Outrage + Optimism

Persephonica and Global Optimism

Outrage + Optimism 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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Mar 25, 2021 · 58 min
94. The Risk of Living Under a White Sky with Elizabeth Kolbert
With CO2 in the atmosphere now reaching levels 50% higher than when humanity began large-scale burning of fossil fuels during the industrial revolution, time is running out and some ecosystems are on the brink of collapse. In light of this, some...
Mar 22, 2021 · 18 min
BONUS: What The Hale Does This Mean? with Thomas Hale: Net Zero Goals
A bonus episode for you this week! With science demanding that in order to stay below 1.5C we must reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the absolute latest, how do we get there? We know we can’t keep emitting as we currently are...
Mar 18, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
93. The Race To Zero! Extreme Electrification with Nico Rosberg and Sara Price
This is the second episode in our Race To Zero series! All evidence points to the tipping point for electrification of road transport, and the end of the internal combustion engine. But will this happen fast enough? One of the key pillars of the...
Mar 11, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min
92. Vicki Hollub Thinks Oil Has a (Low Carbon) Future
This week we get into Republicans and climate change, faith and climate change, and some exciting news in climate philanthropy! And our guest for this episode is President & CEO of Occidental Petroleum, Vicki Hollub. Not only is she the first and...
Mar 5, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
91. The Race to Zero! Road to COP26
Welcome to the first episode of our new Race To Zero series! With COP26 as the vital milestone for climate action in November 2021, the promises and pledges made by governments must be converted into meaningful action beginning today. We know the EU,...
Feb 25, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
90. Ferocious Love with Katharine Wilkinson
With a deep freeze in Texas leaving a wake of devastation, a UN Security Council Meeting weakly addressing climate change as the planet’s “gravest threat”, and massive investment for offshore wind in Denmark to produce green ammonia, there’s...
Feb 18, 2021 · 1 hr 10 min
89. The Ministry for the Future with Kim Stanley Robinson
On Friday, The United States will officially be back in the Paris Climate Agreement! *cue appropriate volume of fanfare* And while in a week where Dallas, Texas is colder than Anchorage, Alaska - our co-host Paul Dickinson takes us on a short...
Feb 11, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min
88. Living on Planet Earth with Oliver Jeffers
According to new research by a team of U.S. and U.K. scientists , Fossil fuels alone are responsible for more than 8 million premature deaths annually. That’s 1 out of 5 deaths. Let that sink in for a moment. 1 out of 5. This figure underscores a...
Feb 4, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
87. The Future of Urban Transport
This is our fourth and final episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport. In 2019, UN Secretary General stated that “cities are where the climate battle will largely be won or lost” and he couldn’t be more...
Jan 28, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
86. The Scientific Case for The Race to Zero with Johan Rockström
Welcome to Season 3! With a renewed sense of optimism felt around the world with the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the United States this month, our collective sigh of relief is quickly met with the sobering reality of the moment - Nature’s...
Jan 20, 2021 · 52 min
BONUS: U.S. Inauguration Special with Gina McCarthy
Today we witness history, the 59th United States Presidential Inauguration. And a long time coming, right? It’s been 4 years of destructive and incompetent leadership on climate from the United States federal government, but today the U.S. is BACK....
Jan 15, 2021 · 58 min
85. The Future of Shipping
This is our third episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport. With 2020 barely in the rearview mirror, the pandemic rages on across the globe, new variants bringing concern and unified collective action to the...
Jan 6, 2021 · 41 min
BONUS: A Great Regeneration with Andrew Higham and Mission 2020
A special bonus episode for a little inspiration as 2021 begins! Christiana Figueres and the Outrage + Optimism gang chat with Andrew Higham, Chief Executive of Mission 2020 as its mission comes to a close. Mission 2020 was born out of the Paris...
Dec 25, 2020 · 48 min
84. The 2020 Christmas Lectures: A User's Guide to Planet Earth with Dr. Helen Czerski, Prof. Chris Jackson and Dr. Tara Shine
With the first year in the most decisive decade in history coming to a close, we wrap up Season 2 of Outrage and Optimism by being visited by 3 Christmas Ghos...ahem...Scientists. ...That’s a Charles Dickens joke. But all joking aside, you are in...
Dec 18, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
83. How Europe is Racing to Zero with Frans Timmermans and Nigel Topping
The Climate Ambition Summit this week announced some of the most ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions we have seen to date. And so with the European Commission announcing it’s target of 55% GHG reductions by 2030, the world has...
Dec 11, 2020 · 1 hr 21 min
82. The Paris Effect with Laurence Tubiana
Show notes: The Paris Effect On December 12th, 2015 the landmark Paris Agreement was adopted by 195 countries as the first unanimously agreed climate change treaty. It has become a symbol of collaboration, a spirit of shared interest merging...
Dec 4, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
81. Climate Justice and Racial Justice with David Lammy
Around the world In 2020, we saw an unprecedented rise in activism surrounding Black Lives Matter and the call for racial and social justice. But if there’s one enormous takeaway for those marching for the climate, it is that our fight for climate...
Nov 27, 2020 · 58 min
80. The Future of Fuels
This is our second episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport. There’s no denying that for over a century, fossil fuels have played a key role in humanity’s progress. But at a cost. They account for two-thirds...
Nov 20, 2020 · 57 min
79. Everything Is Possible with Sanda Ojiambo
After 4 intolerable years of you-know-who in the US, this week there seems to be a brief moment of calm. But while many of us are catching our breath, the world is transforming how it will conduct business as usual by pressing the proverbial...
Nov 13, 2020 · 59 min
78. Adrenaline, Stamina and Joy with Xiye Bastida
With young voter turnout in the US election the highest it has been in 40 years, President-Elect Joe Biden is heading to the White House with a mandate to address the climate crisis head on, following on his promises he made during his campaign. So...