Are you Climate Curious? If you care about the world, but find the current conversation about climate change confusing, scary or boring – then this might be the podcast for you. Join TEDxLondon and co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst as we lift the lid on the climate emergency by speaking to the world’s leading and most relatable climate pioneers. Find out why cities are key to the climate fight, why we need to tackle systemic problems (and not just plastic straws), and why we’re all a bit c ...
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Learn how to tell stories that can change the world. Presented by communication experts Maryam Pasha and Simon Bucknall, tune in to tell better stories, more consistently, on purpose. Speak less, say more!
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Welcome to WHOLE TRUTH, a podcast that follows Jordan Stephens’ pursuit of a good conversation about mental health. Subscribe now and be a part of it. WHOLE is an organisation fighting the stigma that surrounds mental health difficulties in children and young adults, established by Spirit Media, YMCA England & Wales and the NHS. Whole presents Music 4 Mental Health (M4MH) is our exciting music charity fundraising event live at the Roundhouse London in November 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acas ...
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Why tackling climate change is art, not just science
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“I use socially engaged art to help people visualise their climate vulnerability,” shares lawyer turned climate artist Xavier Cortada on the Climate Curious podcast. Recorded live at TED 2024, Xavier shares how art can help neighbourhoods to visualise their climate vulnerability, engage new people into the sea-level-rise conversation, and empower c…
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“No shaming, no moral high ground, it's about working together to tackle something,” says Marcelo Mena, the CEO of the Global Methane Hub based in Santiago, Chile, on the Climate Curious podcast. Recorded live at TED 2024, Marcelo joins us to share why methane is the poison in the dagger of fossil fuels, how the methane hunting mission is going, an…
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Climate Quickie: The extraordinary life of monarch butterflies
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Jaime Rojo joins Climate Curious to share his experience photographing the migration of monarch butterflies across North America each year, diving into the latest research behind how these mesmerising insects make their multi-thousand-mile journey. Recorded at TED2024. Instagram @jaimerojo Website www.rojovisuals.com X @rojovisuals Hosted on Acast.…
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Climate Quickie: How community-led art is sparking climate conversations in Florida
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“Socially engaged art is an untapped resource,” says Adam Roberti, the executive director of the Xavier Cortada Foundation on the Climate Curious podcast. Recorded live at TED 2024 in Vancouver, Adam explains how local, community-centric art projects can galvanise conversation and action around the invisible threat of rising sea levels in Florida. …
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Climate Quickie: The hidden beauty in climate data
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This week, we’re speaking to data artist, TED Senior Fellow, and founder of Translating Nature, Dr. Julie Freeman, to delve into the hidden beauty in climate data. Numbers, charts, graphs – data gets a bad rep as being dense and hard to interpret. So what if we could use art to visualise data in more appealing formats? That’s exactly what Julie set…
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Climate Quickie: Why climate wars go unreported
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Small Indigenous communities make up only five percent of the world’s population, but they defend 80 percent of the biodiversity that remains on Earth, says Anjan Sundaram. Climate Curious spoke to war reporter turned climate reporter, Anjan Sundaram, about the realities of reporting on our planet’s bloody ecological frontlines, and how corporation…
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How storytelling can honour forgotten climate conflicts
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Ever met a mathematician turned war reporter? Yep, neither us! Until we met Anjan Sundaram, a war reporter turned climate reporter, who joins Climate Curious at TED 2024 to share his work sharing the stories of indigenous communities defending our planet's last pristine ecosystem, particularly in Mexico. Anjan shares the dangers faced by environmen…
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You know what they say… if you want answers, follow the money! Understanding where all the money is going is key to finding the right climate solutions, says Eric Berlow, data ecologist, TED fellow, and CEO of Vibrant Data Labs. Tracking how 350 billion dollars of private philanthropy and investments to climate relevant organisations in the U.S. is…
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Why do we need to better understand the role of aerosols on our ecosystems? And what can it help us learn? To provide the answer is Kelly Wanser, a climate innovation expert and founder and executive director of SilverLining. Kelly joins Climate Curious to explain the cooling effects of particles on clouds. Recorded live at TED 2024. Watch Kelly Wa…
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What the frick is fracking? Stand.Earth’s Canadian Oil and Gas Programs Director Sven Biggs joins Climate Curious to provide a concise explainer on what fracking is, and how it’s being used in Canada. Recorded live at TED 2024. Follow Climate Curious: Newsletter Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Suggest a topic you’d like Climate Curious to cover…
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Climate Quickie: How the tide turned on fossil fuels
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Big Oil must read the writing on the wall. From denial to delusion, fossil fuels are finally taking their last gasp breath in the court of public opinion. Climate Curious catches up with Tzeporah Berman at TED 2024 to reflect on the progress of The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and what’s contributed towards Big Oil’s demise. We’ve reached a…
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Climate Quickie: What’s going on in Madagascar?
