The discussion examines how the U.S. midterm election results could affect climate action, alongside Brazil’s recent election. The panel sees the U.S. outcome as an opening to resist policies favoring fossil fuels, while noting that divided government may limit new climate measures.

The discussion centers on the 2026 UN Emissions Gap Report, which concludes that exceeding 1.5°C of warming is unavoidable and emphasizes the scale of emissions cuts needed to limit the overshoot.

The discussion reviews the 2026 State of the Climate Report, which describes rapid destabilization of Earth’s climate and stresses that the crisis is already unfolding.

The discussion examines a speech by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to the OSCE framing climate change as a security and economic threat, not only an environmental issue.

As COP31 approaches, this discussion asks whether the UN climate summit can turn ambitious promises into meaningful action. It explores the unusual division of leadership between Turkey and Australia, expectations for the negotiations, and priorities . . .

In this episode, MIT engineer and Manhattan2 director Glenn Weinreb presents an “engineering approach” to the climate emergency that identify some practical pathways that can operate at the immense scale required, . . .

The discussion examines how human-caused warming is destabilizing the global water cycle, creating a world in which water is increasingly “too much, too little, or too unsafe.” Warmer air holds more water vapour and accelerates evaporation, adding energy to the atmosphere . . .

A new UNEP report marks a pivotal acknowledgment: the world is entering an era of climate overshoot beyond 1.5°C of warming. This discussion examines what that means for melting ice sheets, sea-level rise, extreme heat, wildfire, food and water security, . . .

In this episode we examine the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, water, food, and human health. Drawing on the IPBES Nexus Assessment and the Planetary Health Check, the discussion argues that these are not isolated problems . . .

In this episode we examine the catastrophic ice-and-rock avalanche and flash flooding that struck the Nepal–Tibet border region. The discussion traces how a collapse on Langtang Lirung sent immense volumes of ice, rock, and debris into steep Himalayan valleys . . .