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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast

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🌍 For anyone not ready to give up on a better future. 🎙With Tom Carnac, Paul Dickinson and former UN Chief Christiana Figueres. ⏺ Produced by Persephonica.

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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
What does it mean to live in a world where flooding is no longer a rare shock but part of a rapidly changing climate reality - and can the devastation that flows from climate impacts help rally a social movement for change? www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/flo...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This week, we unpack why the threat to oil infrastructure from the crisis in Iran matters so much - and why these moments keep repeating. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In this episode, we take on some of the knottiest questions in climate including water stress, biodiversity loss, geoengineering, public understanding and the language of urgency itself. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thanks for the great conversation with @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social! Our colleague Linda Steg (also an IPCC author) found that psychological distance is lower than we think: most people actually perceive #climatechange as occurring now and close by.
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The psychological distance of climate change is overestimated
It is widely assumed that perceiving climate change as psychologically distant is a major barrier to climate action. Based on a review of public opinion polls and published articles, we show that ther...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We talk a lot about which countries are "doing enough" on climate. We talk less about the fact that doing the same thing costs twice as much if you're not a wealthy nation. This week we're looking at why climate finance is so unfair on poorer nations - and how we can change this. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Most people are concerned about the climate crisis, but all too often that doesn’t translate into action. This week we dig into the psychology behind ‘catastrophe apathy’ to understand the gap. With Lorraine Whitmarsh of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
What does Trump’s attack on the classification of climate gases as a danger mean in the US and beyond? A useful @outrageoptimism.bsky.social discussion - and a useful account of how difficult this is going to be for American businesses www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/tru...
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Trump Moves to Dismantle US Climate Law - Now Comes the Legal Test
This week we consider the politics, the economics and the climate reality of Trump’s repeal of the ‘endangerment finding’ and ask, is this a structural turning point for US climate leadership?
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This week we consider the politics, the economics and the climate reality of Trump’s repeal of the ‘endangerment finding’. WIth Manish Bapna of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC), who are preparing to challenge the rollback in court. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This week we continue to explore climate leadership in this fragmented geopolitical moment. We ask what happens when multilateralism is threatened - and who or what is filling the gap? bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Who really holds power in the climate transition? In this episode we unpack how money, politics, and influence shape the pace of change - in ways often contrary to common assumptions. www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/pow...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
With global power recalibrating towards China, this week we explore what the shift means for the future of climate leadership. With Yixian Sun, advisor to the UK government on Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
How dependent are we - economically, politically and socially - on fossil fuels? And how do we begin to loosen that grip? In this week's episode, Christiana Figueres is in conversation with COP30 CEO Ana Toni. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This week, we examine the United States’ decision to withdraw from international bodies including the UNFCCC - could the absence of the US voice, paradoxically, unlock progress elsewhere? bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Coleen Chase @coleenc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Totally agree: "I think renewables & EVs are the power of peace, & fossil fuels are the power of war, & we need to choose peace. Not just in the way we conduct our politics, but in the way we conduct our energy systems." ☀️ ⬇️ www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ven... 💚: @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
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Venezuela, Fossil Fuels, and the Year Ahead
What will 2026 bring? Following the shocking US abduction of Venezuela’s president, we’re asking not just what kind of year lies ahead for climate action, but what kind of global order will shape it.
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This week, we delve into the rapidly emerging - and faintly surreal - world of solar geoengineering, and talk to the one and only @jacindaardern.bsky.social about empathetic leadership www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/jac...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This week, we explore storytelling as a cultural tool for moving from despair to determination in a reflective conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, the acclaimed author of The Ministry for the Future. linktr.ee/outrageoptimism
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America Is All In @americaisallin.com · 12/11/2025
Our Co-Chair @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is highlighting how local action on climate in the U.S. remains strong, even amid federal uncertainty. Hear his inspiring chat with @outrageoptimism.bsky.social, live from #COP30 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"The oil and gas sector has underperformed the broader stockmarket for the past 15 years... it is now prioritising shareholder returns and debt reduction - and sign of structural retreat." Christiana Figueres @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
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The climate action that matters is in the global south, argues an architect of the Paris agreement
But, writes Christiana Figueres, innovation still has to outpace climate impacts
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 16/11/2025
Recommended listen: @outrageoptimism.bsky.social is running a “special edition” podcast series in partnership with the COP30 presidency, bringing “exclusive, behind-the-scenes access” to the conference.
