Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast

266. Is it OK to Have Children in a Climate Crisis?

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of our How to Live a Good Life series, Tom, Paul and Christiana discuss the personal quandary of whether or not to have children ...

265. Monster Hurricanes are Caused by Them

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Newsflash: In this urgent episode recorded on Friday, October 11th, Tom, Paul, and Christiana come together to discuss the devastation caused by Hurri...

264. What Should I Eat in a Climate Crisis?

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SHOW NOTES:  In the penultimate episode of our How to Live a Good Life in a Climate Crisis, our hosts talk about food and food systems. How can w...

263. What Career Should I Have in a Climate Crisis?

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the third episode in our How to Live a Good Life in a Climate Crisis series, where our hosts grapple with some of the fiercest climate conu...

262. Is it OK to Fly in a Climate Crisis?

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is it OK to Fly in a Climate Crisis? In episode 2 of our How To Live A Good Life in a Climate Crisis series, the hosts grapple with one of most divisi...

261. How to Live a Good Life in a Climate Crisis - Introduction

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 1 of our How To Live A Good Life in a Climate Crisis series, the Outrage + Optimism hosts introduce you to their new mini series and discus...

The Deep Time Walk: Celebrating Stephan Harding 1953-2024

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since Dr Stephan Harding passed away in September 2024, he has been deeply mourned by the climate community,  many of whom have been touched and insp...

Trailer: How To Live A Good Life In A Climate Crisis

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How to Live a Good Life in a Climate Crisis The Outrage + Optimism team are excited to bring you a series that confronts the big questions we ask ours...

260. The UK is Back! with David Lammy

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special weekend edition of the podcast, hosts Tom, Christiana, and Paul catch up with The Rt Hon David Lammy, the UK’s new Secretary of Stat...

259. Live! From Climate Week NYC with Mission 2025

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, our hosts are live at Climate Week New York, joined onstage by a stellar line-up of influential voices from government, the p...

258. The Climate Pledge Turns Five

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, The Climate Pledge turns five and Tom and Christiana talk to Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, to reflect on the journey ...

257. What If We Get It Right?

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana shares her awe and admiration for the athletes at Paris’ Paralympics after being lucky enough to experience some of the games ...

256. We're Back! With a Cascade of Climate News

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Season 10! With the hosts together again following our break, Tom, Paul and Christiana are bursting with news and analysis.  Up for d...

255. US Election Special: Is a Win for Harris a Win for Climate?

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Newsflash: In an emergency podcast session recorded on Monday, July 22nd, we delve into President Biden’s announcement that he will not seek re-el...

254. Elections Roundup

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Election Special Roundup, our hosts delve into Labour’s recent victory in the UK, offering detailed analysis tailored for both UK and...

253. Mid-2024 Climate Review: How Are We Doing?

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our penultimate episode of the season, hosts Christiana, Tom, and Paul delve into a reflection on the year 2024 so far. This episode takes a deep d...

252. Mission 2025: It's Time For Leaders To Lead (Recorded Live!)

29 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we recorded live from London Climate Action Week at the Mission 2025 launch event. Tom Rivett-Carnac was joined by guests Andrew Steer (Bez...

Presenting: 'We Are The Great Turning'

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, something unique for our listeners from the podcast 'We Are The Great Turning'. As Joanna Macy approaches the end of a long life dedicated ...

251. World Refugee Day: Migration In A Post-Climate Change World

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Outrage + Optimism celebrate World Refugee Day with an interview with Gaia Vince. The hosts discuss how extreme heat, floods or natural dis...

250. Why Collective Trauma Is Keeping Us Stuck On Climate

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we go deep into trauma with Thomas Hübl, who developed the Collective Trauma Integration Process for working with individual, ancestral, a...

249. US Elections: Could Trump Surprise Us On Climate?

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode kicks off with Tom and Paul discussing the critical events shaping global democracy over the last week including Trump’s convi...

248. Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We'll Win the Climate War

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana, Tom and Paul bring the politics with a discussion on the upcoming UK election. Our hosts chat to Tom Steyer, Co-Executive Chair...

247. The Pope’s Hope? Biden’s Tariffs and Jeremy Clarkson’s About-Turn

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show…. Christiana's Corner: Dive into the riveting insights from Christiana as she unpacks the recent CBS interview with the Pope w...

246. Trump's Oily Offer, Mobilizing Young Climate Voters and The State of Scientists

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, with Tom away, our hosts are joined by Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, Climate Behavioural Scientist & CEO of North America, We Don't Have Time. Tog...

