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Eight Minute Climate Fix | Clean Energy & Climate Policy Insights

Eight Minute Climate Fix | Clean Energy & Climate Policy Insights

By: Paul Schuster
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Summary

Eight Minute Climate Fix delivers concise, expert-driven coverage of climate action, clean energy, and the global energy transition — in 8 minutes or less. Host Paul Schuster cuts through the complexity of decarbonization, climate policy, and the net-zero economy so anyone can stay informed, fast.

Each episode tackles the biggest stories shaping the energy transition: from renewable energy legislation and corporate climate commitments to carbon emissions accounting and energy independence. Guests have included senior leaders from Salesforce, UNEP, and beyond.

Whether you're a sustainability professional, business leader, or engaged citizen, Eight Minute Climate Fix gives you the signal without the noise. New episodes every season. Also available: More Than Eight Minutes, our extended interview series for listeners who want to go deeper.

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Episodes
  • The Climate Insurance Crisis: Why Insurers Are Abandoning California, Florida, and Beyond - Episode 121
    Apr 27 2026

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    In this episode, Paul explains why catastrophic weather events are becoming uninsurable: broken risk models, a stressed reinsurance market, rising rebuild costs from inflation and tariffs, and the dangerous concentration of homes and commercial buildings in climate-vulnerable areas. He also explores what cascading climate financial risk looks like in practice.

    From the insurance death spiral to the wealth destruction of uninsured home loss, this episode connects climate change directly to household finances, mortgage markets, and economic inequality.

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    7 mins
  • Is Additionality Dead? Rethinking Corporate Renewable Energy in the Age of AI - Episode 120
    Apr 15 2026

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    Additionality has been one of the cornerstones of corporate renewable energy procurement — but is it still relevant? In this episode, Paul breaks down the concept of additionality in clean energy purchasing, explains how Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) work, and makes the case that surging demand from AI data centers and electrification has fundamentally broken the additionality framework.

    As hyperscalers race to lock up power purchase agreements and new gas plants fill the grid pipeline, does a corporation's renewable energy commitment actually bring new clean energy online — or are they just first to the table? Paul explores why additionality made sense in the early days of renewable energy adoption and why today's energy transition has made it an outdated measure.


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    8 mins
  • How Best to Pursue Energy Independence - Episode 119
    Mar 24 2026

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    As the Iran War enters its fourth week, US consumers are feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Oil prices have shot past $100 per barrel and there are increasing calls to increase domestic supply capacity of energy in order to create more energy independence for the US.

    In this episode, Paul unpacks what that might mean - or whether investing behind clean and renewable technologies may be a far more effective solution toward national energy resiliency.

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    8 mins
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