Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
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66 episodes
The world's first solar railway
Thank you to Anne Cloud with Voice Over for the Planet for narrating this edition of Talking Climate. Post-production and mix...
The future of sports depends on climate action
This week Talking Climate is hosted by two people who've felt climate change firsthand on the field: retired pro soccer (football!) player Imani Dorsey and current pro Jasmyne Spencer. ⚽ Good news: Athletes everywhere are speaking ...
Living under smoke-filled skies
Last week, Toronto had the worst air quality of any major city in the world. I'm writing this week's newsletter under those same smoke-filled skies.☀️ Good news: Solar is now so affordable in Australia that three states now offer a free...
We aren't built for this heat
Most people assume caring about climate change makes them the odd one out. But that isn't true! And by keeping silent, we perpetuate that myth.☀️ Good news: Inspired by the 89 Percent Project, 136 Japanese news outlets are teaming up to...
Proof that protecting nature works
For decades, coastal mangrove forests have been decimated by development. But just this past week, forty years of satellite data confirmed something remarkable...🌿 Good news: Mangrove forests worldwide are now growing back faster than t...
Extreme heat is everyone's problem
Heat records are falling across Europe and North America right now. This week's Talking Climate connects what's happening to what you can do about it.⚽ Good news: Voices inside football are speaking up about climate: not just asking for...
The great solar-coal flip
For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction.☀️ Good news: The UK shut off its last coal plant in 2024. China now installs mo...
The battery boom is here!
🔋 Good news: The world installed 112 gigawatts of new grid battery storage in 2025, a tenfold increase from just four years ago, and Australia is quietly out front: one in every 25 homes now has a residential battery.🌊 Not-so-good news:...
Cimate solutions are here. Now what?
Can we actually fix climate change? And if so -- how?This week, I handed Talking Climate over to climate scientist and Project Drawdown executive director
An ocean sanctuary the size of the UK
What do a giant new marine sanctuary, the loss of climate journalism, and plug-in solar panels for apartment balconies have in common? They all show how much the future depends on the choices we make today. 🐠 Good News: Papua New Gu...
Local climate stories give me hope
The world is no longer headed for the most catastrophic futures climate scenarios once warned about: but not because the science was wrong. It’s because people listened, and acted. That is genuinely good news; but there's also this:...
Would you live in this net-zero community?
One of the biggest challenges in climate action is imagining what a better future could actually look like: especially when solutions are so often framed as sacrifices that require loss, instead of opportunities to benefit from. This week's goo...
Introducing the "Coalition of the Willing"!
What does it actually look like to move beyond fossil fuels — not someday, but now? 🌍 Good news: In Colombia, 57 countries gathered last week for the first-ever global conference dedicated to transitioning away from fossil fuels. To...
Finding our way forward in the climate crisis
This week, I’m delighted to welcome fellow climate Katharine, Katharine Wilkinson, as guest editor of Talking Climate.🌍 Good news: The lawyers who contributed to the landmark International Court of Justice climate ruling reminds us how ...
The energy transition is moving—but are we keeping up?
Climate change is already reshaping our energy systems, our health, and even the basic medicines we rely on. But progress continues, and we can help.⚡ Good news: Global investment in clean energy hit a record $2.3 trillion last year, ou...
Faith leaders call out climate lies
⛪️ Good news: In the U.K., over 100 church leaders are calling out climate misinformation, making the moral case for why it causes real harm and delays action.🐍 Not so good news: Climate change is shifting where species live—and in the ...
This everyday job can activate climate behaviour
What if one of the most powerful climate solutions isn’t technology—but conversation?💇♀️ Good news: Hairdressers may be some of the most effective climate communicators we’ve been overlooking. A U.K. study shows that when salons spark ...
Three cities cancelling car culture
🌱 Good news: Cities like London, Paris, and Barcelona are redesigning streets for people instead of cars. This cuts pollution while improving health, local economies, and quality of life.🌡️ Not so good news: Rising nighttime temperature...
Indigenous-led ocean protection in Canada
🌎 Good news: One of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth, the Great Bear Sea, is Canada’s first - and the world's second largest - marine protected area network, co-governed by 17 First Nations.⚠️ Not-so-good news: A new
Pulling clean water from... the air?
Hope isn’t something we wait for: it's something we create. This week's Talking Climate news illustrates why it matters so much, and how innovation and courage can help!💧 Good news: A solar-powered system can pull drinking water directl...
Why winters are riskier in a warmer world
🌫️ Good news: London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone cut pollution in half and brought the city into legal air quality compliance 184 years earlier than forecast, proving that climate policy is health policy.❄️ Not so good news: While averag...
Have China's carbon emissions peaked?
Most weeks, bad climate news feels like a deluge. But even in the midst of the storm, there's always good news too. Hang on to your seats, here we go!✅ Good news: New Carbon Brief analysis finds China’s emissions have flattened and may ...
Climate through sports, media, and art
What do the Winter Olympics, Bad Bunny, and “Grey’s Anatomy” have in common?This week I’m delighted to welcome climate columnist Sammy Roth as guest editor of Talking Climat...