Challenging Climate

• Farewell

  Pete and Jesse must bring Challenging Climate to a close. Since starting the podcast almost three years ago, we have each taken on more professional responsibilities and no longer have the time for this volunteer effort. In this short recording, we describe what we are now up to:The Degrees InitiativeThe Degrees Global Forum on SRMSRM360Climate Reflections, the SRM360 podcast - coming soon to all major podcast platformsCo-CREATEWe also sincerely thank Gillian Cheong, our producer; our guests; our listeners, especially those who supported us via Patreon; and each other.Support the showSubscribe for email updates

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• 50. Maarten Albers on the Nitrogen Crisis in the Netherlands

  Our guest is Maarten Albers, a journalist who reports on agriculture and food for the Volkskrant, one of the Netherlands’ leading newspapers. In today's episode, we draw our attention to the 'nitrogen crisis' in the Netherlands - a major environmental story that has reshaped politics in the Netherlands and societal views on environmental regulation, science and technology, and even international relations.Listen as we discuss why we should care about nitrogen in the environment, and what lessons we can draw from the nitrogen crisis happening in the Netherlands. Links:Maarten's articles on de VolkskrantInterview on the nitrogen crisis, with Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, emeritus professor of agricultural sociologyCheck out this article on 'An organic farmer can also be a peak polluter'Support the showSubscribe for email updates

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• 49. Gwynne Dyer on Intervention Earth: climate mitigation, CDR & SRM

  Our guest is Gwynne Dyer, an author, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. In this episode, we discuss the key messages from his new book Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, based on extensive interviews with the world’s top climate scientists. We discuss his insights from these interviews on the state of our climate, and address controversies and concerns over carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM).Links:Gwynne Dyer’s profileCheck out his new book, Intervention Earth: Life-Saving IdeasCheck out this survey: World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetSupport the showSubscribe for email updates

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• 48. Jonathan Blake and Nils Gilman on planetary governance

  Jonathan Blake is Associate Director at the Berggruen Institute, where he leads the Planetary Program. Nils Gilman is Senior Vice President at the Berggruen Institute and Deputy Editor of Noema magazine. In this episode, we discuss the ideas in their recently published book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crises. We grapple with ideas of sovereignty, planetary governance and subsidiarity.Links:Jonathan Blake’s profileNils Gilman’s profileCheck out their book, Children of a Modest Star: Planetary Thinking for an Age of CrisesSupport the showSubscribe for email updates

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• 47. Shuchi Talati on ethics and governance of solar geoengineering

  Today’s guest is Dr. Shuchi Talati, a climate technology and governance expert and the founder of The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering. In this episode, we discuss ethics and governance of solar geoengineering, the formal cancellation of Harvard’s SCoPEx experiment, and the UN Environment Assembly deliberations on Solar Radiation Modification.Links:Shuchi Talati’s profileThe Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar GeoengineeringCheck out this paper, Who Are the Engineers? Solar Geoengineering Research and JusticeSupport the showSubscribe for email updates

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