Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAI, Extreme Weather, and the LA Wildfires
The year 2024 ended with a sobering milestone: it was officially the hottest year ever recorded. That pattern of extremes continues around the world,…
1 year, 3 months ago
Climate as a Catalyst for Global Conflicts
Climate change isn't just an environmental threat—it's becoming a catalyst for conflict.
Over the past decade, rising temperatures, water shortages, …
1 year, 3 months ago
Re-run: Understanding the Scale of the Energy Transition
Energy is fundamental to economic development. It propels manufacturing, transportation, and construction, and throughout history, it's been the driv…
1 year, 3 months ago
Re-run: Brazil's Crucial Role in the Energy Transition
In Brazil, the energy transition is pushed and prodded by conflicting forces.
Its government is taking significant steps to cut emissions. For examp…
1 year, 3 months ago
Transforming America's Power System
The headline from this year's World Energy Outlook released by the International Energy Agency says, "The world is on the brink of a new age of elec…
1 year, 4 months ago
COP29: A Veteran's Account of the UN Process
The international climate negotiation process stands at a critical juncture. At the recent COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, nations struggled to find comm…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Cybersecurity Stakes of the Energy Transition
The energy transition is transforming how we power our world – clean energy systems are becoming more interconnected, automated, and reliant on digit…
1 year, 4 months ago
Minimizing Damage as Mining for Critical Minerals Ramps Up
The clean energy transition has a dirty underside. To move away from fossil fuels and toward solar, wind, batteries, and other alternative sources of…
1 year, 4 months ago
Inside the 2024 World Energy Outlook
Rising electricity demand. Heightened geopolitical tension. Fragility in energy markets. These are some of the big stories shaping the energy transit…
1 year, 5 months ago
Where Climate and Trade Policy Meet
In passing and signing the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, Congress and the Biden administration infused hundreds of billions of dollars into the e…
1 year, 5 months ago