Climate One

This Year in Climate: 2025

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

2025 has been a doozy in so many ways. And climate news has been no exception. Climate One hosts Ariana Brocious and Kousha Navidar look back at what ...

Jonathan Foley: 2025 Schneider Award Winner

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Project Drawdown is the world’s leading science-based guide to climate solutions. According to Jonathan Foley, Project Drawdown’s Executive Direct...

Faith in Climate Progress

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been ten years since Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on climate and caring for our common home, Laudato Si’. With the election of...

ENCORE: Small Dollar, Big Impact

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The climate doesn’t care where emissions cuts come from; what matters is that the world transitions to renewable energy quickly and cheaply. If it’...

Joe Manchin: Coal, Climate, and ‘Common Sense’

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Manchin grew up in the coal fields of West Virginia, the grandson of a miner and the son of a small-town grocer. His worldview was shaped by a pla...

Reports from COP30: Climate Talks in the Amazon

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The UN climate convention known as COP30 is now underway in Brazil. As the nations of the world gather to discuss their efforts to rein in climate dis...

Environmental Peacebuilders Working in the Midst of War

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fossil-fueled climate disruption is driving political instability around the world. The relationship between climate disasters and conflict are well-e...

When Climate Work Comes at a Cost: Dispatches From the Upside Down

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Human-caused climate change is fueling extreme floods, wildfires, rising seas, and record-breaking heat all around the world. At the same time, some o...

Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters...

Ani Dasgupta on Moving From Promises to Progress

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We know what needs to be done to ward off the worst impacts of global climate disruption: rein in heat-trapping pollution, reverse deforestation, buil...

PARTNER POD: Speed & Scale: Electrifying the grid with Amol Phadke

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we have a special episode to share with you from TED’s brand new podcast, Speed & Scale. Speed & Scale was created to help combat the doom an...

De-Hyping Hydrogen

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For decades, hydrogen has held promise as a revolutionary tool in the clean energy transition. It can be a fuel and energy carrier, and when made with...

Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall died on October 1. In a 2024 conversation on the Climate One stage with Co-Host Greg Dalton, the indefatigable Go...

Taylor Brorby and Suzie Hicks Tell The Stories We Don’t Always Hear

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Finding one's voice in climate action can come in many forms. Author and activist Taylor Brorby grew up in Center, North Dakota as a fourth-generation...

Scientists Who Won’t Be Silenced

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Within the federal government, science — especially climate science — has taken a beating. The Trump administration has moved from climate denial ...

Policy Whiplash: Checking In With Labor Unions

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The past few years have seen a seismic shift in energy and industrial policy in the United States. Under Biden, laws like the Inflation Reduction Act ...

Gloria Walton and Wawa Gatheru Believe in Grassroots Change, Not Just Charity

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Those standing up to climate and environmental injustice face challenges they weren’t seeing a year ago. But Gloria Walton, head of The Solutions Pr...

How Students and Teachers Are Talking About Climate

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Students are heading back to school, and in addition to all of the usual challenges of the school year, some children are carrying an extra weight: cl...

Nathaniel Stinnett: Climate Disruption Is a Homicide, Not a Suicide (Bonus Episode)

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

According to one recent survey, Americans think about climate change more than abortion, immigration, or gun violence. And yet, while they care deeply...

Small Dollar, Big Impact

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The climate doesn’t care where emissions cuts come from; what matters is that the world transitions to renewable energy quickly and cheaply. If it’...

Batteries Now Included

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Trump administration has taken aim at green energy, but one technology has largely been left untouched: batteries to store wind and solar electric...

Cause of Death: Air Pollution

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta died from a severe asthma attack. She became the first person in the United Kingdom (and possibly the world) to have ...

Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’...

Scorching Premiums: Climate Costs Hit Insurance Market

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate disruptions and growing risk are upending insurance markets, leading many insurers to abandon parts of the country all together. Due to fires,...

ENCORE: AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a previous Climate One episode, we discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly impacts of artificial intelligence. But AI isn’t going away. Humans ...

Trump’s Megabill Comes for the Clean Energy Transition

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three years ago, Congress passed President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history. The IRA set in...

Biomimicry & Green Burial: Living and Dying with Nature in Mind

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nature can feel distant from our everyday lives. Maybe it’s a place we visit on the weekends, a getaway from the hustle and bustle, something “out...

ENCORE: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia on Bringing Joy to Climate Action

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When individuals want to take action on climate, it’s often in the form of electrifying a home, voting, or maybe even traditional activism. Those ar...

BONUS: He Started Tesla Employees Against Elon. Then Got Fired.

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt LaBrot was the Tesla sales manager who got so fed up with how Elon Musk’s public persona affected the brand that he published a website called ...

Is the EV Transition Stuck in Neutral?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2024, BloombergNEF predicted electric vehicles would make up nearly half of U.S. new car sales by 2030. Now, they’ve revised their projection dow...

Dead Heat: The Danger Of Home Power Shutoffs

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Summer is here, temperatures are rising — and so are electric bills. That also means many people are facing a severely overlooked issue: power shuto...

