Climate One

Climate One from The Commonwealth Club

We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Brocious and Kousha Navidar bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the challenge — the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

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Nov 5, 2009 · 1 hr
Henry N. Pollack, Ph.D: A World Without Ice
As the climate-change debate becomes more heated, are we at risk of losing these precious formations?
Nov 5, 2009 · 1 hr 2 min
Tim Flannery: Now or Never
Flannery argues that we are approaching the point of no return, he believes there is hope that steps can be taken to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Oct 2, 2009 · 1 hr 7 min
EPA + You = A Greener Future. Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
After winning higher auto fuel economy earlier this year, what are the EPA’s next big priorities? In her first visit to California as the country’s chief environmental regulator, Jackson lays out her vision for cleaning up America’s air, water and land.
Sep 25, 2009 · 1 hr 10 min
Arnold Schwarzenegger: California - Carbon = A Cleaner World?
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon convene a global summit of governors from developing countries to advance the transition to a clean-energy economy. Today he visits Climate One for a discussion of California's role managing greenhouse gases.
Sep 16, 2009 · 1 hr 9 min
Hopenhagen: Seth Farbman, Jon Krosnick, Adam Werbach - Public Support for a Deal in Copenhagen
Some of the world's biggest advertising companies are putting aside their rivalries to collaborate on a new global campaign - Hopenhagen - about the hope of a green and prosperous future. Will they have any impact? Experts discuss what's at stake.
Sep 16, 2009 · 1 hr
Panel: Carbon Exchange 101 - controlling emissions and boosting the economy
Is carbon exchange politically feasible in the United States? How does it compare to a carbon tax? Join a panel of experts to break down the details of this complicated scheme.
Aug 28, 2009 · 1 hr
Woody Tasch: Slow Money - Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered
Tasch draws on three decades of experience working along the boundaries of venture capital, social investing and philanthropy.
Aug 21, 2009 · 1 hr 5 min
Gill Friend: The Truth About Green Business and the Potential for Jobs and Prosperity
Hear from one of the leaders in the field explain how we can change the world by greening business.
Jul 30, 2009 · 1 hr 6 min
World Bank: Driving Incomes Up, Carbon Down
The World Bank is at the center of the great 21st-century challenge of reducing carbon while creating opportunity in emerging economies. When are those priorities in alignment? When do they conflict? How does the Bank’s efforts relate to private capital?
Jul 14, 2009 · 1 hr 7 min
Curtailing Suburban Sprawl in California
As California’s population has grown, so too has the state’s thirst for expansion and space. Panelists discuss a recent state law that passed to curtail suburban sprawl, as well as the impact legislation will have on individual citizens and the state.
Jun 11, 2009 · 1 hr 6 min
Chevron + Sierra Club: Drilling for Common Ground
Chevron and the Sierra Club both see renewable fuels as a growing part of our future, yet they have different views on how that will occur. In their first public dialogue, O’Reilly and Pope discuss energy and the environment in the 21st century.
Jun 9, 2009 · 1 hr 10 min
The Road to Copenhagen: Are We on Track?
In six months more than 180 nations will gather in Copenhagen to hammer out one of the most far-reaching international treaties since the post-war order was established nearly 70 years ago. Is the world on track to make a deal?
May 18, 2009 · 1 hr 8 min
Rethinking Buying and Building: A New Sustainability Chain
This panel, which includes the CEO of the country’s largest recycler, $14 billion Waste Management, will discuss innovations in design, materials and marketing that are convincing people and companies that being green is good for business and the planet.
Apr 30, 2009 · 1 hr 8 min
Clean Coal: Myth, or Reality?
Coal-fired power plants are the largest U.S. emitters of CO2 and human-generated mercury, yet our nation is poised to build many new coal plants in the future. Our panelists look at the reality and myths involved in the coal industry and "Clean Coal".
Apr 29, 2009 · 25 min
Change in Your Palm: The Borneo Rainforest
Biologist Birute Mary Galdikas discusses the connection between Indonesian rainforests and climate change.
Apr 7, 2009 · 1 hr
Auden Schendler: Getting Green Done - Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution
Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution Auden Schendler, Executive Director of Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company; Author, Getting Green Done What does the mechanic say when you ask him to put french fry oil in his $250,000 tractor? How do you actually make sustainability happen? Schendler will give us a peek under the hood of the green movement – what it means, in the trenches, to implement actual solutions to climate change. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 7, 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2009 · 33 min
Climate Security
What is the geopolitical context in which the “Carbon Quad” – The United States, European Union, China and India – are posturing regarding a global deal to reduce carbon pollution?
Mar 4, 2009 · 1 hr 1 min
Clean Tech for California: Winners of the Third Annual California Clean Tech Open 2008
Meet the winners of the Third Annual California Clean Tech Open 2008. This statewide competition focuses on keeping California the leader in commercialized green technologies.
Feb 19, 2009 · 1 hr 5 min
Two Billion Cars: Dan Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; Board Member, California Air Resources Board.
By 2020, the number of cars on the planet will double to two billion. Join energy expert Dan Sperling as he reveals what is at stake if we refuse to move quickly, and what opportunities exist if we act now.
Feb 13, 2009 · 1 hr 10 min
Letter To President Obama: Path to a Greener Future. Linda Adams (CalEPA), Carter Roberts (World Wildlife Fund), Jim Wunderman (Bay Area Council of Businesses)
Can President Obama heal the economy and turn it green at the same time? A leading policymaker, advocate and businessperson discuss what Obama should do to realize his vision for America, and what that means for California.

Climate One

Henry N. Pollack, Ph.D: A World Without Ice

Tim Flannery: Now or Never

EPA + You = A Greener Future. Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Arnold Schwarzenegger: California - Carbon = A Cleaner World?

Hopenhagen: Seth Farbman, Jon Krosnick, Adam Werbach - Public Support for a Deal in Copenhagen

Panel: Carbon Exchange 101 - controlling emissions and boosting the economy

Woody Tasch: Slow Money - Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered

Gill Friend: The Truth About Green Business and the Potential for Jobs and Prosperity

World Bank: Driving Incomes Up, Carbon Down

Curtailing Suburban Sprawl in California

Chevron + Sierra Club: Drilling for Common Ground

The Road to Copenhagen: Are We on Track?

Rethinking Buying and Building: A New Sustainability Chain

Clean Coal: Myth, or Reality?

Change in Your Palm: The Borneo Rainforest

Auden Schendler: Getting Green Done - Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution

Climate Security

Clean Tech for California: Winners of the Third Annual California Clean Tech Open 2008

Two Billion Cars: Dan Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; Board Member, California Air Resources Board.

Letter To President Obama: Path to a Greener Future. Linda Adams (CalEPA), Carter Roberts (World Wildlife Fund), Jim Wunderman (Bay Area Council of Businesses)