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Al Gore is optimistic about our climate future
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Al Gore is optimistic about our climate future

Former US Vice President Al Gore is known to many as the Paul Revere of climate change, alerting the world to the dangers of a warming planet and other "inconvenient truths" at a time when only 2/5 Americans were onboard with his message. It earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Global South is angry and mistrustful - Ian Bremmer
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The Global South is angry and mistrustful - Ian Bremmer

Frustrated with the lack of equitable access to vaccines, economic challenges, and climate change impacts while wealthier countries fail to fulfill their pledges, the Global South is angry and mistrustful, says Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, at a Global Stage conversation held by GZERO Media in collaboration with the United Nations, the Complex Risk Analytics Fund, and the Early Warnings for All initiative.

Climate change: are we overreacting?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Climate change: are we overreacting?

Climate experts agree that climate change is real and human-caused. But how far should the world go to combat it? Will the worst-case scenarios forecast by climate scientists end up a reality? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer is joined by controversial Danish author Bjorn Lomborg to unpack this critical issue.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Challenging the climate change narrative with Bjorn Lomborg

Listen: Danish author Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial figure in the world of climate change, differs from the global climate narrative in that the current focus on reducing carbon emissions is misguided and ineffective. Lomborg argues the world is too fixated on stopping climate change at the expense of… everything else.

Climate emergency: limited Biden executive power
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Climate emergency: limited Biden executive power

What is President Biden doing now that his legislative agenda is all but over? Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, DC, shares his analysis on US politics.

War in Ukraine sets energy transition in "hyperdrive"
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War in Ukraine sets energy transition in "hyperdrive"

GZERO Media caught up with Microsoft's Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss ways to keep nations focused on climate change amid the converging crises of war and pandemic.

(Un)happy Earth Day?
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(Un)happy Earth Day?

Russia's war in Ukraine has upended the global political conversation on climate.

Kerry: Putin has bigger problems than Ukraine
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Kerry: Putin has bigger problems than Ukraine

The escalating crisis in Ukraine deserve the world’s focus right now, former US Secretary of State John Kerry told Ian Bremmer at the Munich Security Conference. “But the key is to remember here that Ukraine, one way or another, we’re going to resolve it ultimately over X number of years,” he said. “But the climate crisis remains existential, just as it was before the Ukraine crisis came up.”

Nations don’t need carbon to grow their economies, says John Kerry
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Nations don’t need carbon to grow their economies, says John Kerry

If John Kerry were only able to accomplish one thing as US climate change czar, he'd focus on changing the minds of the one-third of countries in the world that say they're "entitled" to pollute because they didn't before. For Kerry, it's a fallacy that heavy carbon use is the only way to develop an economy because these nations can leapfrog from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Activists dressed as world leaders protest against the rising water levels during a demonstration on the Forth and Clyde Canal as the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place, in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 9, 2021.
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Climate change trade wars

As countries try to turn jobs green while also boosting exports, reliance on protectionist economic policies is becoming an increasing point of friction between governments. In the end, will global efforts to protect the planet run aground on national efforts to protect certain industries?