How green are electric cars?
4:44 | With lingering questions over the mining of rare metals, battery manufacturing and electricity consumption, we investigates whether electric vehicles are as green as we’ve been led to believe.
Use Your Voice, Vote and Wallet for Climate Action
14:08 | Halla Tómasdóttir urges us all to recognize our power and to use our voice, vote and wallet to catalyze meaningful climate action.
Virginia Smith: The global risk of flooding — and how to turn the tide
11:45 | From village to metropolis, global flooding is on the rise, and traditional approaches to managing the swells won’t cut it.
Algae – natures answer to fossil fuels and plastics!!
15:59 | Algae has been used by humans for thousands of years, but the idea of using algae as a secret weapon to combat climate change is definitely a modern day concept.
Solar Wind and Wave. Can this ocean hybrid platform nail all three?
12:16 | Solar, wind and wave power from a single offshore platform?
John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram: An action plan for solving the climate crisis
11:36 | “How much more damage do we have to endure before we realize that it’s cheaper to save this planet than to ruin it?”
This iron and water battery could power a more renewable grid
7:25 | Sitting in a row outside of the factory, these giant batteries are the size of freight containers. Powered by vats of iron and saltwater, they’re called iron flow batteries.
Nili Gilbert: The crucial intersection of climate and capital
9:57 | The financial sector often talks of decarbonizing investment portfolios as a way to fight climate change. But portfolios can be “cleaned” without having any real impact on the problem.
Decarbonising AMMONIA production. Could a revolutionary new process be the key?
11:36 | Ammonia has great potential as a fuel source, if only a way could be found to produce it without the huge carbon dioxide emissions it currently creates.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions 1950-2020 (Climate part I)
12:05 | Using 4000 or so markers we visualize the human impact on climate change during the last 70 years.
Nicola Sturgeon: How small countries can make a big impact on climate change
9:15 | When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn’t matter — it’s their ambition that counts.
Man against machine – Coal, climate and the future
12:26 | Eckardt Heukamp is refusing to budge: He’s the last remaining resident of Lützerath in North-Rhine Westphalia, situated on the edge of a huge open-cast lignite mine.
Farwiza Farhan: The powerful women on the front lines of climate action
Have we found the missing link in the energy storage equation?
12:19 | Manganese dioxide flow batteries may offer a very cost effective way of bridging the gap between short duration lithium-ion batteries and longer duration technologies like hydrogen.
How to fix the world’s concrete problem
8:38 | Concrete is simple, cheap, strong and lasts long. But the wonder material that’s all around us is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions — and it’s not easy to change that.
Kører EU Grønt tidsnok?
22:59 | Vi har talt med 3 danske EU-parlamentsmedlemmer om et udspil der skal finde opbakning i et EU-samarbejde, hvor der er langt imellem de klimapolitiske ambitioner i f.eks. Polen og Danmark.
Chibeze Ezekiel: A vision for sustainable energy in Africa
6:53 | Africa needs new energy sources to fuel its development, but the continent should invest in renewable energy instead of cheap, polluting alternatives like coal.
How climate change is killing an Arctic culture
7:35 | As the arctic warms four times faster than the global average, Europe’s only indigenous population is under threat.
Solar PV efficiency – new breakthrough!
10:08 | A team in Cambridge has developed a film that can amplify the number of photons that a solar photovoltaic panel can use, with a potential increase in efficiency to as much as 35%.
Gavin McCormick: Tracking the whole world’s carbon emissions — with satellites & AI
11:15 | If we really want to get serious about fighting climate change, we need a way to track carbon pollution in real-time and identify the worst culprits.
Why carbon offsets are worse than you think
15:10 | Carbon offsets sound so promising: If you emit some CO2, you can just pay someone else to reduce that amount somewhere else, and you’re good! But is it too good to be true?
Hongqiao Liu: Can China achieve its ambitious climate pledges?
9:21 | In 2020, China’s President Xi Jinping pledged that China would both peak its emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2060.
Fynsk, Finsk CO2 Fangst. God dag for klimaet
7:34 | Kan man fange, lagre eller endnu bedre genanvende klimaskadelig CO2 til flydende grønt brændstof?
Tzeporah Berman: The bad math of the fossil fuel industry
13:38 | We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, but the industry continues to expand oil, gas and coal production and exploration.
Antarctica latest research: Doomsday Glacier ice shelf will be gone in 5 years!
12:52 | The country sized glaciers on Antarcticas outer edges have been receding for years, but now new research has shown the disintegration of Thwaites, or Doomsday, Glacier is accelerating fast.
Ilissa Ocko: The fastest way to slow climate change now
9:57 | “Cutting methane is the single fastest, most effective opportunity to reduce climate change risks in the near term,” says atmospheric scientist Ilissa Ocko.
We’ve got climate change under control…apparently!
10:13 | When it comes to climate change, the majority of us think we’re personally doing our bit, but that we’re being let down by everyone else, including our own neighbours.
Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero
8:03 | Climate action can be a vehicle to deliver dignity, opportunity and equality for all.
The Science of Cranky Uncle Part 3: Fighting Misinformation with Critical Thinking
12:56 | Part 3 of the Science of Cranky Uncle looks at how to use critical thinking to deconstruct misinformation and identify any misleading reasoning fallacies.
Solomon Goldstein-Rose: How much clean electricity do we really need?
9:50 | Fossil fuel replacement isn’t enough, Solomon Goldstein-Rose explains in this compelling talk: we need to rapidly develop a new global system capable of producing 12 times the amount of clean electricity we generate today.
Powering the planet from space. Closer to reality than you think?
11:18 | Solar power stations in space. Sounds like pure science fiction doesn’t it?
Girls for Future and their fight against the global climate crisis
1:28:10 | ‘Girls for Future’ follows four girls as they fight for a better future. Aged between 11 and 14 years, they are all directly affected by environmental destruction – from air pollution to water shortage – and its consequences.
The Science of Cranky Uncle Part 2: Inoculation Theory
7:50 | Part 2 of the Science of Cranky Uncle looks at research into how inoculation theory offers an approach for building public resilience against misinformation.
Tornadoes Caused by Climate Crisis!
11:19 | Matt Walsh fires back at others who tweeted about climate change in response to recent tornadoes in the US. Let’s put this old man in his place.
The Californians Who Love Big Oil
11:32 | Dena Takruri heads to Kern County, where in one in seven workers has a job tied to oil. Can this oil-reliant county ever break up with fossil fuels?
Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor. Energy Revolution or delusional distraction?
15:50 | Small Modular Reactors are being touted as the only zero carbon baseload solution to our climate crisis. Rolls Royce say they’ll have their design operational within ten years. Can they do it, and do we want it?