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Vestas Wind Systems A/S Chief Executive Officer Henrik Andersen Interview

Episode 75: How Wind Giant Vestas Turned Its Fortunes Around

By Akshat Rathi, Mythili Rao and Will Mathis

“We won't get to carbon neutrality by fooling each other with targets that are not being fulfilled,” Henrik Andersen, chief executive officer of Danish wind energy company Vestas, says on this week’s Zero.

Tourists Visit The Middelgrunden Offshore Wind Farm

Episode 74: Offshore Wind Is Struggling. One Major Player Isn’t Worried

By Akshat Rathi, Will Mathis and Tiffany Tsoi

Improving economics mean the wind industry “will work out,” Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners founder Jakob Baruël Poulsen says on this week’s Zero.

Episode 73: How to Cut Industrial Emissions and Dodge the Valley of Death

By Akshat Rathi, Mythili Rao and Magnus Henriksson

When it comes to climate tech, “We’re at a really pivotal moment right now in the transition,” BloombergNEF’s Claire Curry says on this week’s Zero.

UK Power Surges to Record as Sub-Zero Chill Sends Demand Surging

Episode 72: Inside the Climate Watchdog Holding the UK Government to Account

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 bottles at a dumping ground in Haryana, India.

Episode 71: Can a Legally Binding Treaty Fix the World’s Plastic Problem?

By Akshat Rathi, Tiffany Tsoi and Leslie Kaufman

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.

Episode 70: What Bottlenecks? A Major Asset Manager Is All-In on Renewables

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.

Episode 69: John Kerry, the Forrest Gump of Climate, Bows Out

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.

Episode 68: What Donald Trump’s Return Means for US Climate Ambition

By Tiffany Tsoi, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

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.

Rooftop Solar Takes Off in Spain as Europe Shuns Russian Gas

Episode 67: Green Jobs Are Already Stealing Fossil Fuel’s Thunder

By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

How many clean-energy jobs are coming? Is the UK backsliding on climate progress? The Zero podcast team shares some of their favorite climate stats.

Attendees arrive at the Blue Zone on day three of the COP28 climate conference.

Episode 66: COP28 Ends With a Deal on Fossil Fuels. Now Comes the Hard Part

By Akshat Rathi, Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll

“There is a phrase that was used in the text: ‘orderly transition.’ Well, it’s going to be messy,” Akshat Rathi says on this week’s Zero.

Episode 65: No One Is Investing in Adaptation, the ‘Poor Cousin’ of the Climate Debate

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.

COP28 UNFCCC Climate Conference: Day Four

Episode 64: Al Gore Plans to Break Petrostates’ Stranglehold on Climate Progress

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.

Solar Panel Installation as Spain Set to Generate More than 50% of Power From Renewables

Episode 63: Tripling Renewables Is Difficult But Completely Doable

By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

“There are enough factories out there to support tripling renewables’ future,” BloombergNEF analyst Jenny Chase says on the latest episode of Zero.

Editorial board interview with Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention for Climate Change

Episode 62: COP28 Is Bigger Than Ever, But Still Can't Achieve One Thing

By Akshat Rathi, Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll

“Implementation doesn't happen as the result of negotiation in negotiation halls,” says former COP organizer Christiana Figueres on the latest Zero.

Key Speakers on Day Two of The ADIPEC Energy Conference

Episode 61: It’s Time to Find Out How an Oil Exec Leads a Climate Conference

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.

Bonus: How China Left the World Far Behind in the Battery Race

By 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.

Oxy And 1PointFive Direct Air Capture Plant Groundbreaking Ceremony

Episode 60: One Magic Number Can Make Carbon Removal Work

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.

Key Speakers At Bloomberg Technology Summit

Bonus Episode: Europe’s Top Industrialist Can Hear Greenland’s Ice Melting

By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

“If you can do zero carbon in shipping, you can do zero carbon in any industry,” Siemens Chairman Jim Snabe says on this week's Zero podcast.

The Midwest Is Ground Zero for the Fight Over Carbon Capture Pipelines

Episode 59: The Precarious State of Carbon Capture

By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

“The technologies have been around for around 50 years, but they haven't been around in a climate-oriented way,” professor Emily Grubert says on Zero.

Episode 58: Remembering Saleemul Huq, a Champion of Climate Justice

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.

Sustainable Transport In Spain's Capital

Bonus Episode: The EV Revolution Isn’t Only Arriving on Four Wheels

By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd

Two- and three-wheelers are a major and important EV success story, BloombergNEF’s head of advanced transport says on this week’s Zero.

Episode 57: Peak Oil Is Here. Well, Maybe

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.

Episode 56: Climate Change Can’t Overcome Capitalism, and That’s OK

By Kira Bindrim, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

“Society is making more entrepreneurs care about the climate problem. That's a good place to be,” says Akshat Rathi on this week’s episode of Zero.

Episode 55: It's Done. The Future Is Battery-Powered Electric Cars

By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

“We're off to the races on EV adoption,” says BloombergNEF’s head of Advanced Transport, Colin McKerracher, on the latest episode of Zero.

