What did 10 years of the Paris Agreement actually achieve?
The Paris Agreement was a huge deal when it was signed in 2015 at COP21. But after 10 years and $10 trillion dollars invested into decarbonizing our economies, what has it accomplished? As we approach...
4 Nov 202530min
The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight
Just three companies control the lion’s share of the $120 billion global market for industrial gases: Linde, Air Liquide & Air Products. And because the production of these gases is so energy intensiv...
30 Okt 202538min
The ‘science’ behind economics explains the big problems we face
From trade wars to skyrocketing tech valuations, governments and investors seem to be making economically irrational moves. As the world heads into another global climate summit, there is a need for f...
23 Okt 202542min
What climate tech is overhyped and what's not
There's always big ideas in the climate technology space, but it can be hard to get your head around all the different types of technologies making waves. What’s real and what’s low-carbon smoke and m...
16 Okt 202538min
US fossil fuels vs. Chinese clean tech, who’s winning on exports?
There’s a battle underway to win the energy export market between the world’s two largest economies: The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels, while China wants to sell the world its clean energ...
13 Okt 202510min
Renewables promised to be cheap. Why aren’t people feeling it?
The UK used to be a shining example of how to act on climate change. It created one of the world’s first climate laws in 2008, which bound the government to reduce emissions on tight deadlines. That l...
9 Okt 202538min
Big Take: AI data centers use a lot of energy. You may be paying for it
AI needs a lot of energy — and a new Bloomberg investigation has found that those soaring costs are being passed on to consumers who live near data centers. On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gur...
6 Okt 202516min
A return to coal? AI’s demand for gas turbines risks a new crisis: Bottlenecks Series
Rising power demand from data centers for artificial intelligence has led to a shortage of the gas turbines needed to generate electricity. This shortage might not seem the most obvious climate story,...
1 Okt 202535min
