Challenging Climate

About Challenging Climate

Asking tough questions about the science, technology, and politics of climate change, two climate researchers challenge leading experts on one of the defining issues of our age. Every two weeks, they explore how we can fight global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon removal, adaptation and solar geoengineering. Dr. Jesse Reynolds and Dr. Pete Irvine consider the roles of computer models and persuasive narratives, economics and public policy, and renewable energy and national security in the climate debate, and look beyond to issues such as biotechnology and international development. Support us at Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate) Questions or comments? Email info@challengingclimate.org (mailto:info@challengingclimate.org) or tweet @ChalClimate (https://twitter.com/ChalClimate) See more information on Jesse Reynolds (https://jreynolds.org/) and Pete Irvine (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/people/academic/dr-peter-irvine). Subscribe for email updates (https://mailchi.mp/cb62b666e3c5/challenging-climate). music by Peter Danilchuk @clambgramb (IG/Twitter).

Publisher

Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine

Category

news · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Oct 2021

Latest episode

24 Nov 2024

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Nov 2024

   Farewell

   Pete and Jesse from Challenging Climate discuss their farewell episode, reflecting on their experiences and new projects including The Degrees Initiative and Climate Reflections.

2. 

   12 Aug 2024

   50. Maarten Albers on the Nitrogen Crisis in the Netherlands

   Our guest is Maarten Albers, a journalist who reports on agriculture and food for the Volkskrant, one of the Netherlands’ leading newspapers. In today's episode, we draw our attention to the 'nitrogen crisis' in the Netherlands - a major environmental story that has reshaped politics in the Netherlands and societal views on environmental regulation, science and technology, and even international relations.Listen as we discuss why we should care about nitrogen in the environment, and what less...

3. 

   2 Jul 2024

   49. Gwynne Dyer on Intervention Earth: climate mitigation, CDR & SRM

   Our guest is Gwynne Dyer, an author, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. In this episode, we discuss the key messages from his new book Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, based on extensive interviews with the world’s top climate scientists. We discuss his insights from these interviews on the state of our climate, and address controversies and concerns over carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM). Links: Gwynne Dyer’s profile (https://gwynnedyer.com/) Check out his new book, Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas (https://gwynnedyer.com/books/) Check out this survey: World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature) Support the Show. (https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate) Subscribe for email updates (https://mailchi.mp/cb62b666e3c5/challenging-climate)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

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