March 8th marks international women's day, an annual celebration of the achievements of women across the globe. And this year’s campaign is: Be Bold For Change. 

To discuss climate change and equality, and how it intersects with the role of women worldwide, our new Elephant producer and co-host Charlotta Lomas spoke with a woman who has herself been bold for change - Mary Robinson who was the first female President of Ireland from 1990-1997.  She now leads the Mary Robinson Foundation: which is devoted to climate justice and she is also the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on El Niño and Climate Change.  We reached Mary Robinson by phone in Dublin. 

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Ex-Irish President Mary Robinson on Hope, Climate Change & Women's Day

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Elon Musk this year partnered with The X-Prize to create a $100 million prize for the best solutions for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean. This $100 million represents the biggest incentive prize in history, and likely the biggest single investment made into negative emissions to date. We talk wih the X-Prize's Executive Director Marcius Extavour and Erica Dodds, the CEO of the Foundation for Climate Restoration about the prize and the lay of the land when it comes to developing and executing these processes that would pull CO2 back out of the atmosphere.

The $100 Million Prize for Carbon Dioxide Removal

In this episode we speak to Peter Eisenberger the co-founder of Global Thermostat -  one of the leading direct air capture companies in the world. 

In the interview we talk about how we could create what Peter calls the renewable energy and materials related economy, how the current Coronavirus pandemic influenced his thinking on climate change, and why he is convinced that all organizations within the direct air capture sector need to cooperate to help accelerate the technology as quickly as possible.

Global Thermostat Website: https://globalthermostat.com/ 

You can find our original series on direct air capture here: https://bit.ly/directairpod

Peter Eisenberger on The Promise of Direct Air Capture

Today we're featuring an episode from one of our favourite podcasts Future Ecologies, and their new mini-series "Scales of Change." 

In the series, hosts Mendel and Adam take a deep dive into the various "Dragons of Climate Inaction," the psychological barriers which prevent us from collectively responding to climate change with the appropriate urgency.

Listen to this episode on "Technosalvation" and subscribe to their series by searching for Future Ecologies, wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Website: https://www.futureecologies.net/dragons

'Scales of Change' - Technosalvation

It’s the recommendation show! With all the new time many of us have on our hands, we wanted to tip our hat to some of our favourite things we think you should know about. In this episode we speak with Anja Krieger, the journalist behind one of our favourite environmental podcasts called The Plastisphere. In it she investigates the complex nature and hard to solve challenges caused by that most wondrous and durable of materials: plastic. And later on, we feature an episode of the Plastisphere called: “Confused About Bioplastics?” 

The Plastisphere’s Website: www.plastisphere.earth 
The Plastisphere on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LpqhWz 
The Plastisphere on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/plastisphere-podcast 

Foreign Policy’s Heat of the Moment Podcast: https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/heat-of-the-moment-climate-change/

Music in this episode by Podington Bear and Blue Note Sessions

Inside the Plastisphere

Solomon Goldstein-Rose is a climate activist and former Massachusetts state representative. In his new book, "The 100% Solution" he breaks down what it will take in his view for society to come up with a complete systemic solution to climate change, and achieve net negative emissions by 2050.

Ex-Irish President Mary Robinson on Hope, Climate Change & Women's Day

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