Episode 54: How to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground, From the Boardroom

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.

E-Bike Boom Hits Lead on Chinese Recycled Batteries

Bonus Episode: The Rise of the Electric Two-Wheeler

By Akshat Rathi, Christine Driscoll and Oscar Boyd

Could commuting less often help cut carbon? This week, Zero’s team shares some interesting climate stats.

Episode 53: The Godfather of Solar Predicts Its Future

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.

Episode 52: Perfume? Yes. Potatoes? No. Vertical Farming Tries to Grow Up

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.

Episode 51: The World’s Biggest Green Bank Is Electrifying Australia

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.

Israeli Economy as Country Prepares for Possible Fourth Vaccine Dose

Episode 50: Your Carbon Footprint Should Bring You Joy

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.

Bonus Episode: Methane Leaks Are the Low-Hanging Fruit of the Climate Crisis

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

“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.

Episode 49: Why Hollywood A-listers Are Rushing to Star in Climate Shows

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.

Episode 48: Inside the PR Machine That Made Climate Denial Work

By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

“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.

Episode 47: How a Utopian Sci-Fi Author Writes Toward a Low-Carbon Future

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

“It's a race against disaster. So you have to run like hell,” says climate fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson on this week’s Zero.

Vice President Harris Visits Qcells Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant

Episode 46: Making Solar Panels Is 'Horrible' Business. The US Still Wants It.

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.

How Sheep Keep Solar Farms Out of the Shade

Bonus Episode: Three Numbers That Showcase Climate Progress

By Oscar Boyd, Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

Where’s all the oil money going? What’s happening with cycling in France? And how far behind China is the US on solar?

Key Speakers At United Nations Climate Action: Race To Zero And Resilience Forum

Episode 45: How Canada Figured Out a Carbon Tax and Gave the Money Back

By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

As Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Cath McKenna marshaled support for a carbon tax in part by calling it “a price on pollution.”

Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs Founder Ma Jun

Episode 44: The Chinese Activist Who Mapped the Country's Pollution Problem

By Christine Driscoll, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

Read a transcript of the conversation between Akshat Rathi and Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun.

Episode 43: How US Governors in Both Political Parties Pitch Green Spending

By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

How do Republicans vs. Democrats justify clean-energy investment? Governors from Washington, New Mexico and Indiana explain their logic on Zero.

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at Elysee Palace

Bonus Episode: A Paris Meeting to Unlock Trillions for Climate

By Abraiya Ruffin, Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

In this bonus episode of Zero, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd talk about Mia Mottley and Emmanuel Macron’s climate finance summit in Paris.

Ford Cutting 3,800 Jobs as EV Shift Shrinks German, UK Workforce

Episode 42: Ford Gets $9.2 Billion to Help US Catch Up With China’s EV Dominance

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.

South African Farming Community During Loadshedding

Episode 41: A Simple Tool to Unlock Trillions of Dollars in Clean-Energy Investments

By Akshat Rathi

A currency-rate guarantee program by the International Monetary Fund could attract private investors to many more solar and wind projects.

Wildfires Poised To Burn More Land Than Ever In Canada This Year

Bonus Episode: How Wildfire Smoke and Air Pollution Affect Your Health

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

In this bonus episode of Zero, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd talk about the global problem of air pollution, and how wildfires are making it worse.

Episode 40: The Writer Behind ‘Love Actually’ Wants to Green Your Retirement Fund

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.

Episode 39: How Silicon Valley Got Into Investing in Climate Tech

By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

“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.

Bonus Episode: Making Sense of Breaching 1.5C

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

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.

Record Heat, Looming Vote Drive Thailand to Cut Power Costs

Episode 38: Cities Must Be Redesigned for a Future of Extreme Heat

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

On this week’s Zero, Akshat Rathi talks to Eleni Myrivili, global chief heat officer for UN Habitat, about how cities can better cope with heat waves.

The key to the green hydrogen economy is a little-known machine known as an electrolyzer. The Inflation Reduction Act is spurring investment in these kinds of hard-to-solve climate technologies.

Zero + The Big Take: Climate Tech Is The Economy

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.

Episode 37: How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions

By Oscar Boyd, Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

On this week’s Zero, Akshat Rathi talks to Andrew Steer, CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, about the role philanthropy plays in tackling climate change.

Episode 36: Can Biodiversity Loss Be Stopped Without the US?

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.

Episode 35: The Case for Flying Cars as a Climate Solution

By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 34: A Kingdom Built on Oil Now Controls the World’s Climate Progress

By Akshat Rathi

Sultan Al Jaber was selected to lead COP28 — the most important climate summit. He also runs the oil and gas behemoth Adnoc.

Episode 33: How to Build a Very Cheap Battery

By Akshat Rathi

The clean energy transition will require a carbon-free grid, and a lot of batteries. Form Energy is betting rust can help.

Episode 32: When Will Global Emissions Peak?

