Oil Change International

Burned: The Price of Oil

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In this limited podcast series from Oil Change International, host Shady Khalil pulls back the curtain on the true cost of fossil fuels and the villains blocking climate action. Through candid conversations with global climate leaders, the podcast explores the damage caused by fossil fuels, the obstacles in our path, and how people-powered movements are forging the path towards a just and equitable transition that leaves no one behind. From the frontlines of the climate crisis to the global halls of power, we look at the political, economic, and people-powered battles shaping our future. This...

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“I believe my voice makes a difference” - Tina Eonemto Stege on climate commitments and keeping 1.5°C alive 23.12.2025 37:25

In this episode of Burned: The Price of Oil , host Shady Khalil speaks with Tina Eonemto Stege, Climate Envoy for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Tina reflects on the United Nations climate talks in Belém, Brazil, from the hard fights to the fragile breakthroughs of the COP30 climate negotiations. Tina unpacks the call at COP30 led by vulnerable countries who demand a clear...

“We are fighting for a life of dignity for our people” — Dipti Bhatnagar on Empire, Resistance to Fossil Fuel Companies, and Just Futures 02.12.2025 40:04

In this episode of Burned: The Price of Oil , host Shady Khalil speaks with Dipti Bhatnagar, climate justice organizer with Justiça Ambiental (Friends of the Earth Mozambique) and Executive Committee member of Friends of the Earth International. Dipti shares her 25-year journey organizing across India, the U.S., and Mozambique, connecting struggles from anti-dam movements to anti-colonial resistan...

“We need a globally just transition” – Dr. Amiera Sawas on Climate Colonialism and Global Justice 25.11.2025 36:56

In this episode of Burned: The Price of Oil , host Shady Khalil speaks with Dr. Amiera Sawas, Head of Research and Policy at the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Amiera draws on her decades of experience working at the intersection of climate change, gender justice, and decolonial movements to expose the structural injustices fueling the climate crisis, and the feminist, global majority-led s...

"Reparations, not investments” — Shereen Talaat on climate debt, reparations and public finance 18.11.2025 35:34

In the second episode of Burned: The Price of Oil , host Shady Khalil speaks with Shereen Talaat, Founder and Director of MENA Fem Movement. They explore the global financial system’s deep colonial roots - and how private-finance-first approaches to the energy transition trap Global South countries in more debt and fossil fuel dependence. Shereen shares how private finance seeks profit, not justi...

"It's about people, not carbon" — Tasneem Essop on Climate Justice 12.11.2025 42:57

In the debut episode of Burned: The Price of Oil , host Shady Khalil speaks with Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of the Climate Action Network, to explore what it means to fight for justice in the era of climate crisis. From her roots as an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa to leading one of the world’s largest climate coalitions, Tasneem shares how decades of organizing, persistence, and...