245. Deceit, Small Thinking and Fiduciary Duty

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana, Tom and Paul are back together and, as we continue to experiment with a new format, they each bring the topic they are feeling ...

244. Movies, Mosses, and Stories to Change The World

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Tom and Christiana are in Seattle recording in the Amazon studio where they are joined by special guest Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Of...

Presenting: 'The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast - Does What We Do Really Matter?'

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can one vegan with no car really help the planet? Today, a special presentation of a podcast we think O+O listeners will love from The Anti-Dread Clim...

243. Microplastics, Transition Plans and The Beginning of The End of The Climate Crisis?

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, our hosts each arrive with one specific issue they feel freshly outraged or optimistic about. Tom talks about how Earth Day 2024 will come ...

242. Xiye Bastida: Her Story of Nature (Earth Day Special)

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To mark Earth Day, Christiana shares her conversation with the incredible young climate justice activist, indigenous rights advocate and author Xiye B...

241. 40 Seconds to Save The World! with Paul Goodenough

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the hosts discuss the much celebrated ruling last week at the European Court of Human Rights when over 2000 women aged 64 and up, took the ...

Presenting: ‘How To Academy Podcast with Christiana Figueres - Facing the Climate Crisis Live In Conversation with Paul Polman’

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The How To Academy Podcast is the biweekly show from London’s home of big thinking. Each episode they take a deep dive into the life and ideas of on...

240. Two Years to Save The World? With Simon Stiell

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Tom files an exclusive report live from London, where he's on the ground covering Simon Stiell's highly anticipated Chatham ...

239. Krista Tippett: Her Story of Nature

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's special episode, while our team takes a well-deserved break, we're excited to present an exclusive, unedited conversation between Chris...

238. Impatient for Change with Hannah Ritchie

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the hosts welcome Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor at Our World in Data and a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford as our guest and d...

237. Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection - Over to You!

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, our hosts are rejoined by the incredible Isabel Cavelier Adarve. Tune in to hear them answer some of the brilliant questions listeners sent...

236. SOTU: Unpacking Biden's Vision and The IRA

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we bring you a US democracy special, discussing Joe Biden’s energetic State of the Union Address in which climate action played a signifi...

235. Female Leadership Can Unlock Systemic Change (International Women's Day 2024)

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready to celebrate International Women's Day with Tom and Christiana on Outrage + Optimism! We're discussing the fallout from Super Tuesday and th...

234. Farmer Protests

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, our hosts discuss the global farmers’ protests, what's behind them, how they are being co-opted by right leaning populist parties as an ‘...

233. The Thorny Issue of 1.5C

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

1.5C degrees is back in the news again as the recent Copernicus report reported that the world had exceeded this politically agreed temperature limit ...

232. Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection - Part Three - Living AS Nature

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana Figueres and her guest co-host Isabel Cavelier Adarve introduce the third and final episode in their mini-series, Our Story of ...

231. Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection - Part Two - Living WITH Nature

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana Figueres and her guest co-host Isabel Cavelier Adarve introduce the second episode in their mini-series, Our Story of Nature: F...

230. Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection - Part One - Living FROM Nature

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Christiana Figueres introduces a new mini-series, Our Story of Nature: From Rupture to Reconnection. Over three episodes, Christiana and g...

229. 2024: The Year Of Democracy (Or Not)

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Outrage + Optimism! Season 9 starts here… Our hosts - Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson - are back in conver...

228. Climate Conversations: A Holiday Survival Guide [December Mailbag]

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For the final episode of the year, we asked you, our listeners, to submit any awkward, painful or difficult climate questions you've encountered from ...

227. COP28 Panel: Turning Sustainability Values into Action

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Outrage + Optimism we bring you a serving of sizzling Cuban black bean soup in the form of a special live panel that was hosted by Tom Ri...

226. COP28: The Outcome Is A Signal

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Christiana away, Tom and Paul invite Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s Special Envoy for International Climate Action, to share her thoughts on the fi...

225. COP28: The Snapshot vs The Movie

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With much of the world’s media focusing on the language of the final text at COP 28 to determine the success or failure of the COP and Dr Sultan’s...

224. COP28: Later Is Too Late

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Outrage + Optimism we bring you news that over 1000+ signatories from across business, finance, philanthropy, politics, academia and civi...

223. COP28: Will The Word ‘Out’ Be In?

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Outrage + Optimism our hosts give a crucial update from Dubai’s COP28 opening days.  With Tom and Paul dialling in direct from Dubai a...

222. Moments of Truth

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Outrage + Optimism our hosts discuss the leaked documents revealing how Adnoc, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Dr. Sultan were pla...