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Malagasy political analyst and activist Ketakandriana Rafitoson joins Climate Curious to share how she’s empowering citizens in Madagascar to protect their rights in the face of systemic exploitation. In the absence of strong democratic traditions, her grassroots toolkit of citizen assemblies, legal aid and collective action is helping environmenta…
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Climate Quickie: The firefighter changing wildfire injustice
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California’s wildfires have a dirty secret: they are being fought by the incarcerated. Royal Ramey, a wildland firefighter, is working to change that. Joining Climate Curious in conversation live at TED 2024, Royal shares how his nonprofit in California is helping the formerly incarcerated rethink job training and address the challenges they face r…
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The hidden injustice behind wildfire fighting in California
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Did you know, the incarcerated are fighting California's wildfires? A practice which is also happening in 14 other States in the U.S. Royal Ramey, a wildland firefighter, is working to change that. Joining Climate Curious in conversation live at TED 2024, Royal shares how his nonprofit in California is helping the formerly incarcerated rethink job …
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Climate Quickie: Why we need more good news climate stories
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Whether or not you believe that the world is on track for imminent doom might depend on where you get your news, says Angus Hervey, founder of Fix The News on TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious. He delivers good news for humanity that the media cycle missed last year, from advances in clean energy technologies to declining rates of carbon emissions. Reco…
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Climate Quickie: Why happiness is key to climate action
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What if the answer to climate action wasn’t guilt, shame and doom, what if it was joy and happiness? We’re joined by the psychology professor who invented feng shui for your fridge and coined the term behavioural sustainability, Dr. Jiaying Zhao, to tell us more. Recorded live at TED 2024. Watch Jiaying’s TED Talk, How to feng shui your fridge — an…
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Climate Quickie: Why NATURE is 2024’s biggest breakout popstar
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Welcome to planet pop: NATURE is now a fully-fledged recording artist! Sounds Right has launched a creative music initiative featuring ocean waves, wind, rainstorms and birdsong, to raise money for nature-based solutions, in partnership with pop stars such as Ellie Goulding, Brian Eno and London Grammar. Climate Curious speaks to global programme d…
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Climate Quickie: Why we’re all climate correspondents
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How is climate covered on network news? Climate Curious speaks to the world’s Chief Climate Correspondent, Bill Weir, to understand why representing diverse climate stories across mainstream media is important. Tune in to hear his unusual journey into climate action (it started with letter writing), and why he believes climate stories need to be pa…
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"If Not Us Then Who?” Why we need ancestral wisdom in all climate decision making
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We need Indigenous, ancestral wisdom in all climate decision making, says filmmaker and founder of “If Not Us Then Who”, Paul Redman. Diversifying climate storytelling and creators has been Paul’s mission since growing up in Apartheid South Africa and this start in investigative documentary filmmaking in his 20s. Since then, he’s collaborated on bu…
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Happy Earth Day! This year, we’re celebrating joy. We speak to our Climate Curious experts about moments of joy that keep them going. Recorded live at TED 2024 in Vancouver, on the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) nations. Featuring: Jiaying Zhao Tzepora…
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Climate Quickie: The app tackling air pollution on the London Underground
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Climate Curious alumni Tanya Beri returns to share the latest updates about her work to improve air quality on the London Underground; CAIR London. Starting the journey four years ago whilst at University, Tanya has now launched the app, and expanded it to include sound pollution data, too! Listen to Tanya’s previous episode, Which London tube has …
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Why the insurance industry could be the key to ending fossil fuels
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Insurance. Yes, it’s geeky, it’s niche. But it’s the secret lever we never knew we needed. The insurance world holds the keys to halt new fossil fuel projects in their tracks. That’s because if you can’t insure the work, it can’t go ahead. TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious speaks to two campaigners from Insure our Future, Isabelle L'Héritier and Hilda F…
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Climate Quickie: Why city birdwatching is still having a moment
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“The beauty of birding is even if you don't see anything, it's just about getting outside with your mates and having a good time,” says Nadeem Perera, birdwatcher and co-founder of global birdwatching community, Flock Together, on TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious. Nadeem shares why black and brown representation in nature is old news, and instead, why …
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Understand the drivers behind why climate change is increasing the incidence of child marriage with the CEO of Girls Not Brides, Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, on the latest Climate Curious. Climate change is increasing the incidence of child marriages, shares this week’s quickie expert Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell the CEO of Girls Not Brides. Tune in to discov…
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Climate Quickie: Why a hotter planet means more malaria. Here’s the solution.
