How to Solve Climate Change

How to Solve Climate Change

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How to Solve Climate Change episodes

  • Climate Change Solution: Carbon Mineralization

    Today you will learn about carbon mineralization, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What is carbon mineralization?
  • (01:01) - Why does carbon mineralization help to solve climate change?
  • (01:42) - Why would carbon mineralization NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (02:17) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (03:13) - How feasible is carbon mineralization to implement as a solution?
  • (03:41) - How does carbon mineralization work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:47) - For carbon mineralization as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (05:23) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (06:08) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    7 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Direct Air Capture ft. Merritt Dailey

    Today you will learn from expert guest Merritt Dailey about direct air capture systems, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:58) - What is direct air capture?
  • (02:20) - Why would direct air capture help to solve climate change?
  • (04:45) - Why would direct air capture not help to solve climate change?
  • (07:29) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (11:03) - How does direct air capture work?
  • (17:56) - What innovation or policy is needed for this to be an effective solution?
  • (23:08) - Recommended resources
  • (25:05) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
  • (26:45) - Activity

  • Merritt is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University, where she conducts research with the Center for Negative Emissions and Klaus Lackner on direct air capture of carbon (DAC). Previously, Merritt worked at Google for 5 years in operations, and has degrees from the University of Michigan and Columbia University. She is originally from Pittsburgh, PA.


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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    28 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Bioenergy & Carbon Capture and Storage

    Today you will learn about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What are BECCS?
  • (00:50) - Why does BECCS help to solve climate change?
  • (01:14) - Why would BECCS NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (02:01) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (02:48) - How feasible is BECCS to implement as a solution?
  • (03:17) - How does BECCS work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:23) - For BECCS as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (04:57) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (05:40) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    7 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Building Retrofitting

    Today you will learn about building retrofitting, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What is building retrofitting?
  • (00:54) - Why does building retrofitting help to solve climate change?
  • (01:20) - Why would building retrofitting NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (01:52) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (02:35) - How feasible is building retrofitting to implement as a solution?
  • (02:58) - How does building retrofitting work as a solution to climate change?
  • (03:55) - For building retrofitting as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (04:20) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (04:57) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    6 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Sustainable Architecture

    Today you will learn about sustainable architecture, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What is sustainable architecture?
  • (01:01) - Why does sustainable architecture help to solve climate change?
  • (01:55) - Why would sustainable architecture NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (02:35) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (03:22) - How feasible is sustainable architecture to implement as a solution?
  • (03:41) - How does sustainable architecture work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:58) - For sustainable architecture as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (05:25) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (06:18) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    7 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Sustainable Building Materials

    Today you will learn about sustainable building materials, why they may or may not help solve climate change, how they work and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What are sustainable building materials?
  • (00:50) - Why do sustainable building materials help to solve climate change?
  • (01:29) - Why would sustainable building materials NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (02:02) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (02:52) - How feasible are sustainable building materials to implement as a solution?
  • (03:12) - How do sustainable building materials work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:15) - For sustainable building materials as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (04:56) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (05:40) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    7 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Recycling ft. Kate O'Neill

    Today you will learn from expert guest Kate O'Neill about recycling and resource recapture, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:51) - What is recycling & recapture?
  • (02:20) - Why would recycling & recapture help to solve climate change?
  • (03:54) - Why would recycling & recapture not help to solve climate change?
  • (05:44) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (08:23) - How does recycling & recapture work?
  • (12:06) - What innovation or policy is needed for this to be an effective solution?
  • (15:09) - Recommended resources
  • (16:57) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
  • (19:51) - Final recommendations
  • (21:56) - Activity

  • Kate O'Neill is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. She has written three books, Waste Trading Among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation (MIT Press, 2000) The Environment and International Relations (Cambridge University Press 2009, 2nd edition 2017), and Waste (Polity Press 2019). 

