The left behind. Climate Fight podcast part 3 transcript

This is a transcript of part 3 of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 20, 2021 ~37 min

The fossil fuel era must end – so what happens to the communities it built? Climate Fight podcast part 3

Listen to the third episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation • conversation
Oct. 20, 2021 ~5 min


China's energy crisis shows just how hard it will be to reach net zero

Xi Jinping has been talking tough on decarbonising China, but blinked after an energy crisis threatened to derail the world economy.

Jun Du, Professor of Economics, Centre Director of Centre for Business Prosperity (CBP), Aston University • conversation
Oct. 8, 2021 ~8 min

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants – what energy projects will it invest in instead?

China’s Belt and Road initiative offers advantages and drawbacks for renewable energy development worldwide.

Yixian Sun, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Development, University of Bath • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 ~5 min

How Sen. Joe Manchin's support for natural gas could derail Biden's US climate plan

Natural gas was once widely seen as a bridge fuel to renewable energy. But the industry’s methane leaks make it a larger global warming threat than people realized.

Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2021 ~11 min

Climate change: ditch 90% of world's coal and 60% of oil and gas to limit warming to 1.5°C – experts

Our new study reveals how tight the world’s remaining carbon budget is.

Steve Pye, Associate Professor in Energy Systems, UCL • conversation
Sept. 8, 2021 ~6 min

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

At the bottom of our carbon fears is a big black problem.

Michael Tamvakis, Professor of Commodity Economics and Finance, City, University of London • conversation
Aug. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Mozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Colonialism, political turmoil and unmet citizen promises all lie behind the rise of attacks on foreign-run fossil fuel plants in Mozambique.

Matthew Cotton, Professor of Public Policy, Teesside University • conversation
July 15, 2021 ~9 min


Team links fossil fuel to more than 1 million deaths in 2017

More than one million deaths worldwide were attributable to the burning of fossil fuels in 2017. Coal accounted for more than half of those deaths.

Brandie Jefferson-WUSTL • futurity
June 21, 2021 ~6 min

G7: why major economies are delaying a break with the fossil fuel industry

Rhetoric is hardening, but government policies still honour the special relationship with fossil fuels.

Marcus Gomes, Lecturer in Organisation Studies and Sustainability, Cardiff University • conversation
June 10, 2021 ~6 min

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