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?”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Al Gore: How to make radical climate action the new normal
15:41 | A net-zero future is possible, but first we need to flip a mental switch to truly understand that we can stop the climate crisis if we try.
Al Gore: How to make radical climate action the new normal
15:41 | A net-zero future is possible, but first we need to flip a mental switch to truly understand that we can stop the climate crisis if we try, says Nobel laureate Al Gore.
The 55 Gigaton Challenge
5:52 | This is the climate challenge we face: we need to go from putting 55 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases into the air each year to zero.
The untapped energy source that could power the planet
15:10 | Deep beneath your feet is a molten ball of energy the same temperature as the surface of the sun — an immense clean energy source that could power the world thousands of times over, says Jamie C. Beard.
Kim Stanley Robinson: Remembering climate change … a message from the year 2071
10:12 | Coming to us from 60 years in the future, legendary sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson tells the “history” of how humanity ended the climate crisis and restored the damage done to Earth’s biosphere.
Nigel Topping: 3 rules for a zero-carbon world
12:35 | Nigel Topping shares three rules of radical collaboration that could positively disrupt the patterns of the global economy and help humanity tackle the world’s greatest threat: climate change.
What to do when climate change feels unstoppable
12:38 | Today’s youth have inherited a big, unprecedented climate problem to solve — and the eco-anxiety to go with it.
How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything
11:37 | Would you pay two percent more for the carbon-neutral version of the products you buy and use every day?
Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action
12:54 | Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug invites us to confront the deep, difficult emotions — love, sorrow and even rage — born from climate-driven ecological loss in order to act in service of our collective home.
The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster
48:25 | Bill Gates identifies the breakthroughs and investments we need to reduce the cost of clean tech, decarbonize the economy and create a pathway to a clean and prosperous future for all.
The people who caused the climate crisis aren’t the ones who will solve it
12:42 | Angela Mahecha Adrar explains why racial and economic justice must be at the center of climate action, and takes us to the frontline communities that are leading the world to clean, innovative and just climate solutions.
How carbon capture networks could help curb climate change
11:05 | Carbon capture advisor Bas Sudmeijer proposes partnerships between cities that would share the cost and geological resources needed to trap emissions deep in the earth.
Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don’t they?
10:42 | Myles Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and gas companies to progressively decarbonize themselves and sequester CO2 deep in the earth, with the aim of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Climate change is becoming a problem you can taste
12:16 | Amanda Little introduces us to the farmers, entrepreneurs and engineers who are radically rethinking what we grow and how we eat.
India’s historic opportunity to industrialize using clean energy
11:05 | India has a historic opportunity to power its industrialization with clean energy – and its energy choices will make or break the world’s fight against climate change.
The state of the climate crisis
4:26 | So far, only Gambia and Morocco are hitting their emission targets, while the biggest emitters are falling flat, or ignoring their goals entirely. How can we hold these countries accountable? Enter the Climate Action Tracker.
The case for stubborn optimism on climate
8:06 | “This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived,” says Christiana Figueres, the architect of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement.
If you adults won’t save the world, we will
8:16 | In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism.
10 years to transform the future of humanity — or destabilize the planet
7:45 | Johan Rockström shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate are at risk of reaching tipping points, which could make Earth uninhabitable for humanity.
Europe’s plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent
6:01 | Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, details the challenges and opportunities that come with transitioning an entire continent to clean energy.
Climate justice can’t happen without racial justice
9:32 | David Lammy calls for inclusion and support of Black and minority leadership on climate issues and a global recognition that we can’t solve climate change without racial, social and intergenerational justice.
How cities are detoxing transportation
10:25 | See what a future without the internal combustion engine could look like — and what it will take to get there.
Our moral imperative to act on climate change — and 3 steps we can take
13:02 | The global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis.
The new urgency of climate change
10:45 | The coronavirus brought much of the world to a standstill, dropping carbon emissions by five percent. Al Gore says keeping those rates down is now up to us.
How we could change the planet’s climate future
11:21 | The climate crisis is too vast and complicated to solve with a silver bullet, says author David Wallace-Wells. What we need is a shift in how we live.
How to turn climate anxiety into action
13:57 | It’s normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by climate change, says psychologist Renée Lertzman. Can we turn those feelings into something productive?
What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate
13:05 | When the ocean changes, the planet changes — and it all starts with microbes, says biological oceanographer Angelicque White.
100 solutions to reverse global warming
17:01 | What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This scenario, known as “drawdown,” is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann.
How we can turn the tide on climate
1:05:22 | Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson | Witness the unveiling of Countdown, a major global campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
13:00 | Rose M. Mutiso discusses how a balanced mix of solutions like solar, wind farms, geothermal power and modern grids could create a high-energy future for Africa.
Can seaweed help curb global warming?
14:00 | It’s time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change – and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help.
How climate change could make our food less nutritious
11:00 | In a talk about global food security, epidemiologist Kristie Ebi explores the potentially massive health consequences of the growing nutrition crisis.
A climate change solution that’s right under our feet
13:42 | Biogeochemist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe dives into the science of soil and shares how we could use its awesome carbon-trapping power to offset climate change.
Emergency medicine for our climate fever
14:49 | As we recklessly warm the planet by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, some industrial emissions also produce particles that reflect sunshine back into space.
How climate change affects your mental health
7:31 | “For all that’s ever been said about climate change, we haven’t heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in a warming world,” says science writer Britt Wray.
How supercharged plants could slow climate change
13:48 | Plant geneticist Joanne Chory is working to amplify this special ability: she’s creating plants that can store more carbon, deeper underground, for hundreds of years.
The disarming case to act right now on climate change
11:12 | “The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions,” Greta Thunberg says. “All we have to do is to wake up and change.”
Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer
9:50 | Thirty years after the world’s most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist Sean Davis examines the world we avoided when we banned chlorofluorocarbons.