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The Long Heat, with Wim Carton
Co-author of Overshoot gives us a sneak preview of the second half of his work with Andreas Malm, published in a few weeks!
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Richard Delevan
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Wim Carton
44:16
A Peruvian farmer may have just saved us. Even though he lost in court, we all won.
Dana Drugmand on the precedent-setting RWE ruling in Germany; plus the US climate cases that keep rolling on.
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Richard Delevan
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Dana Drugmand
35:40
The True Story of Limits to Growth
Economist and documentary maker Katy Shields takes us behind the scenes on her superstar project centred on the arc of principal Limits to Growth author…
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Richard Delevan
40:17
Climate Diplomacy Is Doomed. Unless... (w Jessica Green)
A new book, Existential Politics, explains why we argue about angels on the head of a pin and why we need to talk about the elephant in the room…
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Richard Delevan
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Jessica Green
43:20
Elon Musk v Mishal Husain = Frost v Nixon
The BBC presenter-turned-Bloomberg editor made news. It has largely been ignored.
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Richard Delevan
Geoengineer Once, Measure Twice
It's better to know than not to know. Kelly Wanser of SilverLining warns against the alternative.
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Richard Delevan
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Kelly Wanser
58:18
Climate "Realism" = Giving Up
Jeremy Wallace from SAIS discusses his viral Heatmap takedown of the Climate Realism initiative from the Council on Foreign Relations, "abundance…
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Richard Delevan
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Jeremy Wallace
50:22
Does apartheid South Africa offer a warning against fossil fuel "indoctrination"?
Charles Perry talks to us about his journey from Mandela's freedom to BP's first renewables attempt to working with Al Gore, and where we go from here.
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Richard Delevan
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Charles Perry
31:17
State of Climate Tech 2025
We borrowed sound from Climate Impact's Flagship Summit. Plus Carey Lovelace, founder of Visions2030; and Belinda Perriman, co-founder of ConvertWell.
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Richard Delevan
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Belinda Perriman
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The Other Chris Hayes
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Steven Meersman
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Kelly Wanser
1:07:20
Tony Blair. Climate vampire. Will Morgan McSweeney choose the Renfield Option?
Decoding the UK local elections, Reform, and Tony Blair's intervention, and what Labour will do, with Holly Brazier-Tope of Green Alliance, climate…
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Richard Delevan
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Dave Vetter
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Adam Bell
1:05:35
Is Britain in a climate tailspin?
After the UK Climate Change Committee said the country is failing to prepare for the effects of climate change, we speak to Climate Majority Project's…
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Richard Delevan
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Rupert Read
48:43
Iberian Blackout: One-off Fiesta or Climate Warning?
Climate and energy analyst Tom Raftery tells us his first-hand experience near Seville of the blackout, its aftermath, and whether there are lessons we…
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Richard Delevan
36:22
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