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Challenging Climate

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by Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine

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<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate">Support us at Patreon.</a></p><p>Questions or comments? Email <a href="mailto:info@challengingclimate.org">info@challengingclimate.org</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/ChalClimate">@ChalClimate</a></p><p>See more information on <a href="https://jreynolds.org/">Jesse Reynolds</a> and <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/people/academic/dr-peter-irvine">Pete Irvine</a>.</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/cb62b666e3c5/challenging-climate">Subscribe for email updates</a>.</p><p>music by Peter Danilchuk @clambgramb (IG/Twitter).</p>

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November 24, 2024

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

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July 2, 2024

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

<p>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 <em>Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers</em>, 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).<br/><br/>Links:</p><ul><li>Gwynne Dyer’s <a href='https://gwynnedyer.com/'>profile</a></li><li>Check out his new book, <a href='https://gwynnedyer.com/books/'><em>Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas</em></a></li><li>Check out this survey: <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature'>World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate">Support the Show.</a></p><p><a href='https://mailchi.mp/cb62b666e3c5/challenging-climate'>Subscribe for email updates</a></p>

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What is Challenging Climate?
<p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate">Support us at Patreon.</a></p><p>Questions or comments? Email <a href="mailto:info@challengingclimate.org">info@challengingclimate.org</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/ChalClimate">@ChalClimate</a></p><p>See more information on <a href="https://jreynolds.org/">Jesse Reynolds</a> and <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/people/academic/dr-peter-irvine">Pete Irvine</a>.</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/cb62b666e3c5/challenging-climate">Subscribe for email updates</a>.</p><p>music by Peter Danilchuk @clambgramb (IG/Twitter).</p>
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