Episodes

  • Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, on Insuring Against Climate Risk

    Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, on Insuring Against Climate Risk
    Sep 11 2025
    Are there climate risks we shouldn’t be insuring anymore? Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, discusses how climate change is reshaping insurance, what’s at stake if insurance markets begin to break down, and who ultimately bears the financial burden when the private market pulls back.
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    52 mins
  • Maurits Dolmans, Senior Counsel with Cleary Gottlieb, on the Climate Prisoner’s Dilemma and Fiduciary Duty

    Maurits Dolmans, Senior Counsel with Cleary Gottlieb, on the Climate Prisoner’s Dilemma and Fiduciary Duty
    Aug 25 2025
    How could recent legal opinions shift state and private sector climate change obligations? Maurits Dolmans, Cleary Gottlieb, discusses how to rethink the obligations of fiduciary duty relative to climate action; why it may be the key to solving the climate prisoner’s dilemma; and what a legal framework for impact could look like.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Prof. Katy Huff, former US DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, on the US Nuclear Renaissance

    Prof. Katy Huff, former US DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, on the US Nuclear Renaissance
    Aug 5 2025
    What could a nuclear renaissance look like? Professor Katy Huff, former Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, discusses how to frame nuclear energy in a net zero context where nuclear fits into the US energy mix over the next several decades and why US nuclear innovation today is different from the false starts of the past.
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    45 mins
  • Daan Spaargaren, PME Senior Strategist for Responsible Investment, with a Warning for Asset Managers

    Daan Spaargaren, PME Senior Strategist for Responsible Investment, with a Warning for Asset Managers
    Jul 10 2025
    How are asset owners emerging to drive the sustainable finance agenda? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Daan Spaargaren, PME Senior Strategist for Responsible Investment, about how PME is evolving its investment approach to include more active, sustainability-driven strategies; what that means functionally in the asset allocation process; and why it’s great to see asset owners like PME take on a bigger leadership role in the sustainable finance ecosystem.
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    47 mins
  • Alex Grant, Equinor – UK Country Manager, on the Trade-offs of Net Zero

    Alex Grant, Equinor – UK Country Manager, on the Trade-offs of Net Zero
    Jun 18 2025
    What trade-offs will we need to make to achieve net zero? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Alex Grant, Equinor UK Country Manager, about the state of the energy transition, the trade-offs that we are increasingly facing between security of supply, affordability and decarbonisation; and emerging energy technologies.
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    54 mins
  • Prof. Sir Dieter Helm, University of Oxford, on the Real Costs of Climate Action

    Prof. Sir Dieter Helm, University of Oxford, on the Real Costs of Climate Action
    May 21 2025
    How economically grounded is the UK’s net zero commitment? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Sir Dieter Helm, University of Oxford, about what new forces and factors are reshaping net zero ambitions; how the UK should think about optimal climate policy; and why a realist approach is critical for navigating the political economy factors of climate action.
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    56 mins
  • Prof. Saleem Ali, University of Delaware, on the Global Scramble for Rare Earths and Critical Minerals

    Prof. Saleem Ali, University of Delaware, on the Global Scramble for Rare Earths and Critical Minerals
    Apr 29 2025
    How have politics and geoeconomics turned rare earths and critical minerals into pressure points in the expanding global trade conflict? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Saleem Ali, University of Delaware, about what the energy transition means in the context of environmental security; how multilateral initiatives and increasingly national efforts are working to reshape supply and demand dynamics; and why it’s critical we continue to rethink ways to diversify and secure global critical mineral supply chains.
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    55 mins
  • Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, on the Criticality of US Climate Data

    Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, on the Criticality of US Climate Data
    Mar 27 2025
    What happens if access to US climate data becomes more limited? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Benjamin Horton, Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, about what the political changes in the US could mean for the international scientific community; how that impact translates into access and availability of critical climate datasets; and why some climate scientists are already thinking about substitutes plans and worst case scenarios.
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    53 mins