Zero explores the policies, tactics and clean technologies taking us to a future of zero emissions as the world fights climate change. Bloomberg Green’s award-winning climate reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people who are making it happen.
By Akshat Rathi, Mythili Rao and Magnus Henriksson
“The minute that you get complacent about [political consensus], you risk losing it,” Chris Stark, head of the UK’s Climate Change Committee says on this week’s Zero.
Plastic is everywhere — from the ocean to the human body — and production of it is set to triple by 2060. On this week’s Zero: A UN treaty could be the answer.
By Akshat Rathi, Will Mathis and Magnus Henriksson
“There is just so much to build, so much support and lots of profit on the table,” Brookfield Renewable Partners CEO Connor Teskey says on this week’s Zero.
By Akshat Rathi, Jennifer A Dlouhy and Magnus Henriksson
“Everybody who is an activist on the climate issue needs to be even more active,” says US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry on this week’s Zero.
The US looking out only for itself “shoots a hole in everything we’re trying to accomplish,” hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer says on this week’s Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi
“It's seen as a sunk cost and not as an investment. And that’s wrong,” says Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation, on this week’s Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd
“We can't just go along to get along forever,” the former US vice president said on Zero, where he advocated for moving away from requiring COP consensus.
By Akshat Rathi, Aaron Rutkoff and Christine Driscoll
“Bringing 200 countries to a consensus is never easy. None of what's happening in the world right now makes it any easier,” says Zero host Akshat Rathi.
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Climate Capitalism, Akshat Rathi explains the origin of China’s dominance in the battery market through the lens of CATL, now the world’s largest battery company.
By Christine Driscoll, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd
“If we don't invest today, we're just not going to even have it available to us in time,” says Jen Wilcox at the US Department of Energy on the latest Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi
On this week’s Zero, friends and colleagues pay tribute to Saleemul Huq’s lifelong mission to bring the voices of the global south to climate negotiations.
By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi
“I think there’s a fairly straightforward path to getting rid of about 50% of oil demand,” Bloomberg Opinion’s David Fickling says on the latest episode of Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd
“Shareholders have so much power that has been underexploited,” says Brynn O’Brien of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility on this week’s Zero.
By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll
“As an academic, you want to push things to the limit,” says Martin Green, director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, on this week’s Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi
“So many crops that were not profitable are going to become profitable” says Gilles Dreyfus, co-founder of vertical farming startup Jungle, on this week’s Zero.
By Jill Namatsi, Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll
Australia wants to reach 82% renewables by 2030, and gave the CEFC A$20.5 billion to make it happen. “We’re up to the challenge,” says CEO Ian Learmonth.
By Christine Driscoll, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd
“If you are going to do something that is emitting, it better be something that brings you a lot of joy,” Greener Living editor Kira Bindrim says on this week’s Zero.
“The trouble with methane is that it's many times worse than carbon dioxide tonne for tonne,” Akshat Rathi says on a bonus episode of the Zero podcast.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
“Shows that don't portray climate change, those are the science fiction shows,” says ‘Extrapolations’ executive producer Dorothy Fortenberry on this week’s Zero.
“I’m a big believer in the idea that you can’t solve a problem if you don't know where it came from,” ‘Drilled’ podcast host Amy Westervelt says on this week’s Zero.
By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi
“This constant grind of getting better at making a commodity product means that it's very, very hard to make money,” says BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase on Zero.
By Akshat Rathi, Ari Natter, Keith Naughton and Marie Patino
It’s one of the biggest loans to a US carmaker in more than a decade — and a watershed moment in Biden’s $400 billion plan to go all in on green technologies.
By Oscar Boyd, Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi
Richard Curtis’s screenwriting hits include Bridget Jones’s Diary and Mr. Bean. Now he’s focused on redirecting retirement savings to climate-friendly companies.
“If you’re not taking enough risk, then you’re not solving an important enough problem,” says venture capitalist Dipender Saluja on the latest episode of Zero.
Read a transcript of the conversation between podcast host Akshat Rathi and producer Oscar Boyd about why the world is on track to hit 1.5C of warming.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
Read a transcript of The Big Take podcast featuring Akshat Rathi, Eric Roston, and Zahra Hirji looking at where Inflation Reduction Act money is flowing.
By Akshat Rathi, Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll
The US special envoy to COP15 and the WWF’s chief scientist talk about what it means for the world’s largest economy to sit out an international commitment.
We could see a world of electric flying vehicles in the next decade, says Venkat Viswanathan, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who’s worked with many leading battery startups.
The best climate-tech startups surround a scientist or engineer chief executive with established business talent, venture capitalist Katie Rae says on this week’s Zero podcast.
As the planet warms, migration is expected grow rapidly. More fair distribution of economic development can help slow it down, says the head of the United Nations Development Programme.
Rising interest rates, competition from oil companies, and demand for ever-lower priced renewable electricity are putting wind-power champions in a bind.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
“Davos gives you the opportunity where you can… speak science to power,” Gail Whiteman, founder of Arctic Basecamp, says on the latest episode of Zero.
Climate activists have done nowhere near enough to reign in the fossil fuel industry and must escalate their tactics, professor Andreas Malm says on the Zero podcast.
The speed of green-tech adoption in China is fueling doubts about whether democracies can beat back climate change, environmental policy expert Daniel Fiorino says on the Zero podcast.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
“Energy access is becoming an exclusively African issue,” warns Rebekah Shirley, director of research, data and innovation at the World Resources Institute Africa, on Episode 16 of Zero.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
“It's almost as if the glaciers now are moving quicker than our political leaders,” says Lewis Pugh, UN patron of the oceans, on this week’s episode of Zero.
How do you get 200 countries to agree on climate policy? Patricia Espinosa, former head of the UN body that organizes COP, explains the mechanics on Episode 13 of Zero
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
The clean-energy race “doesn't choose its pace based on whether the US is choosing to run hard,” White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi says on Episode 12 of Zero.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
The Bahamas is one of the world’s largest carbon sinks, “and we think it's time for us to be paid for it,” Prime Minister Philip Davis says on Episode 11 of Zero.
By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd
Rich countries must take responsibility for the impacts of climate change elsewhere, Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, says on Episode 10 of Zero.
Occidental Petroleum is building a plant to capture 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air as a way to meet climate goals and make money selling offsets.
Climate became a defining issue in Australia’s elections, say politicians Adam Bandt and David Pocock. Listen to Episode 5 of Zero, a podcast from Bloomberg Green.
No coal-fired furnace. No molten metal. Colorado-based Electra has raised $85 million for technology that uses renewable electricity to make carbon-free iron at merely 60°C.
Green technologies must become cheap enough for every country to use them, says Bill Gates. Listen to Episode 3 of Zero, a new podcast from Bloomberg Green.
The latest clean-energy funding boom is here to stay, says venture capitalist Gabriel Kra. Listen to Episode 2 of Zero, a new podcast from Bloomberg Green.
Climate laws keep nations focused on emissions during crises, says Bryony Worthington. Listen to Episode 1 of Zero, a new podcast from Bloomberg Green.