Contrails are clouds of water vapor that form behind certain planes, and reducing them could cut over 65% of aviation’s climate impact—immediately and affordably. In fact, just 10% of flights are responsible for 1-2% of global warming each year. So why aren’t airlines already tackling this? In this episode of Climate on the Edge, Susan sits down with Marc Shapiro, Director of Contrails at Breakthrough Energy,...

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With all the attention and investment going towards CDR these days, we’ve been wondering recently if it really is still at the frontier of climate action.  What’s at the absolute bleeding edge? Today, I’ll explore that question with two guests from some of the industry’s most influential organizations: Nikki Batchelor, of XPRIZE Carbon Removal and Jack Andreasen from Breakthrough Energy. Nikki currently serves as the...

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Susan Su announces the launch of ‘Climate on the Edge,’ a podcast dedicated to examining advanced climate interventions necessary alongside renewables and EVs to prevent surpassing safe global temperature thresholds.  The podcast will explore cutting-edge, often nascent technologies and ideas for climate mitigation, including carbon removal, solar radiation modification, rewilding, and other innovative approaches currently being developed around the world.  Su emphasizes the importance of...

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