221. TIME100 Climate: Stories of Leadership

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on O+O… our hosts discuss the US-China ‘Sunnylands statement’; China’s positive 2024 emissions news, and ask how we hold this positi...

Presenting: ‘On Being with Krista Tippett’

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On Being with Krista Tippett is a groundbreaking show, with an iconic host, about the big questions of meaning in 21st Century life  - from science t...

220. Inequality Is At The Root!

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

219. Ice Down the Spine and Courage in the Heart

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the team talk positive tipping points, grapple with the comms coming out of the pre-COP meets and send our tributes to dearly loved colleag...

218. October Mailbag

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week it is over to you, our listeners as the hosts strive to answer all of your challenging and wonderful questions:  Should we be having childr...

217. Greening Shipping

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ahoy! With Christiana at the helm this week we’re raising our anchor and charting a course into the fascinating and complex world of greening shippi...

Presenting: 'Uncertainty and Possibility - Meeting the Climate Future'

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when three wise women get together? Just an incredible series of new, mind-blowing conversations, that’s all. In this week’s episode ...

216. Drilled, Baby, Drilled!

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on O+O, our hosts, Christiana, Tom and Paul delve into the latest International Energy Agency report which sounds the death knell on the fos...

215. Hungry For Alternatives

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on O+O: UK Net Zero rollbacks, the rise of global populism and why we should all be hungry for (protein) alternatives. Pull up a chair to th...

214. Climate Week NYC: Love Is The Answer

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

213. September Stocktake

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

212. We're BACK! With Al Gore

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

211. You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

210. A Jolt From Complacency

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

209. Powered By Nature

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

208. TED Countdown: The Future is Exponential

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

207. Five Times Faster

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

206. Space, Time and The Ultimate Dimension!

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

205. How To Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

  Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and tran...

204. LIVE Q+A on Lifelines VS Deadlines

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

203. Tomfoolery! Red Herrings!

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

202. No Matter What, We're Going Too Slow

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

201. Lifelines VS Deadlines: The Need For Science Based Policy (Part Two)

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

200. Lifelines VS Deadlines: The Need For Science Based Policy (Part One)

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

199. Climate and Nature: One and The Same

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

Bonus: From Action to Empathy to Impact

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transf...

198. Dancing on Two Dancefloors

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

197. What If Our Best Times Are Ahead Of Us?

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another bumper episode of Outrage + Optimism!   This week we kick off with a rather triumphant Paul Dickinson revelling in the news that F...

196. Earth Day Special: LIVE Q+A on Momentum vs Perfection

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to an Outrage + Optimism Earth Day Special where we are super excited to share with you this recording of our Live Q&A session recorded o...

195. A Better Future Emerging

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With Tom away this week, tune in to hear Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson discuss announcements from the World Bank, the spring G7 meeting in Ja...

194. Making a Difference

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson this week on Outrage + Optimism as they discuss how best to counter the doom and disinf...

193. Momentum VS Perfection: The Biggest Question in Climate Right Now? (Part Two)

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to part two of the mini-series Momentum vs Perfection! This week Tom Rivett-Carnac and Fiona McRaith deepen their exploration of the tens...

192. Momentum VS Perfection: The Biggest Question in Climate Right Now? (Part One)

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

191. The Stories of Women are Precious

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and trans...

190. Presenting: Coliving Conversations - Shared Living & the Climate Emergency

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome listeners as as we start the week with a special bonus episode from the wonderful folks at  Conscious Coliving who recently hosted Tom Rivett...

189. We Are in Listening Mode

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

188. The Path to Sustainability is Equity

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

Weekend Rewind: Our Conversation with Nicola Sturgeon

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week in a surprise move, the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, announced her resignation. So in light of this profoundly ego-less mome...

187. THIS is the Rainy Day

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

186. The Breakthrough Effect

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

185. Welcome to 2023

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year!   Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-...

184. Last Episode of 2022: Strong Back, Soft Front

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

183. And Then a HERO Comes Along

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

182. COP15: Nothing Without Nature!

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

181. A U.S. Special: Making The Irresistible Irreversible!

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

180. TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Is There a Role for Carbon Credits in the Transition to a Fair, Net-Zero Future?

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, a special TED Countdown conversation for you! In June 2022, TED’s climate initiative, Countdown, launched its Dilemma Series: events designed...

179. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was th...

178. COP27: Why the Money Flow is Slow

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

177. Future of Food: Live from COP27

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...

176. COP27: Loss and Damage in the Spotlight

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism, where we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transfo...