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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Umm… is Tom okay? 😂 Fresh from a trip to Brazil, Tom Rivett-Carnac brings the team exclusive interviews with #COP30 CEO Ana Toni and key voices from the Brazilian presidency. Unfortunately, he’s forgotten how to speak. 🎧 Tune in now for essential COP insights and analysis. bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ #COP30: Can #Brazil deliver a global breakthrough? Back from his recent trip to Brazil, Tom Rivett-Carnac shares his conversations with COP CEO Ana Toni and advisor to Lula, Gustavo Westmann and our hosts ask, can Brazil turn promise into progress at this year’s COP? bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
⚡️ Don't miss: a deeply personal episode from Christiana Figueres all about #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 - a nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis and a powerful voice for #climatejustice. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Is “#netzero” a branding fail? 🎙️ David Shukman asks why climate has such dull slogans compared to the populist right. 💥 Christiana calls “net zero” a negative term – more threat than promise. 👉 What do you think? 🎧 Listen now on Outrage + Optimism, wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🇦🇺🔥 Australia votes on Saturday! Which way will it go? Clean energy superpower or coal subsidies + nuclear delays? The stakes couldn’t be higher. Wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
📣 Might this be the end of the #fossilfuel industry?! We talk to Mark Campanale of @carbontracker.bsky.social to unpack what’s really happening inside oil and gas companies, how markets are reacting, and what this means for the future of energy. 🎧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"China has managed to depoliticise energy. It’s not about ideology — it’s about economic competitiveness." ~Christiana Figueres Li Shuo joins us on the podcast this week as we ask, with the US stepping back, will #China become the climate leader the world needs? 🎧 bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Nervous laughter? The whole world has been thrown by the US global #tariffs. Make sense of it all with this week’s episode where we unpack #Trump's latest moves - and why they're more about power than policy. 👉 How should the world respond when the US breaks the rules? 🎧 bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
In our latest episode, we're talking #greenwashing. Can the law hold corporations accountable for misleading “eco-friendly” claims? Spoiler alert: Yes, it can. With @lauraclarkece.bsky.social of @clientearth.bsky.social Listen now: bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🌍 @clientearth.bsky.social's case against Shell may have failed, but "it's only a matter of time before directors are held personally liable for not doing enough to manage climate risk" This will be a HUGE tipping point in terms of corporate accountability. @lauraclarkece.bsky.social bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🇨🇦 ‘Canada will never, ever, be part of America.’ ~ Mark Carney @CFigueres couldn’t let that slide! Tune in for our hosts' thoughts on Carney's appointment and what it means for climate + @lauraclarkece.bsky.social of @clientearth.bsky.social on the latest in #climatelitigation bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨 "Where are the women?" 👀 Rooms full of men are making decisions about our future. And history shows… that’s not working. 💬 What’s stopping us from changing that? 🎧 This #IWD2025 episode dives in. Listen now bit.ly/3X0uaX8 #WomenInLeadership #GenderEquality
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
👀 "Why should I care?" Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay Christiana Figueres and @katharinehayhoe.com talk about women, science & climate on @outrageoptimism.bsky.social bit.ly/3X0uaX8 💬 Why do YOU care about climate action? Tell us below. ⬇️ #WomenInSTEM #IWD2025
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
💸 Is private money taking over? 🚨 With governments pulling back on aid funding, billionaire philanthropists increasingly decide what gets funded Does this mean more innovation, or more unaccountable decision-making? 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3X0uaX8
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Outrage + Optimism, The Climate Podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨 Shocking but true: Climate data is vanishing from U.S. government sites. 📉 No data means farmers, investors, and businesses can’t plan for climate risks. Who’s stepping in before it’s too late? Listen now 🎧 ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/3X0uaX8 w/ Helen Mountford @climateworks.org
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