Climate Curious

We spend 90% of our lives inside buildings, so why do think of mountains and lakes, not induction hobs and heat pumps, when it comes to taking climate action? Here to explain why electrification is the most cost-effective way to decarbonise your building is Stephanie Greene, RMI’s Managing Director of Carbon-Free Buildings Program. From saving you money, to giving you a better quality of life, tun...

Eco-art isn’t about painting, it’s about engaging others to paint a better world, says eco-artist and former lawyer Xavier Cortada. Facing rising sea levels in his coastal hometown of Miami, Florida, Xavier started a movement around beautifully designed elevation markers highlighting the risk of flood damage. Tune into Climate Curious to understand how a creative vision can engage, educate and emp...

Energy bills making you feel climate furious? Here to debunk how electricity is made and why gas prices have gone crazy recently is Mark Dyson, a Managing Director with the Carbon-Free Electricity Program at RMI. In conversation live from Climate Week NYC with Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst, Mark shares why he’s 10 out of 10 sure that we can make a just transition to carbon-free electricity using wind...

Happy Veganuary! Isaias Hernandez, content creator @queerbrownvegan, joins Climate Curious to explore how we can make the plant-based movement more inclusive and accessible, shares tips for how you can take small steps to creatively redesign your relationship with food, and reveals their favourite Mexican vegan dish. Yum.  If you enjoyed this episode, tune into Isaias’ 30-minute interview on Clima...

Pacific Islanders are calling for a climate victim overhaul. Tired of the doomism, typically depicted in global media as moments away from total inundation or annihilation – climate vulnerable nations are doing the most to ensure a carbon-free future. We speak to Josephine Latu-Sanft, a communications specialist and native Tongan to learn more about how we can all play our part in actively shiftin...

In this week’s climate quickie, we hear from Josephine Latu-Sanft, an international communications expert and native Tongan on why climate doomism needs a reset. Being from a climate-vulnerable nation herself – the South Pacific Island of Tonga – Josephine shares the impact of being depicted in global media as powerless victims, moments away from total inundation or annihilation, and how we can re...

TV addicts rejoice! Climate action is coming to a screen near you. Well, your living room to be exact. From series and films to writers and production, Netflix is getting serious about climate action. Here to share why culture and entertainment is key to gaining mass engagement with climate change is Netflix’s Sustainability Officer, Emma Stewart. Live from Climate Week NYC, tune in with co-hosts...

UK energy bills are some of the highest in the world right now. How did we get here? Tune in with Climate Curious expert, Tessa Khan, the founder and director of Uplift, on why reducing our dependence on fossil fuels can solve the cost-of-greed crisis.  If you enjoyed this Quickie have a listen to Tessa’s full 30-minute interview on Climate Curious and read the summary blog: https://tedxlondon.com...

This January, ditch the deprivation and get involved with building a wellbeing economy. Good for you, good for your loved ones, good for the planet. Activist and philosopher Liz Zeidler joins Climate Curious’ Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst to share what a wellbeing economy is, why it's an urgently needed sustainable model that can help us reverse climate change, and how you can get involved. Follow Cl...

How to solve a man-made problem? Gender equality! Tune in with Climate Curious expert, Dr. Amiera Sawas, the Director of Programmes and Research at Climate Outreach to understand how climate change affects genders differently.  Listen to the full interview with Amiera. Follow Climate Curious: Newsletter Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Suggest a topic you’d like Climate Curious to cover Created...

Why the blame game won’t work in climate and what to say instead during those pesky holiday season climate conversations, with atmospheric scientist, author, TED speaker and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people, Katharine Hayhoe on the Climate Curious podcast by TEDxLondon. Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our full-length chat with Katharine on why talking is the most important thing you can d...

Young people aren’t just a piece of the puzzle when it comes to climate action, they should be picking the puzzle, says Shiv Soin, Executive Director of Treeage and the Youth Lead at TED Countdown. On this week’s Climate Curious tune in with Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst live from TED Countdown to discover how youth-led climate action truly is the future (yes, it’s cliché, but it’s true!), how making...

86% of everything trapped in our atmosphere comes from three things: oil, gas, and coal AKA fossil fuels, so why has the phrase been strangely invisible in global climate negotiation and climate policy? Here to explain is Tzeporah Berman, the chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty Initiative. Enjoyed this quickie? Listen to our full-length chat with Tzeporah on why fossil fuels are the...

