How solar’s explosive growth is starting to make electricity free
In the next three years, 1TW of solar power will be added to the global grid and competition is driving solar prices even lower. And after years of innovation in China, Japan, and Germany, the U.S. is...
19 Jul 202341min
Our favorite climate numbers
Where’s all the oil money going? What’s happening with cycling in France? And how far behind China is the US on solar? There are many climate numbers out there that we don’t get to talk about on Zero ...
17 Jul 202320min
How Canada figured out a carbon tax and gave the money back
Canada is a leading producer of oil and gas. It’s also one of the few G7 members with a carbon tax. As Minister of Environment and Climate Change in 2015, Catherine McKenna was charged with getting Ca...
13 Jul 202332min
The Chinese activist who mapped the country's pollution problem
China is the world’s factory, and has the emissions to match. But in a planned economy, with weak environmental regulation, can anyone take on this pollution? Today’s guest, Ma Jun, did. In 2006 he be...
6 Jul 202326min
Three US Governors, Republican and Democrat, pitch green spending
Policy can make or break climate action. Usually, national policy gets the most attention, but what local and regional governments do can make a bigger difference, especially in large countries like t...
29 Jun 202344min
World leaders met in Paris to unlock trillions in climate finance. What did they achieve?
Last week, 50 world leaders met in Paris with the goal of moving trillions in climate finance to developing countries. What was achieved, and what is still left to do? Akshat Rathi was on the ground a...
26 Jun 202317min
Meet the man with $400 billion to supercharge climate tech
Tesla is a household name, but few people have heard of the Loan Programs Office (LPO), one of Tesla’s crucial early backers. Part of the US Department of Energy, the LPO is tasked with awarding gover...
22 Jun 202338min
We need trillions to fix the climate. Finally there’s a serious plan.
Trillions of dollars are needed to shift the world to a low-carbon future, but where will all that money come from? While momentum is growing in rich countries, developing countries are still struggli...
15 Jun 202346min