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What does malaria have to do with climate change? In short, a hotter planet means more bugs. And more extreme weather events means more flood water, which mosquitos adore. But thanks to incredible efforts, lots of solutions are in action to help right the historic injustice of malaria, which sits right at the intersection of climate and health. Uni…
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Climate Quickie: How do you photograph air pollution?
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Photos can convey a message in an instant. But how do you photograph something which day-to-day is invisible to see: air pollution? A new stunning collection of photography on air pollution is compelling action on climate change. From the bustling streets of Indonesia to the industrial heartlands of Poland, these photos capture the stark effects of…
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Climate Quickie: Live, love, laugh climate change?
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We’re all living through climate change. So who says we can’t laugh through it, too? Humour is one of the healthiest ways to process the collective tragedy of the pollution of our planet, says the comedian-in-residence at Generation180 and co-creator of the Climate Comedy Cohort, Esteban Gast, on Climate Curious. In conversation with Ben Hurst and …
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Is there anything funny about climate change?
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Short answer: no. Long answer: maybe? Humour is one of the healthiest ways to process the collective tragedy of the pollution of our planet, says the comedian-in-residence at Generation180 and co-creator of the Climate Comedy Cohort, Esteban Gast, on Climate Curious. In conversation with Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha, Esteban shares how he’s building …
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Climate Quickie: The furry creature breathing life back into London’s wetlands
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Beavers are back in London, baby! Climate Curious speaks to vet and conservationist Sean McCormack about the Ealing Beaver Project – which has seen beavers reintroduced into the wild in London after a 400 year hiatus. Tune in to learn about how these furry (but mighty!) ecosystem engineers have already made a positive climate impact in London, and …
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BOSS Series: How solar distillation farms are improving Pacific Islanders’ water security
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Reliable, clean water is an essential part of life. But what would you do if your community was hit by a storm, damaging essential infrastructure? Or shifting rainfall patterns or longer droughts meant water was more scarce? That’s why Pacific Islanders in Tuvalu are trialling solar distillation farms that can produce 75 litres of drinking water pe…
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BOSS Series: How super corals have potential to revive coral reefs
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Surprisingly hardy corals called “super corals” show great promise in helping communities in the Pacific Islands rebuild coral reefs, says Dr. Austin Bowden-Kerby, a Fijian marine biologist. Super corals are able to withstand much hotter water temperatures, and some can even survive in water up to 35 degrees celsius! Meaning they are much more resi…
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Who says you can’t have fun whilst solving the world’s problems? Playing video games can increase climate action, says Deborah Mensah-Bonsu, the founder of Games for Good on TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious. With more than 3 billion gamers on the planet, plus a tonne of green themed content, tune in to explore the ways in which people are playing for t…
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“So, what do you do?” Cue: cringe or awkwardness as it turns into a showboating parade or a modesty competition. Tune in to this Speechless soundbite with Maryam Pasha and Simon Bucknall to pick up top tips for how to introduce yourself in a way that hits the right note. Recorded live at the English Speaking Union in London.…
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New year, new climate positivity? Climate can feel dull, depressing and doomsdayish at the best of times. But since it's January, let's revisit one of our favourite episodes that might inject a little positivity... Enter Jessica Kleczka, the climate psychologist, activist and educator behind ‘Positive Climate News’ – a weekly online series highligh…
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Public speaking has negative connotations for so many people - especially younger people. But what are the opportunities? How can we cultivate a more positive environment? A more empowering experience for people just getting started? Tune into this live storytelling masterclass with Speechless co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Simon Bucknall and guest host…
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Saving Tuvalu is the first step in saving the world, says Grace Malie, a 24-year-old Tuvaluan climate activist who volunteers with the Rising Nations Initiative. Climate Curious speaks to Grace in her home country of Tuvalu to learn how interconnectedness is their climate superpower – explored through dance, culture, food and the ocean – and ultima…
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Lights, camera, eco-action! Climate TV watch list
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We’re all partial to a bit of Netflix and chill, but what if maxing and relaxing could also save the world? Back to share some more green TV recommendations is Emma Stewart, Netflix’s Sustainability Officer. Tune in to discover the latest climate shows to enjoy now. THE WATCH LIST Next In Fashion Unstable with Rob Lowe Magician's Elephant My Octopu…
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What really happened at COP28? We spoke to five climate curious experts to compile you a mixtape of their reactions and analysis on what went down at the Dubai COP. Tune in to our COP28 wrap-up mixtape and hear expert hot takes to soothe your soul, raise your spirits, and understand what the hits and misses were at this year’s 2023 COP28. Featuring…
