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August 16, 2024 Climate Quickie: Why methane must go
“No shaming, no moral high ground, it's about working together to tackle something,” says Marcelo Mena, the CEO of the Global Methane Hub based in Santiago, Chile, on the Climate Curious podcast. Recorded live at TED 2024, Marcelo joins us to share why methane is the poison in the dagger of fossil fuels, how the methane hunting mission is going, and why he’s optimistic about global progress in eliminating this super pollutant.

If you enjoyed this episode, listen back to Marcelo's past episode on Climate Curious, Meet the invisible climate villain: methane.

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Created by TEDxLondon
Produced by Josie Colter
Edit, mix, master by Ben Beheshty
Curated by Maryam Pasha
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst
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10 min
August 09, 2024 Climate Quickie: The extraordinary life of monarch butterflies
Jaime Rojo joins Climate Curious to share his experience photographing the migration of monarch butterflies across North America each year, diving into the latest research behind how these mesmerising insects make their multi-thousand-mile journey. Recorded at TED2024.

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9 min
August 02, 2024 Climate Quickie: How community-led art is sparking climate conversations in Florida
“Socially engaged art is an untapped resource,” says Adam Roberti, the executive director of the Xavier Cortada Foundation on the Climate Curious podcast. Recorded live at TED 2024 in Vancouver, Adam explains how local, community-centric art projects can galvanise conversation and action around the invisible threat of rising sea levels in Florida. Tune in to learn how the paintbrush is mightier than the pen!
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10 min
July 18, 2024 Climate Quickie: The hidden beauty in climate data
This week, we’re speaking to data artist, TED Senior Fellow, and founder of Translating Nature, Dr. Julie Freeman, to delve into the hidden beauty in climate data. Numbers, charts, graphs – data gets a bad rep as being dense and hard to interpret. So what if we could use art to visualise data in more appealing formats? That’s exactly what Julie set out to do with her commission for Hiscox, ‘More Than Us’; a live data-driven digital artwork that uses Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life algorithms to respond to multiple data sets including future climate catastrophe predictions and the past 100 years of climate related disasters.
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Created by TEDxLondon
Produced by Josie Colter
Edit, mix, master by Ben Beheshty
Curated by Maryam Pasha
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

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8 min
July 12, 2024 Climate Quickie: Why climate wars go unreported
Small Indigenous communities make up only five percent of the world’s population, but they defend 80 percent of the biodiversity that remains on Earth, says Anjan Sundaram. Climate Curious spoke to war reporter turned climate reporter, Anjan Sundaram, about the realities of reporting on our planet’s bloody ecological frontlines, and how corporations and cartels will stop at nothing, even taking human life, to destroy our last natural ecosystems. Recorded live at TED 2024.
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Created by TEDxLondon
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Curated by Maryam Pasha
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

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11 min
July 11, 2024 How storytelling can honour forgotten climate conflicts
Ever met a mathematician turned war reporter? Yep, neither us! Until we met Anjan Sundaram, a war reporter turned climate reporter, who joins Climate Curious at TED 2024 to share his work sharing the stories of indigenous communities defending our planet's last pristine ecosystem, particularly in Mexico. Anjan shares the dangers faced by environmental defenders, the cause of these conflicts (large-scale industrial projects, corruption, and cartels), and the urgent need for global awareness and solidarity for these forgotten climate conflicts. Sundaram also reflects on his career shift from mathematics to frontline reporting, and shares the motivations behind his work.
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Curated by Maryam Pasha
Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

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21 min
July 05, 2024 Where does all the climate funding go?
You know what they say… if you want answers, follow the money! Understanding where all the money is going is key to finding the right climate solutions, says Eric Berlow, data ecologist, TED fellow, and CEO of Vibrant Data Labs. Tracking how 350 billion dollars of private philanthropy and investments to climate relevant organisations in the U.S. is being spent, Eric joins TEDxLondon’s Climate Curious to chat climate and cash; sharing insights on how to maximise the impact of climate funding.
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Created by TEDxLondon
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Curated by Maryam Pasha
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11 min
June 20, 2024 What is marine cloud brightening?
Why do we need to better understand the role of aerosols on our ecosystems? And what can it help us learn? To provide the answer is Kelly Wanser, a climate innovation expert and founder and executive director of SilverLining. Kelly joins Climate Curious to explain the cooling effects of particles on clouds. Recorded live at TED 2024.

Watch Kelly Wanser’s TED Talk, Emergency medicine for our climate fever.
Watch Sarah J. Doherty’s TED Talk, How aerosols brighten clouds –– and cool the planet.
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Created by TEDxLondon
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10 min
June 13, 2024 What’s going on with fracking in Canada?
What the frick is fracking? Stand.Earth’s Canadian Oil and Gas Programs Director Sven Biggs joins Climate Curious to provide a concise explainer on what fracking is, and how it’s being used in Canada. Recorded live at TED 2024.
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Created by TEDxLondon
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Curated by Maryam Pasha
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14 min
June 06, 2024 Climate Quickie: How the tide turned on fossil fuels
Big Oil must read the writing on the wall. From denial to delusion, fossil fuels are finally taking their last gasp breath in the court of public opinion. Climate Curious catches up with Tzeporah Berman at TED 2024 to reflect on the progress of The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and what’s contributed towards Big Oil’s demise. We’ve reached a tipping point, and this time, it’s a good one!
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11 min

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