Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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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 st...
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Paris, 10 Years On - Has it Changed the World?
Ten years ago, a gavel dropped in a conference hall north of Paris. It was the moment the world agreed on a strategic plan for one of the most consequ...
Jacinda Ardern and… Is It Time to Talk About Geoengineering?
This week, hosts Tom Rivett Carnac and Paul Dickinson delve into the rapidly emerging - and faintly surreal - world of solar geoengineering.
Po...
Kim Stanley Robinson on Pre Traumatic Imagination and the stories that change us
This week on Outrage + Optimism, we’re taking a breath.
After two intense weeks of daily updates from COP30 in Belém, we’re returning to weekly...
Inside COP: The Final Hours of COP30 - and the road ahead
This is our final episode of Inside COP. For two weeks we’ve tried to bring you as close as possible to the heart of COP30 - the pace, the pressure, t...
Inside COP: Friday Night in Belém - uncertainty in the Blue Zone
We recorded this episode across Friday afternoon and deep into the evening inside the Blue Zone at COP30. At the time of publishing, there is still no...
Inside COP: Friday Morning in Belém - what’s changed and why it matters
It’s Friday morning in Belém and COP30 is moving fast. After yesterday’s fire and the overnight closure of the venue, the Brazilian Presidency worked...
Inside COP: Fire at COP30 - and the work still to be done
Today was not meant to be this episode.
At around 2pm local time, a fire broke out near the country pavilions, triggering the full evacuation of...
Inside COP: Storms in Belém - Lula’s arrival, the carbon tariff debate, and the COP31 decision
We’re approaching crunch time in Belém, and a long-running COP30 saga may finally have found its landing spot. After days of rumour, diplomacy and thu...
Inside COP: China, India… and the Text on the Table
It’s the middle of week two at COP30, and the negotiations are entering their crunch phase. A draft cover text has finally landed, ministers are on th...
Inside COP: Coal’s Out, Pressure’s On - a pivotal moment for COP30
It’s getting hot in the COP.
Executive Secretary Simon Stiell turned up the pressure in Belém on Monday, sharpening his message as ministers arr...
Inside COP: The fight for the Amazon
As ministers arrive in Belém for the crucial second week of COP30, forests move from the backdrop of the summit to the main stage. Protests began at d...
Inside COP: Al Gore on Fossil Fuel Lobbying and (In)convenient Truths
It’s the mid-point of COP30 and all four of our hosts have gathered in Belém to take stock.
In the Blue Zone, the mood is its usual blend of hig...
Inside COP: The UN’s Top Climate Official on Week One of COP30
Christiana Figueres takes us behind the scenes at the UNFCCC offices to speak to the man who now holds her old job as Executive Secretary. As week one...
Inside COP: Protests at COP30 - and the reality of Indigenous representation
At a COP meant to centre the Amazon, some Indigenous voices have found themselves on the outside.
On Tuesday night, what began as a vibrant stre...
Inside COP: Is The US Still In? And Gavin Newsom on ‘invasive species’ Trump
Day three of COP30, and there’s one elephant not in the room.
While there are plenty of United States citizens at this COP, for the first time,...
Inside COP: Brazil's Climate Leadership - the COP30 host takes centre stage
What is Brazil trying to achieve with COP30? It's Day Two in Belém and all eyes are on the host nation.
Join Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett...
Inside COP: The COP30 President Speaks, the Summit Begins
COP30 is here!
Day one dawns in the Amazon, and all eyes are on the host nation - and on the man tasked with steering the talks.
On the e...
Inside COP: Ed Miliband on Multilateralism, Leadership and the UK’s Climate Dilemma
Why hasn’t the UK contributed to Brazil's flagship Tropical Forests Forever Facility it helped design? With COP30 about to open in Belém, the UK’s abs...
Inside COP: World Leaders Gather in Belém - with Jacinda Ardern and Selwin Hart
As COP30 opens in Belém, world leaders have gathered for the first major moment of this Amazon-based summit in the shadow of growing doubts about glob...
