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.
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.
12:38 | Today’s youth have inherited a big, unprecedented climate problem to solve — and the eco-anxiety to go with it.
11:37 | Would you pay two percent more for the carbon-neutral version of the products you buy and use every day?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12:16 | Amanda Little introduces us to the farmers, entrepreneurs and engineers who are radically rethinking what we grow and how we eat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10:25 | See what a future without the internal combustion engine could look like — and what it will take to get there.
13:02 | The global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis.
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.
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.
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?
13:05 | When the ocean changes, the planet changes — and it all starts with microbes, says biological oceanographer Angelicque White.
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.
1:05:22 | Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson | Witness the unveiling of Countdown, a major global campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
14:00 | It’s time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change – and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help.
11:00 | In a talk about global food security, epidemiologist Kristie Ebi explores the potentially massive health consequences of the growing nutrition crisis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
17:11 | Katharine Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family, community and religion – and to prompt people to realize that they already care about a changing climate.
12:18 | Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Angel Hsu describes how the most populous country on earth is creating a future based on alternative energy.
14:00 | Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox previews some amazing technology to scrub carbon from the air, using chemical reactions that capture and reuse CO2 in much the same way trees do … but at a vast scale.
15:53 | What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? “Like a doughnut,” says Oxford economist Kate Raworth.
7:41 | Scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley takes us from the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria to the icy shores of Svalbard to show how the military approaches the threat of climate change.
13:07 | Ted Halstead proposes a carbon dividends plan, free markets and limited government.
15:52 | Using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean energy in all sectors.
12:52 | Back in 2008, following the global financial crisis, governments across the world adopted a “whatever it takes” commitment to monetary recovery, issuing $250 billion worth of international currency to stem the collapse of the economy.
29:21 | Al Gore: Vi kan ikke løse klimakrisen, hvis ikke vi får løst demokratikrisen.
14:50 | When Christiana Figueres was tapped by the UN to lead the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December 2015, she thought it would be impossible to bring the leaders of 195 countries into agreement on how to slow climate change.
18:54 | Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country’s mission to put happiness before economic growth and set a world standard for environmental preservation.
25:20 | Why is Al Gore optimistic about climate change? In this spirited talk, Gore asks three powerful questions about the man-made forces threatening to destroy our planet — and the solutions we’re designing to combat them.
14:23 | Imagine the hottest day you’ve ever experienced. Now imagine it’s six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to Alice Bows-Larkin, that’s the type of future in store for us if we don’t significantly cut our greenhouse gas emissions now.
21:42 | Climate change is unfair. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide climate justice.