Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature
We've entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene, and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas – not the forests, farms, or fields – and not the global economy that depends on all of these. What does this mean for your investments, your family's future, and the future of man? Each week, we dive into these issues to help you Navigate the New Reality.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 96
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
79 | Clean Water and the Courts: a Pre-History of Sackett vs EPA
On October 2, 2022, the US Supreme court heard a case that could impact the quality of water across the United States.
Sackett v EPA dates back to 2004, but the forces impacting the case date back to…
78 | Helping Farmers Save Forests in Guatemala's Caribbean Coast
Marco Cerezo of Guatemalan NGO FUNDAECO explains how he's using carbon finance to help Guatemalan farmers demarcate their land and save surrounding forests.
Related Links:
https://www.worldlandtrust.…
77 | Where Does Healthy Critique End and Cynical Denial Begin?
The science-denial movement delayed action on climate change for decades, and now the tropes they used are creeping into coverage of emerging climate solutions. Here’s one way of differentiating betw…
76 | Six Lessons from 45 Years of Natural Climate Solutions
When popular media get natural climate solutions wrong, it’s usually because they’re struggling to understand complex mechanisms that have evolved over more than 45 years. Here is a brief look back o…
75 l Coverage of Climate Solutions Suffer the Same Fate as Coverage of Climate Science?
News outlets are finally allocating resources to coverage of climate solutions, and most reporters are trying to get these complex issues right. Some, however, are repeating the same mistakes that de…
074 |Why the Global South Needs Voluntary Carbon Markets
We kick off Season Seven with a look at the Voluntary Carbon Market Global Dialogue and the six keys to making sure voluntary carbon markets work for the Global South. Guests: Adriaan Korthuis, Paul…
073 | Why the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests may be More than Blah Blah, with Frances Seymour
A conversation with WRI Senior Fellow Frances Seymour, who says there's plenty of reason to believe the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use could deliver on its high ambition of endi…
072 | Investing in Pure Climate Stocks, with Matthias Krey
From year-end climate talks in Glasgow:
Want to put your money where your mouth is by investing in companies that move us closer to a net-zero economy?
Matthias Krey of pureclimatestocks.com can help…
071 | The Down and Dirty, Nitty Gritty of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, Part 1
On the ground at year-end climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, Maria Carvalho and Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun of South Pole Climate Solutions dissect the intricacies of Article 6 of the Paris Climate Agree…
Climate Quickie 1: Leveraging Restoration for Net Zero Tourism Worldwide
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which is the United Nations specialized agency charged with promoting sustainable tourism, today unveiled the “Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Touris…
069 | The False Dichotomy of Reductions vs Removals, with Eli Mitchell-Larson
068 | Carbon Exchanges and Green Supply Chains: The Future of Natural Climate Solutions
Biologists, economists, and environmental activists often seem like members of warring tribes, but Gabriel Eickhoff, CEO of Lestari Capital, says they're more like estranged family members who just h…
067 | Forests and the Billion-Dollar LEAF: New Hope for World Forests
Guest: Eron Bloomgarden, Emergent Capital
Launched on Earth Day, the LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance) Coalition aims to double the price of forest-carbon offsets and multiply …
066| German Floods and the Futility of Adaptation Without Mitigation
We cannot adapt our way out of the climate mess, as Allie Goldstein of Conservation International and Mark Trexler of the Climate Web make clear.
We discuss the realities of systemic climate risk.
Re…
065 | Carbon Negative Carpets and Interface's Climate Neutral Journey
Carpetmaker Interface has won accolades for its carbon-negative carpet, the manufacture of which pulls more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits. He're a look back on the company's 20-yea…
064 | Race to Zero: Meet the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon
What do Bill Gates, Mark Carney, Annette Nazareth, and Agustin Silvani have in common? They all believe that well-designed voluntary carbon markets can help the world achieve zero net greenhouse gas …
063 | COVID-19 and the 2020 Emissions Chasm Report
The UN's Emissions Gap Report showed that the current Paris Agreement Climate Plans (NDCs )will leave us nowhere near where we need to be to avert a climate catastrophe.
Will Burns of the Institute f…
062 | At What Temperature Do Forests Stop Absorbing Carbon?
Today I speak with environmental scientist Jason Funk, who runs the Land Use and Climate Knowledge Initiative (LUCKI) about the important findings of a paper called "Long-term thermal sensitivity of …
061 | Seaweed, Cities, and Mangroves: The Blue Carbon Story
In this episode, we speak with oceanographer and sedimentologist Steve Crooks, one of the world's leading authorities on coastal ecosystems and climate change.
Related Link: https://www.ecosystemmar…
060 | What The Civil Rights Movement Can Teach Us About Meeting the Climate Challenge (Encore Presentation)
In this episode, which originally aired in October, 2018, we speak with the Reverend Dr. Gerald Durley, who says climate change and civil rights are inexorably intertwined, and not just because the d…