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Energy Switch
How Should We Respond to Climate Change?
Season 1
Episode 1
Climate change is affecting everyday lives. Record-breaking temperatures, melting ice and more frequent coastal flooding are just some of the intensifying risks communities face as the globe continues to warm. Dr. Steve Koonin, a former U.S. Secretary of Science, and Dr. Michael Greenstone, Director of the Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago, describe the impacts of climate change.
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The potential and risks of injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet.
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Capturing landfill gas and using digesters and gasifiers to make methane and biochar.
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Plastic and other pollution, sea level rise, coastal erosion and potential solutions.
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Can the US overcome budget, schedule, capital, industry and supply chain challenges?
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How forests and other plants absorb one-quarter of human-emitted CO2 each year.
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The global importance of the region’s oil, and its moves to diversify into other energies.
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Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
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Can we have abundance with less environmental impact? Or must we reduce consumption?