Nov 12
De-Risking Climate Tech: Inside the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center with Galen Nelson
Galen Nelson, Chief Climate Officer at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) explains how the state is helping accelerate climate innovation through early-stage grants, equity investments, and infrastructure support. Galen outlines how MassCEC targets “market failures” ... Show More
53m 26s
Oct 29
Governing Climate Action: Massachusetts’ Strategy for Decarbonization and Resilience
Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Climate Chief for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, joins Climate Rising to discuss how the state is tackling emissions, electrifying infrastructure, and responding to a shifting federal policy landscape. Jonathan shares how Massachusetts’ newly created C ... Show More
44m 53s
Nov 2022
Are Pension Plan Administrators Legally Required to Consider Climate Change?
According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, the science is now settled that human behaviour is the cause of climate change and it will have profound effects on our economy and natural world. In this episode, Osler’s Andrea Boctor, p ... Show More
31m 55s
Mar 2022
Robert Pindyck on Averting and Adapting to Climate Change
<p>Economist Robert Pindyck of MIT talks about his book, <i>Climate Future,</i> with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pindyck lays out what we know and do not know about climate change. He argues that because of the nature of greenhouse gases, adaptation must be part of the policy res ... Show More
1h 10m
Apr 2024
AI2’s Christopher Bretherton Discusses Using Machine Learning for Climate Modeling - Ep. 220
Can machine learning help predict extreme weather events and climate change? Christopher Bretherton, senior director of climate modeling at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, explores the technology’s potential to enhance climate modeling with AI Podcast hos ... Show More
32m 29s
Aug 2022
Cosmic Queries – Predicting Earth’s Climate Future with Kate Marvel, PhD
<p>What can the climate on Venus tell us about Earth? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer questions about climate modeling, the state of climate change, and future predictions with climate scientist, Kate Marvel. </p><p>NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons ... Show More
44m 11s
In this first episode of our series on adaptation, host Mike Toffel sits down with Spencer Glendon and Alison Smart of Probable Futures. They discuss how Probable Futures tools are educating decision makers to better understand how their organizations will experience climate change, and how adaptation and resilience requires a paradigm shift in planning deci ... Show More