Up Next
Back to Show
Energy Switch
Urgency of Climate Change, Part 2
Season 5
Episode 4
To wrap up this discussion, Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and Dr. Andrew Dessler lay out their strategies for addressing climate change. One favors adaptation, and tackling other pressing global problems that could lead to greater prosperity. The other argues for urgent action to reduce emissions to manage the risk of damage from a changing climate. They agreed on a greater focus on new energy innovation.
Support Provided By
26:46
The potential and risks of injecting aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet.
26:46
Capturing landfill gas and using digesters and gasifiers to make methane and biochar.
26:46
Plastic and other pollution, sea level rise, coastal erosion and potential solutions.
26:46
Can the US overcome budget, schedule, capital, industry and supply chain challenges?
26:46
How forests and other plants absorb one-quarter of human-emitted CO2 each year.
26:46
The global importance of the region’s oil, and its moves to diversify into other energies.
26:46
Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
26:46
Can we have abundance with less environmental impact? Or must we reduce consumption?