Inside COP: The Power of Cities - from the Local Leaders Forum
Behind the national plans and global headlines, a quieter revolution is already underway. Almost 100 major cities - representing 23% of the world’s ec...
Inside the Earthshot Prize 2025: Royal Vision, Real Change
In a year when climate news can feel relentlessly bleak, the Earthshot Prize offers something vital - proof of progress. And in this year’s fifteen fi...
Inside COP: Looking for a Plan in Finance - the trillion dollar transition
It’s the trillion-dollar problem: funds are on the table - but the money isn’t always flowing to where it’s needed most. As Hurricane Melissa batters...
Inside COP: Teaming Up for the Planet - The Global Mutirão
Nearly 9 out of 10 people worldwide want their governments to do more on climate. So why does it feel like progress is so slow? And what happens when...
Inside COP: The New World Order - power, politics and the green pie
The global balance of power is shifting. Can climate diplomacy keep up?
As China rises, the BRICS expand and the United States retreats, new pow...
Inside COP: A New Economy Rising - from promises to progress
Will COP30 be the COP of ‘implementation’? And what would that actually mean?
Beyond the famous negotiating halls, climate action is already ha...
Remembering Jane Goodall
Following the sad news this week of Jane Goodall’s passing, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac remember her extraordinary work, personality and...
Inside COP: How to Build a COP
How do you build a COP? With just a few weeks to go until COP30 in Belém, we take listeners inside the high stakes and the complex mechanics of a clim...
Inside COP: The countdown to COP30 at New York Climate Week
How does COP deliver a pathway to dealing with the worsening climate crisis? That’s the big question as attention across the world turns to COP30 in B...
From Courtrooms to Statehouses: The US Climate Pushback
This week on Outrage + Optimism, we join the Be Hope global podcast takeover - a collaboration of shows amplifying courage and possibility in facing t...
Beyond the Bad News: Evidence for Climate Optimism
From stalled UN plastics treaty talks, to the hottest summer on record across much of the northern hemisphere - it’s been a bleak few weeks for climat...
Rising Tides: How indigenous communities are facing the climate crisis
What does it mean to live on the front lines of climate change - where rising seas, collapsing ecosystems and the legacies of colonialism collide?
Listening to the Living World: Can AI help us hear the planet?
What if we could not only listen to the rest of nature, but actually understand it?
From decoding whale songs to giving nature a legal voice, th...
Introducing: Inside COP - the Official COP30 Podcast from Outrage + Optimism
Live from Belém… it’s Outrage + Optimism! (Or it will be.)
This year’s COP is one of the most significant in years, and we’ll be there with you...
You Are What You Eat: Soil, Seeds and Social Justice
What’s really in the food on our plates? The journey to our supermarket shelves is one of broken economics, environmental destruction, and social inju...
Too Hot to Handle?: Facing a Future Beyond 1.5°C
As global temperatures continue to skyrocket, the once unthinkable is now within view: overshooting 1.5°C of warming. This limit, set out in the Paris...
Mistakes, Mistruths and Misinformation: Climate's biggest myths debunked
Isn’t climate change just part of a natural cycle? Weren’t CO2 levels much higher in the past? And, even if we should be worried, can one person reall...
Trump’s War on Climate - and Maggie Baird on food justice and plant-based touring with Billie Eilish
As record heat scorches the US, Trump’s government is making things dramatically worse. We break down the devastating implications of the One Big Beau...
*Breaking Planetary News*: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained
“An Existential Problem of Planetary Proportions”
International Court of Justice President Yuji Iwasawa just delivered a landmark advisory opini...
Planes, Protests, Pensions... and have banks given up on saving the planet?
Can a pilot really be the change-maker who helps us to holiday nearer home? Why aren’t governments and institutions doing more to help climate activis...
From Outrage to Action: Your Questions, Our Answers
We’re handing the mic over to you on this week’s Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast.
In this special Q&A episode, Christiana Figueres, Paul...