    Her book, Waste, was published by Polity Press in Summer 2019. This book is about waste as a globalized resource, though one that comes with magnified risks and governance challenges.  It includes cases on China and the global plastic scrap trade, waste work and labor in the global economy, the global political economy of electronic wastes and food waste, and the global circular economy. It was featured on National Public Radio's Fresh Air on September 12, 2019. She has also been interviewed on other local, national, international media outlets, including NPR’s Here and Now and Marketplace, The Economist, and Al Jazeera International. 


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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    23 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Sustainable Fashion ft. Sass Brown

    Today you will learn from expert guest Sass Brown about sustainable fashion, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:59) - What is sustainable fashion?
  • (02:55) - Why would sustainable fashion help to solve climate change?
  • (04:07) - Why would sustainable fashion not help to solve climate change?
  • (05:15) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (08:21) - How does sustainable fashion work?
  • (13:14) - What innovation or policy is needed for this to be an effective solution?
  • (14:14) - Recommended resources
  • (15:37) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
  • (18:27) - Final recommendations
  • (18:53) - Activity

  • Sass Brown is the Founding Dean of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. Prior to joining DIDI, Sass was the Interim Dean for the Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Art and Design in New York. She is a graduate of FIT’s Global Fashion Management Masters program, holds her Bachelors degree in Fashion Design from Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in the UK, and is currently undertaking her PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University, also in the UK.

    As a fashion designer with a background in sustainable development, Brown is an advisor for Sustainia100, the annual Danish sustainable solutions guide that honours developments in sustainability across a multitude of industries. She was also an Associate Design Researcher on the MISTRA Future Fashion educational research consortium that advises on the integration of sustainability into mainstream fashion.

    As a researcher, writer and educator, Brown’s area of expertise is ethical fashion in all its forms from slow design and heritage craft skills to recycling, reuse and alternative business models. She has published papers and spoken around the world on the topic of sustainable fashion, she has served as a sustainable design advisor to women’s cooperatives, educational institutions, governmental agencies, NGO’s and small and medium sized enterprises around the world. Her publications include the books Eco Fashion and ReFashioned for British publishers Laurence King, are also published in Italian as well as Spanish.


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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    20 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Bioplastics

    Today you will learn about bioplastic, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What are bioplastics?
  • (00:47) - Why do bioplastics help to solve climate change?
  • (01:22) - Why would bioplastics NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (01:56) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (02:27) - How feasible is bioplastics to implement as a solution?
  • (03:18) - How do bioplastics work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:05) - For bioplastics as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (04:27) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (05:06) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    6 min
  • Climate Change Solution: Alternative Cement

    Today you will learn about alternative cement, why it may or may not help solve climate change, how it works and what needs to still be done for it to be an effective solution to climate change.

    Timestamps:

    • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:23) - What is alternative cement?
  • (00:48) - Why does alternative cement help to solve climate change?
  • (01:26) - Why would alternative cement NOT work to solve climate change?
  • (01:58) - Who benefits and who is harmed by this solution?
  • (02:48) - How feasible is alternative cement to implement as a solution?
  • (03:16) - How does alternative cement work as a solution to climate change?
  • (04:09) - For alternative cement as a solution to work, what innovation or policy needs to be created?
  • (04:43) - Top skills to solve climate change
  • (05:25) - Activity

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    How to Solve Climate Change is a course presented by Plato University. In this course you will hear from leading scientists to non profit leaders from around the world sharing their expertise on climate change and the exact skills you will need to solve this challenge.

    Enroll in the course for FREE to get exclusive access to:

    • A community of passionate learners like you
    • Videos with every lesson
    • Advanced resources 
    • Additional skills
    • And much more

    Enroll at plato.university/courses/climate-change

    7 min

About How to Solve Climate Change

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Learn to solve one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. In this course you’ll use systems thinking to understand the causes, systems, and obstacles underlying the climate change challenge and discover a portfolio of possible solutions. Explore our easy-to-understand, science-backed lessons featuring global experts in climate research, policy, technology, and beyond, with actionable advice and practical skills you can learn to start taking action right away without being a scientist!