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

On this week’s Zero, Akshat Rathi talks to International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol about what it will take to cap warming at 1.5C.

Bonus Episode: Why the New IPCC Report Is So Important

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

Read a transcript of the conversation between podcast host Akshat Rathi and producer Oscar Boyd about the latest IPCC report and why it matters.

Episode 31: How Climate Tech Startups Survive Without SVB

By Akshat Rathi, Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll

The bank’s collapse has created difficult questions for climate startups that want to grow quickly and need lots of cash.

Episode 30: Why Climate Tech Startups Prefer Scientist CEOs to Serial Entrepreneurs

By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 29: How to Reframe the Migration Debate for Climate Change

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

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.

Episode 28: How Europe Ditched Russian Fossil Fuels With Spectacular Speed

By Will Mathis and Akshat Rathi

Europe has changed Russia from its biggest source of imported energy to a bit player.

Episode 27: What Happens When a Greenpeace Activist Gets Into Government?

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

Germany’s climate envoy, Jennifer Morgan, left Greenpeace just as the Russian attack on Ukraine upended decades of energy policy.

Episode 26: Batteries Are Coming in All Shapes and Sizes

By Akshat Rathi

Imprint Energy has developed a printable battery to power the coming revolution of internet-connected devices.

Episode 25: Sweden’s 27-Year-Old Climate Minister Is Prepared to Quit

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

To live up to its climate promises, Sweden’s new government depends on the support of a far-right party that has called climate change a myth.

Episode 24: High-Octane Capitalism Meets Climate Change

By Christine Driscoll, Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

Chamath Palihapitiya “probably burned a couple-hundred million dollars,” learning to invest in climate tech companies, he says in Episode 24 of Zero.

Episode 23: The Wind Industry’s Success Has Become Its Biggest Threat

By Will Mathis and Akshat Rathi

Rising interest rates, competition from oil companies, and demand for ever-lower priced renewable electricity are putting wind-power champions in a bind.

Episode 22: Crashing Davos in an Arctic Tent

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.

Episode 21: Meet the Climate Quitters

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

An ever-growing roster of people are leaving their jobs to pursue careers combating climate change.

Episode 20: Should the Climate Movement Embrace Property Destruction?

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

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.

Episode 19: Are Democracies Up To the Climate Challenge?

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

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.

Episode 18: Are Carbon Offsets the Labradoodle of Climate Solutions?

By Akshat Rathi, Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll

“It’s too easy to do it wrong,” says Mark Trexler, who helped create the first carbon offset project, on the latest episode of Zero.

Episode 17: The Food System Needs a Radical Rethink

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

“Agriculture is the worst thing we've ever done to the planet,” environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot says on Episode 17 of Zero.

Episode 16: How to Fix Climate Finance in Africa

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.

Episode 15: The Lengths Lewis Pugh Goes to Save the Oceans

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.

Episode 14: The Kids Are Still at It: Meet Young Activists at COP27

By Akshat Rathi and Jennifer Zabasajja

Communities on the frontlines of climate impacts don’t have the luxury of boycotting COP27, youth activists say in Episode 14 of Zero.

Episode 13: You Can’t Tackle Climate Change Without COP

By Akshat Rathi

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

Episode 12: US Climate Czar Says Joe Biden Delivered

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.

Episode 11: The Bahamas Wants Money to Protect Its Oceans

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.

Episode 10: At COP27, a Breakthrough on Loss and Damage?

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.

Episode 9: The US Climate Bill Is a Bigger Deal Than Most People Realize

By Akshat Rathi and Christine Driscoll

Climate spending thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act may end up as high as $1 trillion, says political science professor Leah Stokes.

Episode 8: Africa’s Climate Reparations Require Data That Doesn’t Exist

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

A lack of weather stations is holding back climate science in Africa, a problem for the continent's ability to claim compensation for climate damages.

Episode 7: Construction Begins on the World’s Largest Carbon Removal Plant

By Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 6: Justin Trudeau Defends Canada’s Minuscule Climate Progress

By Zahra Hirji and Akshat Rathi

A bevy of climate policies championed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have not yet translated into steep pollution cuts in the country.

Episode 5: Australia’s New Climate Politics Will Reshape its Entire Economy

By Oscar Boyd and Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 4: How to Make Emissions-Free Iron at Temperatures Colder Than Coffee

By Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 3: The World Can’t Tackle the Climate Crisis Without New Technologies

By Akshat Rathi and Oscar Boyd

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.

Episode 2: How Crucial Is Venture Capital to the Climate Fight?

By Akshat Rathi

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.

Episode 1: How to Crisis-Proof Climate Action

By Akshat Rathi

Climate laws keep nations focused on emissions during crises, says Bryony Worthington. Listen to Episode 1 of Zero, a new podcast from Bloomberg Green.

Climate Solutions That Bring the Future Forward

By Akshat Rathi

Bloomberg Green will launch a new podcast called Zero, with episodes publishing every Thursday starting September 15.

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