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Who's saving the Planet? Looking Behind the Curtain of Carbon Offsets
Microsoft says it's going carbon negative. You just bought an offset for a flight you're taking (congrats, welcome back). Credit cards have carbon-neutral lifestyle plans in the works. All sounds great, but what does it really mean? And will these offsets actually reduce the amount of carbon they promise?
Who's saving the Planet? Massive.Earth: 10,000 Solutions to Solve the Climate Crisis
The magnitude and complexity of the threat posed by climate change can't be solved with one silver bullet. Rather than looking for one solution, Dr. Michael Boesen decided to raise an army of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and developers with the skills required to build the solutions we need. Since it's going to take all of us to save the planet, we might as well start getting all of us in the fight.
Who's saving the Planet? Sesame Solar: The All-In One Solution to De-Carbonized Disaster Relief
What happens when disaster strikes, a hurricane or fire, and communities are left stranded without power, water, or basic medical needs? Generally we rely on shipping in fuel to power generators, but that's not always an option, and certainly an imperfect one- burning the same fossil fuels which helped propogate the disaster in the first place.
The Climate Question | How much does biodiversity matter to climate change?
The ecosystems of the land and ocean absorb around half our planet warming emissions. But these are being destroyed by human activity. At the same time, climate change is a primary driver of the destruction of these habitats and biodiversity loss. If biodiversity is our strongest natural defence against climate change (as it’s been described), what’s stopping us from doing more to protect it?
The Climate Question | What is Climate Change?
Jordan Dunbar introduces The Climate Question's guide to the Climate Change basics - with the help of some friends of the show.
The Climate Question | Going carbon neutral: Lessons from Denmark
Bornholm – a Danish island in the Baltic Sea – is trying to go carbon neutral by 2025. It is a lofty ambition that would put the island decades ahead of most countries. This dream has been 15 years in the making; a crash in fish stocks meant Bornholmers had to reinvent themselves and they chose to become ‘the bright green island’. Since then, they have been making biogas from pig manure, building wind turbine after wind turbine, and now they are piloting new ways of storing this renewable energy, including in a battery made of salt.
Mind Over Chatter: The Cambridge University Podcast | Is climate change actually being taken seriously?
In this last episode of the series, we’ll be exploring how stories work for and against climate change.
A Chat in the Yurt | Team Europe and Central Asia - Digital Connectivity, Water, Energy & Climate
In this series of podcasts Rashid Gabdulhakov and Yelena Kilina welcome guests from both regions to discuss exciting new research and the latest developments in Europe and Central Asia. Guests range from academics to policymakers and from journalists to civil society activists. What is happening in Europe that Central Asians should know about? What events are unfolding in Central Asia that Europeans should understand? Together, we discuss society trends, political developments, and economic turns while assessing the past and looking ahead to what may unfold.
Between the Lines Podcast | The Water–Food–Energy-Nexus
The world of development thinkers and practitioners is abuzz with a new lexicon: the idea of “the nexus” between water, food, and energy. It promises better integration of multiple sectoral elements, a better transition to greener economies, and sustainable development.