The Climate Crisis Podcast

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Presented by Yahoo News, The Climate Crisis Podcast is designed to help listeners gain an understanding about what is perhaps the most pressing issue facing humanity and the planet: rising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Hosts Ben Adler and David Knowles interview some of the leading scientists in the country to help explain how we came to this inflection point and what the stakes are going forward. The podcast lays out the science of climate change in a way that ordinary Americans can understand, and also explores the politics, messaging and disinformation that accompany the debate about how to fix what experts agree is a dire situation.

The stakes for COP26 in Glasgow

Yahoo News’ own David Knowles and Ben Adler introduce the Podcast, then discuss what to expect during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland while teasing upcoming guests on future episodes.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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The certainty of Climate Change w/ guest Daniel Swain

With each and every passing year, scientists grow more certain that climate change is behind many of today’s extreme weather events. On this episode of “The Climate Crisis Podcast,” Yahoo News talks to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain about the growing confidence of linking distinct weather events with rising global temperatures.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Urban Adaptation w/ guest Klaus Jacob

Klaus Jacob has been studying climate change for more than half a century and served on the New York City Mayor's Panel on Climate Change for over a decade. During that time, he told us he has seen "more and more severe disasters," and he has urged policymakers to prepare for the far-worse events to come. Currently a special research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at the Earth Institute, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University, Jacob warns that parts of many coastal cities such as New York will be regularly inundated by the end of this century.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Sea Level Rise w/ guest Benjamin Strauss

Benjamin Strauss is the president and CEO of Climate Central, a non-profit that tries to educate policy makers and the public about the threats posed by climate change. He has testified before Congress on the number of American houses that will be threatened due to sea level rise caused by climate change and noted that current estimates are that seas will rise by two to three feet by the end of the century and will continue rising in the decades that follow.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Water Cycle w/ guest Peter Gleick

Climate Scientist Peter Gleick, having testified before Congress multiple times on the risks climate change poses to agriculture and access to clean drinking water, has long warned that global temperature rise poses a threat to the hydrologic cycle. Much of his own research, as well, has been born out over time.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Excitement Over Nuclear w/ guest US Secretary of Energy Granholm

The US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, has announced a number of initiatives in regards to the climate crisis while attending COP26 in Glasgow. Initiatives such as carbon removal "earthshots," funding for the "SuperTruck" program, and excited Over nuclear power. Climate Crisis Podcast co-host Ben Adler caught up with Secretary Granholm to help explain exactly what these initiatives are and the strategy behind them.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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COP26 Week 1 Recap

Yahoo News Senior Editors Ben Adler and David Knowles, alongside Yahoo News Reporter and Producer Eve Hartley, break down everything that happened during the first week of COP26 from Glasgow, Scotland. The announcements, the surprises, the mood, who didn't show up, and what's in store for the second week of the conference.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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The Climate Crisis Corruption Challenge w/ guest Samantha Power

Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, said Monday that President Biden's pledge to donate $3 billion annually to help developing nations adapt to climate change is a crucial commitment, but acknowledged that addressing rampant corruption in countries that will need those funds could prove challenging.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Tuvalu is sinking w/ Finance Minister Seve Paeniu

With a population of just over 11,000 residents, Tuvalu is an idyllic South Pacific atoll consisting of nine low-lying islands whose highest elevation is roughly 15 feet. Thanks to sea level rise, each year that elevation shrinks a little bit more. The Finance Minister Seve Paeniu joins to discuss. <br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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Systemic Racism in Highway Design w/ Pete Buttigieg

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg tells us that systemic racism in the design and location of highways in American cities and suburbs continues to adversely affect low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.<br><p> See <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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