The Iran war revealed that China has a new energy weapon
The Middle East conflict is now in its fifth month, deepening the oil and gas supply shock. Early in the war, analysts worried that the oil price would rise to $200 a barrel, causing a global recessio...
6 Aug 43min
When AI and climate anxieties collide to make beautiful stories: Imagine Series
How should we navigate a world in which anxieties about AI, climate change and capitalism collide? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi speaks with Helen Phillips, author of Hum and the second-ever winner ...
30 Jul 35min
Bloomberg Australia: Lessons from the world's cleanest air
On a windswept cliff at the edge of Tasmania, scientists are quietly tracking the future of our planet. This week, host Rebecca Jones speaks with David Stringer, managing editor of climate and ESG new...
23 Jul 15min
Ditching net zero to win the climate argument
Andy Burnham has become the UK’s sixth prime minister in just 10 years. When it comes to energy and climate, Labour Party’s Burnham will inherit many of the same challenges of his predecessors: high e...
20 Jul 39min
The selfish case for supporting foreign aid
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have no access to reliable electricity, a problem that doesn’t seem to be going away. Since US President Donald Trump started his second term, Western c...
16 Jul 32min
Is the world prepared for the 'super' El Niño?
The great famine of the 1870s killed 50 million people – and El Niño was a key driver. Another El Niño phase has just begun and it’s expected to be among the strongest. There are five times as many pe...
9 Jul 33min
Is the world becoming too hot for summer sports?
From hydration breaks at this year’s FIFA World Cup to the Tokyo Olympics moving its marathon 1,000km northward, climate change is affecting sport. And sport is affecting climate, as events grow in si...
2 Jul 32min
Solar and batteries are thriving — even in Trump’s America
The common narrative is that the US renewables industry is struggling. But that’s not the case for the whole sector. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks with Kevin Smith, chief executive officer of ...
25 Jun 32min
