Balanced Energy Transition and Energy Security

Ryan Laddey, who worked with the UN on significant papers describing the impact of climate change upon women in Africa and other developing zones, gives his commentary on studies funded by the Japanese government. He gives his reasons for concluding how women in developing nations are more greatly impacted than men. He shares how insurance companies are making carbon reduction commitments by signing on to the Net Zero Insurance Alliance. 

n this episode I take a trip to Marconi Tower and Marconi Beach in The Cape Cod National Seashore. I view a rookery of seals, I ponder upon the progress unleashed by Marconi and I stumble upon a paradoxical statement attributed to Marconi.

In this episode, I interview Michelle McGinty from The Center for Resource Solutions, a non profit that creates policy and market solutions to advance sustainable energy

In this episode, we  revisit the day Martians landed at Grovers Mill NJ, on October 30, 1938, and we discuss the difference between the atmospheres of the Earth and Mars.

For the past 15 years, The Princeton Environmental Film Festival has been showcasing films related to environmental topics. In this episode I interview Susan Conlon on how they bring filmmakers, thinkers, viewers together to  focus on understanding and improving the environment.

In this episode, I give my views on the recent book by Bill Gates: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. I discuss the spiritual journey Senator Al Gore takes us on, in his book: Earth in the Balance. I end the episode  with a recital of a short Hymn of Peace!

In this episode I chat with Don Young, who has been in the asset management business his entire career. He shares his perspectives on sustainability, and explains how investors from different parts of the world have stepped up their inquiries on how their money is deployed in the ESG space. He also explains how it is important to have an ESG perspective in credit analysis, without sacrificing credit quality or returns. 

This is a poem to draw attention to the problem of smoke pollution caused by agricultural waste burning. Growing up on the Indian plains, I remember that the skies were clear and the nightime always offered lovely views of the heavenly skies. As cities sprawled and developed closer to farmland, things changed. In New Delhi - the (ex) city beautiful, pollution from automobiles, combined with smoke from agrowaste burning, combines to provide a choking smog hanging over the city all winter long. 

A few years back, I  stayed at a 14th century ex-Maharajah's Hill Fort in the Princely state of Alwar, and observed agro burning from a vantage point.

My poem - Hill Fort Kesroli - laments the tramsformation of the skies from blue to  black, from starlit to smoky, from clear to opaque.

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Suraj Bhatia

Episode 21-4

My conversation with Lindsay Drogin, banker with New York Green Bank. How the bank entertains proposals from everyday "sustainable projects".

Is a Federal Green Bank in the works? 

The episode focuses on providing an easy to understand explanation of the Greenhouse Effect, its implications and the importance of maintaining a balance in the earth's temperature.