Super Pollutants: The Hidden Half of Global Warming

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carbon dioxide is a big deal. It’s responsible for about half of global heating. But what about the other half? There’s actually good news here: N...

Three Big Thinkers With No Room for Doom

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s so much hard and heavy news out there right now, climate related and not. It feels like decades of progress is being lost. But — good news...

I’m Walkin’ Here! A Report Card on Congestion Pricing

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In January, congestion pricing went into effect in New York City. The policy’s implementation took decades; along the way, multiple moments suggeste...

Murder, Pollution as Policy, and Two Women Who Won’t Give Up

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“In the course of saying no with their bodies, they were met with more violence… including moms who were carrying babies on their backs and were p...

Honoring Environmental Heroes in 2025

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would you stand up against a giant corporation to stop toxic chemicals from harming your town’s water? Could you get policy enacted to cut emissions...

Official 2025 Trailer: Climate One

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're living through a climate emergency. The best way to begin addressing this crisis is by talking about it. Join co-hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Broc...

Tracking Trump’s Attack on Environmental Protections

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

About fifty years ago, multiple environmental disasters forced a reckoning with how we care for the Earth. President Richard Nixon signed numerous env...

San José Mayor Matt Mahan: Live from SF Climate Week

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Climate progress is stalling at the federal level, making local action more critical than ever. “In an increasingly urbanized world, cities must pla...

Solutions That Work With Grist, Project Drawdown and Jenny Odell

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s so easy to spiral into a climate doom loop. But solutions to the crisis are out there! Even as federal action stalls, states, local organizers ...

Congressman Jared Huffman: Live from SF Climate Week

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rep. Jared Huffman has represented California’s 2nd District — from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border — for over a decade. During that...

REWIND: Staycation: All I Ever Wanted

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Summer is coming soon, and for many that means vacation. While traveling far and wide can be an amazing experience, the carbon cost of traveling is si...

Revisiting Pope Francis: Climate Changer?

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On April 21, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. The Catholic Church's first Latin American pope was known for his humility and his efforts to make hi...

Gina McCarthy on Cutting Everything but Emissions

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since its creation under President Richard Nixon in 1970, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked to reduce pollution and toxic exposures ...

Net Gains: Saving Seafood Before It’s Too Late

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More than 3 billion people rely on seafood as a primary source of animal protein. But waters are warming, and fish are moving. Are those fish, and the...

AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a previous Climate One episode, we discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly impacts of artificial intelligence. But AI isn’t going away. Humans ...

Trump Breaks Wind?

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s no secret that President Trump is not a fan of wind energy. As a matter of fact, he signed an executive order on his first day back in office t...

Justice and Faith: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Justin J. Pearson

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Coleman Flowers has dedicated her life to fighting for the most vulnerable communities — people who have been deprived of the basic civil ...

Making Cents Out of Watts: What’s Driving Up Your Energy Bills?

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A third of Americans say that they've skipped food, medicine, or something else to be able to afford their energy bills. Much of the increase in the c...

Is ESG BS?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who’s responsible for climate change? Fossil fuel companies would like us to believe it’s all of us as individuals (after all, BP invented the ide...

The $300M Lawsuit That Could Crush Dissent

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, is suing Greenpeace for $300 million. The pipeline company accuses Greenpeace...

Disasterology: Navigating Fossil-Fueled Chaos

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From hurricanes on the East Coast to wildfires in LA, to floods in Vermont and storms in Texas, communities across the U.S. are facing a growing numbe...

Solar Power to the People

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At this moment, the cheapest way to create electricity is by pointing a solar panel at the sun. That’s good news for the climate. It’s also good n...

Drag Queen Pattie Gonia: Bringing Joy to Climate Action

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When individuals want to take action on climate, it’s often in the form of electrifying a home, voting, or maybe even traditional activism. Those ar...

What Climate Progress Is Possible Now?

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The second Trump administration has hit the ground running. The president has signed a flurry of executive orders targeting everything from birthright...

LA Wildfires: Loss, Recovery and Resilience

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have caused incredible destruction — loss of life, thousands of homes and businesses gone or damaged and hundreds...

Even Old Houses Can Learn New Elec-Tricks

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If we include personal cars, along with appliances like water heaters, stoves and furnaces, more than 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come...

Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every year we highlight the work of a scientist who excels in communicating their work to the world. Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Step...

REWIND: Geothermal — So Hot Right Now

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When most people hear the phrase renewable energy, they imagine fields full of solar panels or giant spinning wind turbines. But another source may be...

REFRESH — Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that th...

This Year in Climate: 2024

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 set new records for extreme heat around the world in what is already the warmest decade on record. According to the World Meteorological Organiza...

Transfer of Power: Life After Coal

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For over a century, coal fueled much of the country and served as the economic backbone for many rural communities. But with the rise of more affordab...

What Trump 2.0 Means for the Climate

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the surface, climate policy couldn’t face a worse future than under a second Trump administration. As a candidate, Trump said on his first day ba...

REWND: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are under...

Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Climate advocacy is a dangerous business. According to Global Witness, every week, somewhere in the world, between three and four environmental activi...