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Inside COP | Outrage + Optimism | Climate Change Podcast
What does it mean to live a 'good life' at this pivotal moment when so much is asked of us - and there is so much at stake? In this series we dive into issues like what we should eat, whether we…
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Jennifer Morgan @climatemorgan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
With 72 hours left on the #COP30 clock, I joined the @outrageoptimism.bsky.social podcast to discuss where things stand, what’s moving, what isn’t, and how the presidency is trying to break the deadlock. 👂here: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Inside COP: China, India… and the Text on the Table
It’s the middle of week two at COP30, and the negotiations are entering their crunch phase - we ask whether the text on the page can match the momentum gathering pace in the real world.
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C40 Cities @c40cities.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
As we wait for the official outcome of #COP30, here’s a time capsule of its last day: the outrage, the optimism, the urgency, and the sheer human effort that goes into trying to land a deal. The latest episode of @outrageoptimism.bsky.social featuring C40’s Eric Garcetti & @mark--watts.bsky.social:
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Inside COP: Friday Night in Belém - uncertainty in the Blue Zone
This episode is a time capsule that captures the feeling of a COP Friday: the confusion, the determination, the fear of losing ambition, and the belief, still very much alive, that progress is possibl...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
On Day One of COP30 we sit down with Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s #COP30 President and ask, can he steer a divided world toward unity? #InsideCOP www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We sit down with @edmilibandmp.bsky.social for a candid conversation about credible climate leadership, the defence of multilateralism, and why the right is wrong to claim voters don’t care about the climate. #COP30 #InsideCOP www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What's it like to be on the inside of a global leaders’ summit at #COP30? In this episode we take you into the room where debates are shaped, questions are asked, and agreements are negotiated. With @jacindaardern.bsky.social and Selwyn Hart. www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In the first #InsideCOP episode from Brazil, we go inside the #COP30 Local Leaders Forum in Rio de Janeiro - where mayors, governors, and regional leaders are driving climate progress from the ground up. tr.ee/InsideCOP
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This week, we take you behind the scenes of the @earthshotprize.bsky.social in Rio de Janeiro, where the fifteen finalists are bringing proof of incredible climate progress across the globe. #COP30 #EarthshotRio www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
On #InsideCOP this week, we're talking climate finance - what will it actually take to fix the world’s climate finance system, and make COP30 a turning point from pledges to real investment? www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ins...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This week, we unpack the Global #Mutirão - Brazil’s concept of coming together for the common good - could it really unite citizens, communities and governments behind real climate action across the world? tr.ee/InsideCOP
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
In this week’s #InsideCOP, we look at shifting geopolitics and ask: what will it take for #COP30 to foster genuine cooperation in a changing world? And who will get a slice of the new green economy? 🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts. tr.ee/InsideCOP
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Can #COP30 be the moment when implementation promises become reality? This week on #InsideCOP we unpack the ‘Action Agenda’ - the voluntary climate action driving business, cities, and civil society - and explore how global energy systems and capital flows are already transforming. tr.ee/InsideCOP
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
With just a few weeks to go until #COP30 in Belém, we take listeners inside the high stakes and the complex mechanics of a climate summit: how they’re structured, who’s running the show, and what makes this one different. With @thais-bilenky.bsky.social #insideCOP tr.ee/InsideCOP
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#InsideCOP is here! The official #COP30 podcast, created by Outrage + Optimism in partnership with the COP30 presidency. The first episode brings you the essential updates from #climateweekNYC with an exclusive interview with COP30 CEO Ana Toni. Catch up now: tr.ee/InsideCOP
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World Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Listen to our CEO & President Ani Dasgupta in this week's @outrageoptimism.bsky.social! Get your copy of "The New Global Possible" 👉 go.wri.org/new-global-possible
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha @peterneronha.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Wind energy will provide our state with a source of reliable energy that will stabilize electric rates and save Rhode Islanders money in the long run. Hear more of AG Neronha’s discussion with @outrageoptimism.bsky.social on Revolution Wind: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/fro...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It's been a bleak few weeks for climate news. So this week we ask: are there still reasons to be optimistic? And what will it take to turn urgency into real change? With Ani DasGupta of @worldresources.bsky.social 🎧 bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This week, we hear from three remarkable women from the Solomon Islands, Alaska, and Greenland. Their stories are a stark warning - and a reminder that centuries-old knowledge offers resilience and guidance the world cannot afford to ignore. Wherever you get your podcasts bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🤖 Could #AI help us reimagine our place in nature - so that we truly understand our place as just one of 8 million interdependent species on Earth? This week on O+O: @earthspecies.bsky.social on their extraordinary mission to use AI to translate the communication of other species. 🎧 bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Excited to bring you the official #COP30 podcast, Inside COP! 🎧 Exclusive access to the action: from the negotiations to the actions, stories, and people shaping our future. 👉 Subscribe to Outrage + Optimism wherever you get your podcasts to get #InsideCOP in your feed. linktr.ee/outrageoptim...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ Christiana and Paul travel to Umbria, Italy, to visit Quintosapore, a farm founded by twin brothers Nicola and Alessandro Giuggioli and ask, what if agriculture could look completely different? #biomimicry www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/you...
