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Climate Change Weekly

Climate Change Weekly

By Climate Change Weekly

Climate Change Weekly is a podcast that picks some of the week's most important climate change related news for discussion, includes a topic of the week (which is thought provoking and often controversial) and encourages listeners to do their part to tackle climate change.

Please get in touch if you have suggestions for making the podcast better or you would like to suggest a topic of the week.

You can contact me via an email to weeklyclimate@gmail.com or on twitter using @WeeklyClimate.
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Episode 8 - The Holocene has ended

Climate Change WeeklySep 30, 2019

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Episode 14 - COP25 is underway

Episode 14 - COP25 is underway

This week we cover the powerful speech of the Secretary General of the United Nations opening the COP25 conference.

Dec 10, 201912:54
Episode 13 - What's gone wrong at the EPA

Episode 13 - What's gone wrong at the EPA

This week the European parliament declared a global “climate and environmental emergency”; COP 25 will be held in Madrid in the coming week; Greta was still mid-ocean for the climate strike; Forest fires sweep Australia and for the topic of the week, we look at what's gone wrong at the EPA.

Dec 01, 201916:40
Episode 12 - US triggers Paris withdrawal

Episode 12 - US triggers Paris withdrawal

This week, as the US formally gives notice of its withdrawal from the Paris agreement, 11,000 scientists endorse a letter entitled “Scientist’s Warning of a Climate Emergency”. Also this week, a study concludes that sea level rise could affect 3 times a many people by 2050 as previously thought.

Nov 13, 201910:14
Episode 11 - Exxon knew all along

Episode 11 - Exxon knew all along

This week we look at the admission from an Exxon scientist that they have known how much CO2 and how much warming would be caused by the use of oil since at least 1982. We also retell the story of lead in gasoline and the heroic efforts of Clair Patterson that eventually resulted in its removal.

Nov 05, 201917:25
Episode 10 - More strikes ahead

Episode 10 - More strikes ahead

This week Greta tells a rally that young people must be prepared to strike for a very long time; the IMF says a fossil-fuel emissions tax would be the most effective way to reduce air pollution; almost 17,500 lives could be saved if just 27% of china’s cars were EVs and BA will offset all domestic flight emissions from next year.

Oct 15, 201909:56
Episode 9 - Is it OK to Fly?

Episode 9 - Is it OK to Fly?

This week we try to answer the question "Is it OK to Fly?"

Oct 08, 201910:29
Episode 8 - The Holocene has ended

Episode 8 - The Holocene has ended

David Attenborough warns that the Holocene has ended; the United Nations summit fails to achieve its objectives; Al Gore writes in the New York Times; Climate strikes continue to grow and the topic of the week is Wright's Law.

Sep 30, 201916:18
Episode 7 - Finally gaining momentum

Episode 7 - Finally gaining momentum

Millions around the world took part in the climate strike on Friday; Amazon to reach carbon zero by 2040; Daimler Benz to focus on electrification; Sudden Stratospheric Warming over Antarctica and what was the real death toll of Dorian?

Sep 24, 201914:07
Episode 6 - Big Tech Companies

Episode 6 - Big Tech Companies

This week a new poll shows that the number of Americans that believe climate change is a crisis is growing; an area of forest the size of the UK is destroyed every year; Arnie says Trump can’t erase a decade of clean air progress with a sharpie and in the topic of the week we look at the environmental record of the five big tech companies.


Sep 16, 201914:37
Episode 5 - Electric cars

Episode 5 - Electric cars

This week we look at the benefits of electric cars, including recommendations on which cars to buy and what to look for.

Sep 09, 201917:17
Episode 4 - Trump's empty chair

Episode 4 - Trump's empty chair

This week, as the amazon burns, Trump is a no-show at G7 talks on the climate and biodiversity; Greta Thunberg arrives in New York  after 16 days at sea; The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated from poor to very poor and there are plans to shut down Washington DC on 23 September

In the topic of the week, we conclude our look at nuclear power

Sep 02, 201914:52
Episode 3 - Nuclear power

Episode 3 - Nuclear power

This week we cover how the lungs of the world are on fire, Extinction Rebellion's plan to shut down Heathrow airport and the topic of the week is nuclear power.


Aug 26, 201922:14
Episode 2 - Sea-level rise

Episode 2 - Sea-level rise

This week's news includes the IPCC Land Use report, blackouts in the UK, Greta Thunberg's visit to the Hambach Forest and the trillions of dollars being poured in to oil and gas exploration and fossil fuel subsidies

Aug 12, 201919:03
Episode 1 - 04 August 2019

Episode 1 - 04 August 2019

News and comment from the week ending 4 August 2019.

Aug 04, 201911:31