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An Electric Number: 2035

An Electric Number: 2035

FromA Matter of Degrees


An Electric Number: 2035

FromA Matter of Degrees

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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When talking about climate change, we often get deep into the weeds quickly and throw a lot of numbers around. And these numbers can feel really disconnected from our lives: Two degrees, 415 parts per million, 36 billion tons of carbon dioxide.In this episode, we've got one number we really want to focus on: 2035. It’s a date that carries a lot of hope and opportunity. If we can make progress by 2035, then we can actually make a lot of changes to our energy system and really our entire economy. And guess what? We have nearly all the tools to achieve that aim. In this episode, we’ll detail the reality of climate solutions -- they’re right here, right now.Katharine and Leah will explain: why 2035? Where did this date come from? It’s a radical departure from what the clean energy community had been talking about. Up until last year, most people were planning for the electricity system to be cleaned up by 2050. And suddenly, that number has been pulled 15 years forward.Featured in this episode: Tim Echols, Donnel Baird, Sonia Aggarwal, Jesse Jenkins, Bracken Hendricks and Sam Ricketts.Follow our co-hosts and production team:Leah StokesKatharine WilkinsonStephen LaceyJaime KaiserYou can also contact us on our website.A Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio.
Released:
Oct 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (39)

Give up your climate guilt. Sharpen your curiosity. This show is for the climate-curious people who know climate change is a problem, but are trying to figure out how to tackle it. We’re telling stories about the levers of power that have created the problem -- and the tools we have to fix it.