Archive - Wicked Problems

Survive the Trumpocene: w Dana R Fisher

Author of 'Saving Ourselves - Climate Shocks to Climate Action' returns to the show.

Apr 16 •

Richard Delevan

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33:17

Solar Geoengineering: Climate Chemo or Ozempic?

Is it time to break glass? Or bury the idea completely? Researchers from Harvard and U Chicago weigh in.

Apr 8 •

Richard Delevan

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53:35

How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

LaUra Schmidt tells us how to survive in The Long Dark.

Apr 6 •

Richard Delevan

49:36

Trump tariffs need an Addiopizzo...or a Sicilian Vespers

Until we stop treating POTUS like anything other than a mob boss shaking down the world, we will lack the imagination to do anything useful about it.

Apr 4 •

Richard Delevan

41:42

Mr Booker Goes to Washington

I've been distracted. So a bit late getting out other things. But spending 10 minutes on this is worth your while.

Apr 2 •

Richard Delevan

March 2025

Seems Like Playtime Is Over

Violence and America's near future; Heathrow, Kemi, and Abundance with Adam Bell; Prashant Rao on bargain renewable investments

Mar 28 •

Richard Delevan

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41:47

Heathrow was a wakeup call: ENODA founder Paul Domjan

We can't be lucky all the time.

Mar 24 •

Richard Delevan

35:13

Airport lights are going out all over Europe

Eurelectric Sec Gen Kristian Ruby on how Europe needs to prepare for a post-Ukraine time of energy threats

Mar 21 •

Richard Delevan

23:25

Friendly Fire at Chatham House

Climate tech heroes led the final session of the Climate and Energy Summit 2025 and for some reason I was allowed to chair the event.

Mar 21 •

Julia Kumari Drapkin

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Richard Delevan

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1:26:01

Wärtsilä: Staying the course through the energy transition tempest

At Chatham House in London, we spoke with the Finnish tech giant's head of strategy, Malin Östman

Mar 19 •

Richard Delevan

34:56

We have to talk about Adaptation, with Ben Cooke of The Times

Returning champion Ben Cooke talks us through why the UK's paper of record devoted a whole series to adaptation.

Mar 13 •

Richard Delevan

27:47

Data Dunkirk for Climate

Sometimes heroism consists of saving what we can, to fight another day. And you can help. Jonathan Gilmour, Rajan Desai, and Jeremy Hertzog tell us. …

Mar 13 •

Richard Delevan

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Jonathan Gilmour

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Climate Majority Project

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