Where Do We Go From Here? COP29 and the Path Ahead

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the third year in a row, the world’s most important climate conference is taking place in a country whose largest source of export revenue is fo...

In the Eye of the Storm: TV Meteorologists Talk Climate

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to communicating climate science, weathercasters are uniquely positioned to connect the facts to viewers’ experiences. TV meteorologis...

REWIND: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cooling...

REWIND: What More Can I Do?

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re a climate-conscious person, you likely already know some of the main ways you can reduce your contribution to greenhouse gasses: buy less,...

The Tunnel Vision: A Look at California’s $20 Billion Solution to Its Climate Crisis

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

California has one of the most ambitious and highly engineered water delivery systems on the planet, and it’s being eyed for a new extension. The De...

How To Dance With China

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the last two decades, China has made big commitments to renewable energy — and it’s delivered. Last year, China installed more solar panels tha...

What if We Get It Right? with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Bill McKibben and Abigail Dillen

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the face of hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and other fossil fueled disasters, it’s easy to feel hopeless about the future of the climate. But ma...

No Justice Without Climate Justice

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before Justin J. Pearson became a national voice for common sense gun regulation, he was a strong advocate for climate and environmental justice, havi...

Jane Goodall: Celebrating 90

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental icon Jane Goodall is celebrating 90 years of life, and she’s not backing off of her passionate commitment to nature. The indefatigable...

REWIND – Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashio...

Turning Election Anxiety Into Action

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. is gearing up for a presidential election between a climate advocate and a climate denier. Scientists have given humanity a deadline to drast...

Cheaper, Faster, Better: Tom Steyer on Winning the Climate War

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Steyer rose to public prominence as the billionaire investor and climate organizer who ran for president in the 2020 election on a climate-first p...

Military Power: Balancing Security and Climate Threats

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. military is one of the world’s largest consumers of fossil fuels. And its carbon pollution is equally huge. At the same time, climate disru...

What’s a Climate-Conscious Republican to Do?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The leaders at the top of the Republican Party want the U.S. to double down on carbon-intensive oil and gas — and avoid reckoning with the damage th...

What the FERC Is Going on With the Electric Grid

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The nation’s electric grid needs to be expanded and made more reliable for our future energy demands and climate forecasts. The way we’ve built tr...

Unions You Wouldn't Expect Bargaining for Climate Action

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last year was the hottest in recorded history, and this summer, much of the United States has already experienced record-shattering heat waves. That l...

Thirst Trap: When Big Cities Run Dry

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we take a trip to Mexico, a petrostate that just elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. She’s also the former ...

Going for Green at the Paris Games

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Summer Olympic Games are here! That means more than 300 events, ten thousand athletes and millions of spectators coming to watch. And the athletes...

What’s at Stake in November

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This November, voters may have the rare opportunity to choose based on the records of two administrations that have each already had one turn at the h...

Local Climate Heroes with Project Drawdown

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are climate heroes everywhere among us, but few get the public attention they deserve. Matt Scott, director of storytelling and engagement at Pr...

REWIND: Six People Who’ve Changed Jobs for Climate

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most common questions people ask about climate is: what can I do? Since time is one of our most valuable resources — and we spend so much...

Crude Awakening: Why Ecuador Voted to Stop Drilling in the Amazon

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As countries around the world become more serious about reducing carbon emissions to meet international targets, many are still approving new oil and ...

Climate Policy Wonk Turned Indie Pop Star: AJR’s Adam Met

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Met is a behind-the-scenes climate policy powerhouse. He also happens to be the bass player in the award winning indie pop group AJR. During Met’...

Adulting in Turbulent Times

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Acting like a responsible adult can be challenging at the best of times. Add dealing with climate chaos to the mix, and keeping it all together can fe...

BONUS: Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More than 7% of California has burned in the last five years. Clearly, past methods of wildfire prevention haven’t worked. Now, California is embrac...

Rekindling Our Relationship With Wildfire

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summer means peak wildfire season. And recently, we’ve seen some of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. For years the message around...

You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are under...

Staycation: All I Ever Wanted

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Summer is coming soon, and for many that means vacation. While traveling far and wide can be an amazing experience, the carbon cost of traveling is si...

Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the loca...

Special: Remembering Pete McCloskey

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An environmental giant passed last week with the death of Pete McCloskey, a former Republican Congressman who co-authored the Endangered Species Act. ...

Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that th...

When California Dreams Hit Political Reality

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and nat...

SF Climate Week 2024: Are Businesses and Governments Measuring What Matters?

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Many businesses and governments have a goal of reaching net zero emissions. Sounds good. But what does “net zero” even mean? And how do we get the...

SF Climate Week 2024: Leading San Francisco in a Hot and Volatile World

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, Mayor London Breed released the San Francisco Action Plan, which aims to achieve net zero emissions for the city by 2040. The plan not only c...

REWIND: Building a Better Battery Supply Chain with JB Straubel and Aimee Boulanger

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batteries are a critical part of the transition away from fossil fuels. From electric vehicles to grid scale storage for wind and solar, demand for ba...