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This week on Outrage + Optimism, we’re asking what happens if we permanently breach 1.5°C? With Ricken Patel, Founder & former CEO of @avaaz.org 🎧 Listen to the full episode now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In this week’s episode of Outrage + Optimism, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson take on the most common climate myths with science, stories and (genuinely) great metaphors. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
👉NEW EPISODE: this weeek we're breaking down Trump’s devastating climate backslide in the US and we talk to the brilliant @maggiembaird.bsky.social - actor, producer, climate activist, and mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas. Wherever you get your podcasts bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
If you haven’t heard it already, put the latest @outrageoptimism.bsky.social podcast to the top of your listening list, & revel in Christiana’s joy in the achievements of the students from Vanuatu & other low lying island states: landmark ruling this week from the highest court in the world. 🙌
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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
#ICJruling summarized by Christiana Figueres and team: their 🧵 @outrageoptimism.bsky.social: The ICJ’s unanimous opinion states: 1. Climate action is now a legal duty: States are obligated under international law to prevent dangerous climate change… www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/bre...
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Breaking Planetary News: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained
The International Court of Justice has just delivered a landmark advisory opinion on climate change and human rights - could this transform global climate action and accountability?
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Last week, the International Court of Justice delivered a landmark advisory opinion on climate change and human rights - could this transform global climate action and accountability? Listen now for analysis and interviews with the lawyers who fought the case. bit.ly/4jy5uiH #ICJ
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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · 09/07/2025
“Find a role, pass it on, bring your people.” At the Global Tipping Points conference last week, climate scientists joined forces with lawyers, students and artists to explore how campaigns and collective action can ‘activate’ positive tipping points. Their workshop led to this: a message of hope.
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We’re handing the mic over to you on this week’s episode as Christiana Figueres, Paul Dickinson and guest host Fiona McRaith respond to thought-provoking questions from listeners around the world. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH
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Coleen Chase @coleenc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Super inspiring collab with @outrageoptimism.bsky.social & When Science Finds a Way, highlighting cool roofs and the power of climate solutions that are simple, offer an immediate impact and center human health & well-being: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Podcast Episode · When Science Finds a Way · 07/01/2025 · 7m
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In a world-first, the ICJ is about to rule on climate & human rights - thanks to a youth-led campaign that began in the Pacific and is now backed by 130+ countries. A story of legal activism, youth leadership, and the fight for climate justice. Listen now: bit.ly/4jy5uiH 🎙️⚖️ #ClimateJustice
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Undaunted: Tackling climate change with innovation @undaunted-hq.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Great to hear x3 Undaunted alumni (Cyanoskin, Mimica, PulpaTronics) on the excellent @outrageoptimism.bsky.social pod! The episode explores how we might live more sustainably in the future & showcases innovators making a difference on climate change: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/cou...
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Could This Change Your Life?: The Climate Tech Revolution
As climate diplomacy faces global uncertainty, this week we explore a quiet revolution of breakthrough technologies and creative solutions that might tackle the climate crisis in unexpected ways.
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