Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast is for anyone who is not ready to give up on making the world a better place. For unrivalled conversations with decision makers, visionary thinkers and a community of like-minded climate optimists, join former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac and sustainable business consultant Paul Dickinson. Each week they make sense of all the top climate news stories, go behind the scenes at crucial talks and ensure you stay informed and inspired ahead of what is set to be the consequential year for climate action.
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S12E53 Extreme Heat Breaks: The hidden climate story behind the World Cup
For the first time, all 104 matches at the Men's Football World Cup will be stopped for a mandatory three-minute hydration break, halfway through each half. For the first time, a global audience of…
S12E52 The Agency Crisis: Heatwaves, Tony Blair and the Politics of Powerlessness
The UK, Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal shattered their May heat records last week. Scenes reminiscent of high summer arrived months early, across Western Europe. And like all extreme weather…
S12E51 Can $30k Change the World? The Power of Climate Giving
When climate wins happen, we often credit the market. Or the policy. But is philanthropy the most underappreciated force in the climate fight? And can less than 2% of global giving actually change…
S12E50 Can the rules keep up?: Lawsuits, LLMs and the looming oil recession
An unprecedented government move to outrun the courts. A country racing to write AI into its constitution. And a global energy crisis that's already moved faster than any possible fix. Are our…
S12E49 The Jet Fuel Crisis: What’s next for aviation?
Are flights across the world about to be grounded? Is a terrible war about to create an unlikely good news story for the climate? As conflict in the Middle East threatens the Strait of Hormuz, jet…
S12E48 David Attenborough at 100
Monarch butterflies crossing a continent. Peregrine falcons above Manhattan. A giant lemur most of the world had never heard of, until one man pointed a camera at it. For seventy years, Sir David…
S12E47 “This is civilisation changing stuff”: Is AMOC the hardest climate story to tell?
Europe plunged into a deep freeze. Life as we know it upended. The 2004 film ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ gave a generation of terrified journalists an impossible task: how do you communicate the counter…
S12E46 Beyond the Oil Crisis: What’s actually blocking the transition?
The Iran crisis continues to prove how dangerously dependent the global economy is on fossil fuels. But what will it actually take to move beyond them?In this episode, Christiana Figueres, Tom…
S12E45 It’s In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals
There are chemicals in your blood that weren't there fifty years ago. They are in the products you use, the water you drink, the food you eat - and for years, almost nobody was told the full truth…
S12E44 The Health Emergency Hiding in Rising Seas
Sea-level rise is often spoken about in centimetres, forecasts and future scenarios. But what if we understood it as a health emergency that is already reshaping lives, harming bodies and minds, and…
S12E43 Forecasting Disaster: A ‘super’ El Niño? And the case for early action
As headlines warn of a possible ‘super El Niño’ later this year, we ask: how do we respond to a warning before it becomes a catastrophe? The last major El Niño brought record heat, crop failures,…
S12E42 Flooded: Is extreme weather shifting the climate front lines?
We used to be shocked by this. Hundreds of thousands displaced, millions affected, whole communities washed out. But somewhere along the way, extreme weather events have become background noise.This…
S12E41 The Iran Crisis and the Price of Oil Dependence
War in Iran has triggered another global energy shock. Once again, conflict has exposed the deep instability built into the fossil fuel system. And once again, the world is reminded that these fuels…
S12E40 Water, Wildlife, and Climate’s Hidden Trade-Offs
The climate crisis is not one problem. It is a crisis of water, food, energy, language, justice and power - all colliding at once. So how do we respond when climate solutions create new trade-offs of…
S12E39 Who Pays? The Unfair Economics of Climate Finance
This week we acknowledge the US strikes on Iran and the escalation that has followed. The immediate human cost is what matters most right now. But this crisis is unfolding within a global system…
S12E38 Catastrophe Apathy: Why understanding the climate crisis isn’t enough
Climate concern is not the problem. Most people have it. What's missing is everything that turns concern into action - and understanding that gap turns out to be a lot more complicated than it…
S12E37 Trump Moves to Dismantle US Climate Law - Now Comes the Legal Test
The Trump administration last week announced the repeal of the ‘endangerment finding’ - the 2009 determination that climate change threatens public health and welfare. It may sound arcane, but this…
S12E36 Who Wields Power Now?: Money, Movements and the Future of Climate
Who shapes climate action when old systems begin to strain? And where does power really sit - with governments, financial institutions, communities, or individuals?Christiana Figueres, Tom…
S12E35 Power, Money and Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping Climate Action
Who really holds power in the climate transition? And how do money, politics, and influence shape the pace of change?In this episode, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson use…
S12E34 The China Pivot: What will Beijing’s climate leadership look like?
World leaders are flocking to Beijing. In the first weeks of 2026, Canada’s Mark Carney, the UK’s Sir Keir Starmer and South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung have all made high-profile visits - an unmistakable…
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