Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast 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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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 341
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
BONUS: Outrage and Optimism on The BBC
This week we bring you a bonus episode of an interview we did on the BBC Radio. We talk the origins of Tom, Paul, and Christiana's everlasting friendship and how we got former Prime Minister of the U…
00:26:20 |
Wed 21 Aug 2019
17. How Canada Came Back with Catherine McKenna
With Canada's warming rate blazing at a speed of two times the normal rate of growing global temperatures, the clock is ticking. This week, Paul and Christiana discuss the triumphant return of Canada…
00:35:03 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
16. "Thank You for Being Late" with Tom Friedman
While we're still all on holiday or out to lunch, the climate is still changing. Our co-host Tom joins us with his daughter, Zoe, and her friend, Bethan, for an insightful brief on what 8 and 10 year…
00:32:20 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
15. Lobbying for "Clean" Coal with John Ashford
This week we confront the argument for clean coal head on in a conversation with famous DC lobbyist, John Ashford. John is the CEO and chairman of Hawthorn Group, an international public affairs and …
00:36:10 |
Thu 01 Aug 2019
14. Outrage + Optimism LIVE Q+A!
Last week we asked all of you to submit your burning questions on climate change, and this week we answer them LIVE and on the air! Questions came in from all around the world, and we tackle them hea…
00:53:03 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
13. Seeking Fairness in an Unfair World with Angel Gurría
This week we ask, “In a fair world, who shares the responsibility of reducing carbon emissions?” Christiana goes for a run and comes back with an insightful metaphor to help us, Tom shares about his …
00:40:06 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
12. Learning to Live with Grief and Joy with AURORA
This week we're taking a break from our normal policy discussions to figure out how to embrace both hope and despair in these difficult times. Christiana reveals her inner dialog of wrestling with ho…
00:48:18 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
11. All about EU with Miguel Arias Cañete
This week we turn our attention to the EU where there has been an attempt to increase the target of all member states to net zero by 2050. We talk about what happened, why this wasn’t adopted, and wh…
00:40:54 |
Thu 04 Jul 2019
10. Trumps' Roll Back of Science with Gina McCarthy
This week we explore the roll back of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan by the Trump EPA and the replacement with a new rule that will increase emissions and damage human health. We also explore the…
00:42:41 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
9. Net Zero Legacy with Theresa May
This week we bring you a special episode featuring a conversation between Christiana Figueres and Prime Minister Theresa May. In her final weeks in office, Mrs May has introduced a target of net zero…
00:26:43 |
Wed 19 Jun 2019
8. Finding Refuge with David Miliband
Ahead of World Refugee Day on 20th June, we explore how climate change is magnifying the impacts of the refugee crisis around the world, and what the future solutions and challenges ahead of us might…
00:47:39 |
Tue 11 Jun 2019
7. Every Breath Matters with Dr. Arvind Kumar
This week, Christiana, Tom and Paul explore the public health epidemic that is air pollution. We ask why it has taken so long for people to wake up to the fact that air pollution has such a devastati…
00:34:40 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
6. Looking for Leadership with Ben Rhodes
The Paris Agreement requires countries to increase their climate ambition every 5 years and the first test of that arrives in 2020. Christiana, Tom and Paul discuss the political outlook and which co…
00:40:00 |
Fri 31 May 2019
5. Everyone is Needed with Bill McKibben
On the day of the second global school strike, Christiana, Tom and Paul discuss momentum so far and the proposed shift to a general climate strike involving everyone on 20th September. We also dig in…
00:38:02 |
Fri 24 May 2019
BONUS: Striking for the Climate with Greta Thunberg
On Friday 24th May the second global School Strike for the Climate will take place. In anticipation of this (and in support of it), we bring you a conversation between Christiana and Swedish teenager…
00:28:22 |
Tue 21 May 2019
4. Voting for a Future with Jay Inslee
Christiana, Tom and Paul discuss whether campaigning for strong action on climate change can now actually win elections. We look at what’s happening in Australia and the US in relation to this and we…
00:40:44 |
Thu 16 May 2019
3. It's an Emergency with William Hague
This week Christiana, Tom and Paul discuss what has been happening in the UK from mass civil disobedience to the declaration of a climate emergency and the first week without coal since 1882. We then…
00:43:38 |
Thu 09 May 2019
BONUS: Facing the Extinction Crisis with Jane Goodall
A UN report has issued humanity with the worst news possible; that a massive extinction spasm is underway and unless we take transformative action, it will unfold in the coming decades. Christiana ta…
00:20:40 |
Tue 07 May 2019
2. Outrage and Optimism with Ellie Goulding
Christiana and Tom meet with Ellie Goulding and discuss how she has worked to integrate her activism and her music, her latest song recorded for the Our Planet documentary, and how young people can m…
00:37:09 |
Thu 02 May 2019
1. The Power of Outrage and Optimism with David Attenborough
In this first episode, Christiana, Tom and Paul discuss why both outrage and optimism are needed to confront the issues of our time. Following on from this, Christiana and Tom have a discussion with …
00:44:50 |
Thu 25 Apr 2019
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