The EV revolution isn’t just on four wheels
Cars are only half the electric vehicle story. There are also billions of two and three wheelers that need to be electrified, as well as bigger vehicles like vans, trucks and buses. In this bonus epis...
22 Okt 202312min
Peak oil is here. Well, maybe.
Peak oil is here, or is it? Depends on how you measure, but at least one person is sure crude isn’t coming back. This week Akshat speaks with Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling about why he th...
19 Okt 202339min
Can climate capitalism work?
It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing the climate crisis? In his new book Climate Capitalism, Zero host Akshat Rathi introduces a do...
12 Okt 202330min
It's done. The future is electric cars.
The rise of electric cars is staggering. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be over 14 million. However, we are still off-track to meet climate goals. Colin McKer...
5 Okt 202333min
How to keep fossil fuels in the ground, from the boardroom
Brynn O’Brien not only reads corporate climate plans, she crunches the numbers. When they don’t add up, she calls her friends who manage trillions of dollars in assets and they all ask to speak to the...
28 Sep 202334min
Our favorite climate numbers #2
Are two wheels better than four? Can cutting commuting cap carbon consumption? And where’s all the clean energy coming from? There are many climate numbers out there that we don’t get to talk about on...
25 Sep 202322min
The godfather of solar predicts its future
Setting world records. Combing through warehouses of old electronics. Seeding the Chinese solar industry from afar. This is the life of Martin Green, a professor at the University of New South Wales i...
21 Sep 202329min
Perfume? Yes. Potatoes? No. Vertical farming tries to grow up
Cleantech is hard. Farming is harder. This week, Akshat Rathi visits entrepreneurs doing both. GroGrace in Singapore and Jungle in Paris are two vertical farming companies taking agriculture indoors,...
14 Sep 202332min
