Audioblog 14: Generative AI — The Power and the Glory
Will AI be a disaster for the climate, or a saviour in disguise? How is AI reshaping power needs around the world? And does a lack of clean electricity spell the end of the AI dream, or a new round of...
22 Jan 202555min
Five Years In, How Has The Bezos Earth Fund Used Its Billions? Ep192: Dr. Andrew Steer
How can $10 billion be spent most effectively to address the climate and nature crises? What role can philanthropy play in driving systemic change? And how can new technologies like AI be leveraged to...
15 Jan 20251h 11min
Petrostate USA vs Electrostate China — Place Your Bets | Ep191
Happy New Year and welcome to Season 14 of Cleaning Up. From the future of nuclear to growing tensions between China and the USA, we're off with a bang with a conversation between hosts Michael Liebre...
8 Jan 20251h 1min
Lifting the Curtain on Climate Denial — Naomi Oreskes — Cleaning Up Redux
Happy New Year from all of us here at Cleaning Up. This week we’re bringing you one from our archive of almost 200 episodes. It’s a conversation Bryony Worthington had with Naomi Oreskes in October 20...
1 Jan 202558min
Cleaning Up Redux: The Einstein of Energy Efficiency - Amory Lovins
Hello, I’m Michael Liebreich, and this is Cleaning Up.I hope you are having a good break over the holiday season, and getting to spend some quality time with your family. I’m in Switzerland, where it ...
25 Dec 20241h 5min
Have We Lost The Climate Argument? Ep190: Lord Adair Turner
Are we losing the argument that climate change requires action and investment? Can we balance the need for affordable energy with the costs of decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like steel, cement an...
18 Dec 20241h 24min
How Climate Philanthropy Spends Its Billions | Ep189: Greg De Temmerman
Climate philanthropies are playing an increasingly important role in funding climate action. In 2023, an estimated $9-16 billion was spent by philanthropies on programs to mitigate climate change. But...
11 Dec 202457min
Is The International Order Too Weak To Stop Climate Change? Ep188: James Cameron
What was achieved at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan? Where will the promised $300 billion come from, and how will it be spent? And what reforms are needed to make the COP process more effective and impactf...
4 Dec 20241h 6min
