toward the same less-carbon-reliant future? We talk about Line 3 and other pipelines on this week’s show.

Climate disruption features in the headlines nearly every day, penetrating deeper into our personal lives. In these uncertain times, how do we weigh the decision of whether or not to bring more children into the world?

Swing voters can have an outsized impact on elections. But many of those voters don’t know much about our climate emergency. We talk with Rich Thau of the Swing Voter Project about how these voters engage with climate news, like the most recent IPCC report.

President Biden has set a goal of conserving 30% of our land and waters in the next decade to sustain essential biodiversity and counteract the damaging impacts of climate change. About one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Some private landowners are concerned about where those lands will come from.

This year, Washington became the second state to place a price on carbon across most of its economy ― with the surprise support of oil company BP. Governor Jay Inslee says he welcomes the change of stance because there’s no time to waste. “We don’t have the luxury of sort of dividing the world into two camps.”

Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva has spent much of her career fighting against industrial agriculture. She advocates against corporate, industrialized agriculture and for small-scale, biodiverse farms--a sea change that she believes has the potential to heal our bodies and the planet.