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Protecting ancient forests from becoming pizza boxes
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Did you know – we’re still mowing down 400 year old trees to make pizza boxes, t-shirts, and paper packaging? Yea, us neither. Shocking, right? Luckily Nicole Rycroft and her circular solutions non-profit, Canopy, have found a fix. Tune into Climate Curious to learn how she’s protecting Ancient and Endangered Forests from becoming your next throw a…
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Climate Quickie: Protecting ancient forests from becoming pizza boxes
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Did you know – we’re still mowing down 400 year old trees to make pizza boxes, t-shirts, and paper packaging? Yea, us neither. Shocking, right? Luckily Nicole Rycroft and her non-profit, Canopy, have found a fix. Tune into Climate Curious to learn how she’s protecting Ancient and Endangered Forests from becoming your next throw away container. Lear…
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BOSS series: Why low-lying Pacific nation Tuvalu is a boss
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Low-lying Pacific Nation Tuvalu is not taking the prospect of going underwater lightly. In fact – they’ve already digitised their land, archived their culture, and moved their government online. The man behind the digital nation campaign and Tuvaluan politician, Simon Kofe MP, joins Climate Curious to share what Tuvalu’s resilience and wisdom teach…
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COP28 starts today in Dubai. And you’re going to be hearing a lot about it over the next two weeks. To help you get an on-the-ground picture of what goes on at a COP, we spoke to seven experts to compile you a climate mixtape! A mashup of expert hot takes designed to soothe your soul, raise your spirits, and understand what the priorities are for t…
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Climate Quickie: Meet the invisible climate villain
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It’s smelly, it lasts roughly 12 years in the atmosphere and has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. Methane is an underestimated greenhouse gas produced in large part by food systems, organic waste and weirdly, cow burps. Biochemical engineer and CEO of Global Methane Hub, Marcelo Mena, joins Climate Curious to break down how w…
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Climate Quickie: How to market climate, from the 3 billion ad man
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Three ways to talk about climate in a way that people care about? Focus on simplicity, humanity, and accountability. Make it real, make it regular, and always accompany it with a consequence. Says the climate marketing professor who’s delivered 3 billion ads on the topic, the founder and CEO of Potential Energy, John Marshall, all on this week’s Cl…
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Climate marketing professor: love is the most effective message
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“No-one wakes up in the morning and says it's a great day for decarbonization,” says climate marketer who’s delivered 3 billion ads on the topic, the founder and CEO of Potential Energy, John Marshall. Climate Curious co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst chat to John about how we can really make climate “pop”: from using real and regular messengers …
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Climate Quickie: Can climate change be funny?
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Humour is one of the healthiest ways to process the collective tragedy of the pollution of our planet, says the comedian-in-residence at Generation180 and co-creator of the Climate Comedy Cohort, Esteban Gast, on Climate Curious. In conversation with Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha, Esteban shares how he’s building a climate comedy movement to get more …
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Climate Quickie: Why protecting rainforests might lead to less climate change and fewer pandemics
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Climate solution alert! Rainforests are a medical, health and climate treasure trove. Over 30 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed to reach our climate goals come from nature, such as keeping rainforests standing. So why is it that those nature-based solutions get less than 5 percent of overall climate funding? Climate Curious …
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Climate Quickie: What do zombies, vampires, and ‘The Last Of Us’ have to do with climate change?
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“The Last of Us” thriller tv series put fungal disease in the spotlight. But how realistic is it? Thanks to our warming petri dish of a planet, the scenario isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds... Climate Curious speaks to disease detective, Neil Vora, to explain why increasing global temperatures means the emergence of new health threats is more like…
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Halloween special: Zombies, vampires and fungal horror shows, with disease detective Neil Vora
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It’s spooky season! We welcome disease detective Neil Vora to Climate Curious with co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst to explain why ‘The Last of Us’ scenario isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds... Thanks to our warming petri dish of a planet, a fungal horror show might be on the cards! The solution? Protect biodiversity and wean ourselves off of fo…
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What's in and what's out? Climate Week NYC takeaways
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Funghi, fossil fuels, finger pointing... we spoke to four environmentalists LIVE at Climate Week NYC to get you the scoop on what’s in, and what’s out, in the world of climate. Featuring: Willow Defebaugh, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Atmos Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist Kalpana Arias, founder of Nowadays on Earth Isaias …
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