50 Shades of Green: A Climate Group Podcast
Climate Group has always been green, but in this podcast we explore every shade with special guests and interviews from across business, government, and social sectors to explore strategies and solutions on galvanizing climate action.
Episodes
How can we quantify the real human impact of extreme weather? According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, 2024 alone saw 27 individual weather and climate disasters with at least $1 billion in damages, trailing only the record-setting 28 events analyzed in 2023. Across hurricanes, wildfires, floods, tornados, and more the impacts of the climate crisis are apparent, but where do we begin to measure the real t...
Join us for a special bonus episode of 50 Shades of Green. In this episode, we dive into the state of EV charging from California Public Utility Commission's perspective and the role utility commissions can play in expediting the buildout of critical infrastructure and innovations.
Speakers include:
⭕ Angela Barranco, Executive Director, Climate Group North America
⭕ Matthew Baker, Commissioner,California Public Utilities Comm...
From the creators of Climate Week NYC, the largest climate event of its kind in the world, Climate Group brings you the Fifty Shades of Green podcast.
Each episode introduces you to leading experts, influencers and campaigners who are changing the way we fight climate change.
We take you behind the scenes with some of the most critical, and often unexpected, stories and people from the US and around the world.
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In this episode, we’re exploring the world of climate journalism – specifically how climate change is covered across a variety of media from short form rapid response news to long form narrative documentaries – and how it's evolved over the years.
First, Executive Director of Climate Group North America Angela Barranco joins with Sammy Roth, Climate Columnist at the L.A. Times and host of the new podcast Boiling Point, on how ...
In this episode, we're diving deep into climate finance - how governments are paying for and facilitating climate action.
In our first segment, Climate Group's Gillian Ertel speaks with Kaitlin Butler, Vice President of NY Green Bank, on how green bank investments accelerate clean energy and renewable infrastructure deployment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In our next segment, Gillian continues the conversation with Champa ...
Juliana Villabona de Climate Group habla con Fabiola Muñoz, ex Ministra de Ambiente de Perú, y Verónica Cardozo, miembro de la Alianza por una Ganadería regenerativa en la Amazonía Peruana - AGRAP, sobre cómo los agricultores de América Latina están trabajando para hacer que la ganadería sea más sostenible en asociación con WWF.
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Climate Group's Juliana Villabona speaks with Fabiola Munoz, Former Minister of the Environment of ...
For the first time, we broadcasted 50 Shades of Green from The Hub Live at Climate Week NYC in front of a live audience. 50 Shades of Green LIVE: The Innovation Episode brought together some of the most exciting leaders in the innovation space, showcasing the latest technologies, inventions, initiatives and ideas on earth – and far beyond. Whether they're creating solar panels from moon rock or turning sea water into rocket fu...
In this episode of 50 Shades of Green, we're talking resilience. We sat down with Mercy Corps' Chief Climate Officer, David Nicholson, and Julie Kjestrup, Head of Policy and Thought Leadership at VELUX, to chat about different avenues of climate resilience.
From adaptation projects in the humanitarian development sector to creating a Renovation Revolution in buildings across Europe, we explore the strategies and capacity n...
In this episode, we’re looking back at the US Climate Action Summit –what happened and how we’re carrying progress forward from the week.
First, Climate Group’s Executive Director for North America Angela Barranco will join with Antonieta Cadiz Vargas, Deputy Executive Director of Climate Power En Accion, for the inside scoop on the US Climate Action Summit’s flagship event – the Leaders’ Forum and how partnerships and engagement ...
We’re looking at climate jobs - specifically how the concept of a green job has evolved across various industries and how governments and the private sector have adapted to changing labor circumstances in the energy transition.
First, Climate Group’s Executive Director for North America Angela Barranco joins with Maggie Thomas, Special Assistant to the President for Climate at the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy for ...
In this episode, we take a deep dive into COP28 – what does this iteration of the UN’s annual climate conference mean for the future of climate action?
First, we join with join with Champa Patel, Executive Director of Governments and Policy at Climate Group to give us a recap of the conference and provide insight on the role of NGOs and subnational stakeholders in the decision-making process.
In this episode of 50 Shades of Green, we’re bringing together some of the top minds in media and advertising to explore the role of marketing, entertainment, and journalism in shaping positive climate action and understanding. We speak to Chuck Monn, Creative Director at Go Humans and former Executive Creative Director of Apple’s Media Arts Lab, about the power of messaging and branding on climate action.
Climate Group’s Adam La...
Networks like Climate Group's Under2 Coalition and Regions4 are making significant progress to accelerate climate action at the local level.
In this episode of 50 Shades of Green, we speak with Nehmat Kaur, Head of Under2 at Climate Group, and Héloïse Chicou, Climate Action Lead at Regions4, to discuss the latest advancements, achievements, and challenges facing subnational climate governance ahead of COP28.
In the latest episode of 50 Shades of Green, Climate Group's Adam Lake joins with Dr. Jeffrey Shaman, Interim Dean of the Columbia Climate School and Joshua Amponsem, Strategy Director of the Youth Climate Justice Fund, to explore the connection between climate change and human health, and the interdisciplinary policy solutions needed to address this linkage in a just and equitable way.
Check out the Climate Week NYC website to...
In episode seven, we hear from Climate Group Head of Communications for North America, Adam Lake, and Secretary of the New York City Agriculture Collective, Sarah JanJua, as they discuss the current state of food security in the city and how we can drive progress toward a more equitable future.
In episode 6, we join with Climate Group Executive Director for North America Angela Barranco and Christine Harada, Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC), to discuss the most pressing climate issue facing the US today: implementation of key climate investment laws like the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
In episode 5 we join together with Anna Wong, Manager of Zero Emission Vehicle Regulations at the California Air Resources Board, and Terry Niemeier Director of Electric Vehicles at the Government of New South Wales, to dive into the varying electric vehicle policy landscapes in the US and Australia. Both California and New South Wales are members of the ZEV Community Project. ZEV Community brings together all levels of governments...
We're closing out the year at Climate Group and 50 Shades of Green with reflections on COP27 from Jebi Rahman, Head of Climate Transparency and Pathways at Climate Group, and a year of climate progress Rhiannon Williams, our North America Communications Manager
In episode 3, we cover some amazing highlights from Climate Week NYC and talk sustainable food with Joy Lehman from Meatless Monday.
Episode two of 50 Shades of Green highlights several Climate Week NYC events at the intersection of climate action and the arts and features a conversation with Emily Bice, playwright and creator of before the flood.
To register for these wonderful events, go to climateweeknyc.org.
For more information and tickets to before the flood, go to beforethefloodplay.com.
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