Climate Sense
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Reduce methane leaks and flaring for cleaner oil and gas production
Reduce methane leaks and flaring for cleaner oil and gas production
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From hurricanes and floods, to wildfires and extreme temperatures, climate change is happening all around us. In this podcast series, energy and climate expert Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution, sheds light on the essentials of climate change and how to deal with it. She talks to other experts in various climate-related areas to help you understand the issue. How serious is climate change and what causes it? How does our energy system work and why do we use fossil fuels anyway? What are potential solutions and are they ready for prime time? Why is it taking so long for the world to act?
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- Reduce methane leaks and flaring for cleaner oil and gas production · 29 Min.Burning fossil fuels for energy is the primary source of global greenhouse gas emissions. However, fossil fuels are so central to the global economy that phasing them out will…
- How does activism affect the climate debate? · 34 Min.Activists and civil society groups are very focused on climate change. They use a number of different tactics, from peaceful marches to more disruptive acts of civil disobedience…
- Critical minerals for the energy transition · 32 Min.The transition of our energy system away from fossil fuels will drastically increase the world's need for certain minerals. This episode describes what some of these critical…
- China and climate change—cooperation or rivalry? · 36 Min.China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, so clearly it must be involved in any effort to minimize climate change. But relations between the United States and…
- Climate finance is the means to achieve climate action · 36 Min.Finance is needed to turn climate ambition into action, to transform the energy system to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and to make our infrastructure more resilient to…
- How do we decarbonize the stuff in our lives? · 36 Min.The climate implications of our "stuff" economy—appliances, cars, clothes, roads, buildings and more—are enormous. The industrial sector that makes all this stuff accounts for 30…
- A nuclear energy renaissance? · 35 Min.The world needs emissions-free electricity that is available when and where we want it, rather than on Mother Nature's schedule as wind and solar generation are. Nuclear power…
- Hydrogen's unique role in a zero-carbon energy system · 31 Min.The first episode of season two of Climate Sense, hosted by Samantha Gross, is all about hydrogen. Hydrogen will have an important role in a zero carbon energy system, enabling…
- Climate Sense season two explores the transition to a zero carbon energy system · 1 Min.In season two of Climate Sense, host Samantha Gross focuses on how to transition to a clean, zero-carbon energy system—the technical, political and social challenges in getting…
- Your questions for Climate Sense · 23 Min.This episode of Climate Sense is a Q&A with host Samantha Gross, including questions sourced from our listeners on a wide range of topics from climate as a national emergency, to…
- US climate policy progress · 33 Min.This episode of "Climate Sense" is about U.S. policy—the challenges of implementing climate legislation in the U.S. and recently enacted laws. Climate change and other…
- Justice and fairness in global climate action · 29 Min.In this episode of "Climate Sense," Samantha Gross explores the issue of justice and fairness in global climate action. Many of the world's poorest countries have contributed the…
- Planes, trains, and automobiles (but mostly automobiles · 30 Min.Americans love cars, and trucks, and SUVs. Our country is designed around the automobile. This episode of Climate Sense, hosted by Samantha Gross, is about transportation–an…
- The future is electric · 26 Min.This episode of "Climate Sense" is about electricity—the stuff that comes out of the outlet in your wall. Electricity is the future, but many of us don't think about it beyond…
- The arduous path to a global climate agreement · 27 Min.Addressing climate change must be a global undertaking, even though the world's wealthy nations have been responsible for most of the global warming to date. In this episode of…
- Why do we use fossil fuels and why are they so hard to quit? · 27 Min.Fossil fuels built the modern world and brought us conveniences that we now take for granted, but science has made it clear that we need to move away from fossil fuels to prevent…
- Introducing the climate change challenge · 28 Min.Climate change is all over the news these days. We hear about hurricanes and heatwaves, droughts and floods, and young people protesting to fix the problem now. Climate change…
- Introducing Climate Sense, a podcast about climate change and what we can do about it · 2 Min.From hurricanes and floods, to wildfires and extreme temperatures, climate change is happening all around us. In this podcast series, energy and climate expert Samantha Gross…