Dough, dosh, moolah: we all want it. But how can it benefit both our wallet, and the wider world? Here to share the answer is Anneka Deva, the lead at Money Movers. Tune in to learn how she’s helping create a movement of over 30,000 women to move 1 billion pounds for climate action.  Check out Money Movers .  Grab your tickets to TEDxLondonWomen , February 5th. Follow Climate Curious: Newsletter I...

Money makes the world go round. But when it comes to women, we’re not engaging with one of the most powerful climate actions out there: our finances. A story of gender equity and climate justice in action, this week’s Climate Curious by TEDxLondon shares how Anneka Deva is growing Money Movers, a movement of 1000s of women coming together around dinner tables and Zoom rooms to help each other move...

We all know we’re in a climate emergency, but what’s the timeline looking like? Here to share a prediction of what the next seven years will look like is Mark Campanale, the founder of non-profit think tank, Carbon Tracker Initiative. Tune in to learn how we can solve this, and why there’s so much to look forward to in our lifetime, including free energy! Listen to Mark’s 30-minute interview on Cl...

A ‘list to rule all lists’ is helping citizens and organisations hold polluters, governments and greenwashers accountable, says Carbon Tracker’s executive director Rob Schuwerk on TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious. Data, transparency, accountability – we’ve all heard the buzzwords – but this initiative actually gives us some serious teeth to cut through endless pledges, dreamy statements and downright...

Ever feel totally overwhelmed by the climate crisis, and like it’s too complicated an issue to solve? That’s because it’s a wicked problem: an interdependent problem that can feel impossible to solve. TEDxLondon's Climate Curious podcast catches up with neuroscientist specialising in polarisation, Dr. Kris De Meyer, about what a wicked problem is, and how it can make you feel like you can’t drive...

Imagine a more equitable and diverse future, one in which both people and planet are thriving. That’s intersectional environmentalism! In this week’s Climate Quickie Leah Thomas the founder of Intersectional Environmentalist joins us to break down what the movement’s about, and how you can get involved, live from TED Countdown.  Listen to Leah’s full 30-minute episode on Climate Curious.  Join Cli...

Current extreme weather events are contributing to higher prevalence of child marriage, says Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell, CEO of Girls Not Brides on the latest Climate Curious by TEDxLondon. Picture this – there’s a heatwave, followed by a drought, your cows have nothing to drink, your crops fail, you’ve got six mouths to feed, and no income. The only option to survive? Finding a husband for one of you...

Climate change is increasing the incidence of child marriages, shares this week’s quickie expert Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell the CEO of Girls Not Brides. Tune in to discover how globally, every year, 12 million girls are married below the age of 18. That's one girl every three seconds. And why crop failure, droughts and extreme weather is pushing families to look for income outside their natural resour...

Who runs the world? Girls! Who doesn’t have ownership of natural resources or positions of power? Girls! Intersecting dynamics between gender, race and class make women and girls more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, says Dr Amiera Sawas, Director of Programmes and Research at Climate Outreach on the Climate Curious podcast. Tune in with co-hosts Ben Hurst and Daze Aghaji to learn how...

Big BOSS states – big ocean sustainable states – are calling for action, recognition and reparations at the upcoming COP27 Sharm el-Sheik. This is part of a broader conversation around why and how we need to reframe the representation of climate-vulnerable communities, and what they want to see from this year’s COP. Here to break it down is our quickie expert, Josephine Latu-Sanft, a communication...

Intersectional environmentalism is a growing movement – but what exactly is it? And why is it vital? Leah Thomas aka Intersectional Environmentalist joins TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious to share the ways in which identity, race, class and gender impacts everyone’s experience with the natural world around you. And how it helps us dismantle systems of oppression to protect people and planet. Tune in w...

Everyone’s talking about COP27, but what is it? To clear up the confusion we’re joined by this week’s Quickie expert, Helen Clarkson, CEO at Climate Group. Live from Climate Week NYC, tune in to understand what the focus is for this year’s United Nations ‘Conference of the Parties’, what a good outcome looks like, and why now's the time to deliver on the $100 billion of climate finance pledged at...