For this week’s episode, we’re mixing things up a bit by introducing not just an individual guest or two, but an entirely new podcast series for our listeners to consider. Just a few weeks ago, one of Resources for the Future’s closest partner organizations in Europe, the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, launched its own podcast series called “Foresight: Deep into the Future Planet.” We’re pleased to share the first episode of the new podcast with you, in the spirit of solidarity with our fellow scholars and in service of our mission to introduce listeners to a range of perspectives on issues related to our planet. Our regular “Resources Radio” programming will return next week.

This first episode of the “Deep into the Future Planet” podcast investigates the future of climate change, acknowledging that the planet is being shaped by today’s ideas, solutions, and decisions. Host Elisabetta Tola features the perspectives of two guests: Carolina Aragón, an artist and assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and journalist Alex Steffen. Aragón and Steffen discuss how to intellectually, physically, and emotionally understand the environmental changes fueled by climate change; how to consider probabilities rather than predictions; and more.