Exploring the business side of climate change and the new climate economy
Latest episodes
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29 min
The green future is tree houses and balloon busses (with Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE)
From balloon hover busses to ethical cricket farms, architect Mitchell Joachim and his colleagues at Terreform ONE are dreaming up the sustainable concepts of the not-too-distant f…
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33 min
Yes, you can get jazzed about green power
Biden is pushing for massive green power integration, but our own authors say markets and technology have a lot of catching up to do. Yet famous physicist and energy expert Amory L…
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30 min
How to sell doomsday
Climate science is good; climate marketing is lousy. Comms expert David Fenton explains how the movement needs a clear, consistent message and robust ad campaigns to drive it home.…
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32 min
Climate policy has a women problem (with Bianca Pitt)
Women will likely be few and far between in the upcoming COP26 conference, and men dominate the climate discussion in general. Bianca Pitt from She Changes Climate argues that more…
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30 min
How did Norway get so green? (With Kristian Bye of Innovation Norway)
With more EVs per capita than any other country, Norway is the world's sustainability superstar. Kristian Bye of development bank Innovation Norway explains his country's secret an…
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27 min
The Swedish secret to sustainable leadership (with Henrik Henriksson and Elaine Weidman Grunewald)
You want your company to be more sustainable, but where to start? And how can a giant like BlackRock build a sustainable foundation? Henrik Henriksson, CEO of Scania and Elaine Wei…
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28 min
The most important climate event since Paris (with WRI's Helen Mountford)
The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference — a.k.a. COP26 — is coming up, and it's a big deal. Countries have the chance to renegotiate and revise their commitments five years after t…
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21 min
America's power grids are no match for climate change
America's power grids are outdated and dominated by monopolistic private utilities. We could see more blackouts — and huge economic damage — as the weather gets hotter and storms g…
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25 min
Dr. Rebecca Huntley: Don't bring up climate at Christmas dinner
Dr. Rebecca Huntley, author of "How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way that Makes a Difference," says stick to sports and movies when talking to your right-wing in-laws and save…
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25 min
Former governor Phil Bredesen brings solar power to the little guy
The Honorable Phil Bredesen went from Tennessee governor to Southern solar tycoon. Now his new startup Clearloop is helping smaller business sponsor solar to offset their carbon em…
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23 min
Bill Sisson's $8.5 trillion sustainability dream team
Mr. Bill Sisson is executive director, North America, for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a 25-year-old alliance of more than 200 companies with $8.5 trilli…
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21 min
A President Biden climate prognosis from author Jonathan Alter
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won the election, but what now? Will they be able to enact climate policy with a Republican Senate? Award-wining author, historian and Biden expert…
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35 min
Dr. Michael Mann explains the schemes of the 'inactivists'
Dr. Michael Mann helped create the famous "hockey stick" graph in 1999, and it has earned him and his research two decades of vicious attacks from the right. He meets with host Jar…
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31 min
Author Jonathan Alter argues Biden should learn from Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter turns 96 this week, and journalist and historian Jonathan Alter is celebrating his birthday with Carter's first ever full length biography. Alter argues that Carter wa…
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33 min
Valerie Rockefeller is re-investing her grandfather's fossil fuel fortune
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has been divesting its $860 million fossil fuel portfolio. Fund board chair Valerie Rockefeller and fund president Stephen Heintz join us to discuss t…
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28 min
Columbia University's 3D-printed food
Columbia engineer Jonathan Blutinger discusses his research into 3D printed meals and how the iPod-ification of cooking could protect the environment. Also, wildfires are getting w…
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39 min
Fracking is a bad bet
COVID-19 has slammed shale oil and gas, and the "fracking" industry has turned to the Federal Reserve to stay afloat. But was fracking a bad investment from the start? Also in this…
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30 min
How useful is ESG? With Harvard Business Review editor Adi Ignatius.
Harvard Business Review editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius discusses Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria, or "ESG." It's the new wave in responsible investing. But it's also s…
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25 min
Peter McKillop discusses the "climate economy"
It's our pilot episode, and an introduction is in order. Climate & Capital Media founder Peter McKillop explains who we are, what drives us, and the "new climate economy"—a $26 tri…