How to Solve Climate Change

By Brandon Stover | Plato University

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 cha... more

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The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.

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January 13, 2024Causes: How Does Agriculture Cause Climate Change? ft. Navin Ramankutty
Today you will learn from expert guest Navin Ramankutty about the agriculture sector, why it contributes to climate change, and how eliminate or mitigate the problems of the agriculture sector to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:06) - What is agriculture?
(01:25) - Why is agriculture a problem that causes climate change?
(02:09) - Why is agriculture important to address?
(03:03) - How might we eliminate or mitigate the problems of agriculture?
(04:09) - Recommended resources
(04:40) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(05:58) - Final recommendations
(07:34) - Activity
Navin Ramankutty is Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Data Science for Sustainable Global Food Systems at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and IRES. His research program aims to understand how humans use and modify the Earth’s land surface for agriculture and its implications for the global environment. Using global Earth observations and numerical ecosystem models, his research aims to find solutions to the problem of feeding humanity with minimal global environmental footprint. He contributed to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report and to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was an editor of the journal Global Food Security and Global Ecology and Biogeography, and is an Associate Editor of Environmental Research Letters. He is a Leopold Leadership Fellow.

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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:
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Videos with every lesson
Advanced resources
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And much more
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9min
January 12, 2024Causes: How Does Industry Cause Climate Change? ft. Max Åhman
Today you will learn from expert guest Max Åhman about the industry sector, why it contributes to climate change, and how eliminate or mitigate the problems of the industry sector to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:55) - What is the industry sector?
(02:20) - Why is the industry sector a problem that causes climate change?
(03:35) - Why is the industry sector important to address?
(05:18) - How might we eliminate or mitigate the problems of the industry sector?
(07:16) - Recommended resources
(08:28) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(10:06) - Final recommendations
(10:46) - Activity
Max Åhman worked as a researcher, civil servant and international consultant within the field of energy and climate since 1998. Max's PhD thesis in 2003 was a technology assessment of future alternative powertrains (Hybrid, Fuel cell and electric vehicles). After his thesis, his worked expanded towards analyzing the development of biofuels and also towards the complexity of industry, climate policy and innovation polices. He left Lund and the university in 2006 and continued his career as an international consultant and part time researcher (in Nairobi and in Tunis ) and as a civil servant at the Climate Policy unit at the Swedish EPA. He has since august 2012 returned to Lund university as a full time researcher. His main areas of research now is analyzing the evolving long-term changes induced by climate policy on the energy, industry and transport sectors.

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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
...more
12min
January 11, 2024Causes: How Does Energy Cause Climate Change? ft. Daniel Kammen
Today you will learn from expert guest Daniel Kammen about the energy sector, why it contributes to climate change, and how eliminate or mitigate the problems of the energy sector to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:59) - What is the energy sector?
(02:16) - Why is the energy sector a problem that causes climate change?
(03:45) - Why is the energy sector important to address?
(05:06) - How might we eliminate or mitigate the problems of the energy sector?
(07:32) - Recommended resources
(08:40) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(09:55) - Final recommendations
(11:24) - Activity
Dr. Daniel M. Kammen is a Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy where he directs the Center for Environmental Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL; rael.berkeley.edu), and was Director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center from 2007 – 2015.
He was appointed by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in April 2010 as the first energy fellow of the Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) initiative. He began service as the Science Envoy for U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016, but resigned over President Trump’s policies in August, 2017. He has served the State of California and US federal government in expert and advisory capacities, including time at the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Kammen helped found over 10 companies, including Enphase that went public in 2012, Renewable Funding (Renew Financial) a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) implementing company that went public in 2014. Kammen played a central role in developing the successful bid for the $500 million energy biosciences institute funded by BP.
He has authored or co-authored 12 books, written more than 300 peer-reviewed journal publications, and has testified more than 40 times to U.S. state and federal congressional briefings, and has provided various governments with more than 50 technical reports. For details see http;//rael.berkeley.edu/publications. Dr. Kammen also served for many years on the Technical Review Board of the Global Environment Facility. He is the Specialty Chief Editor for Understanding Earth and Its Resources for Frontiers for Young Minds.

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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
...more
13min
January 10, 2024Causes: How Does Transportation Cause Climate Change?
Today you will learn about the transportation sector, why it contributes to climate change, and how eliminate or mitigate the problems of the transportation sector to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:24) - What is the transportation sector?
(00:45) - Why is the transportation sector a problem that causes climate change?
(01:23) - Why is the transportation sector important to address?
(02:09) - How might we eliminate or mitigate the problems of the transportation sector?
(03:16) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(04:01) - 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
...more
5min
January 09, 2024Systems Thinking Iceberg Model for Climate Change
Today you will learn what the iceberg model in systems thinking is, why using the iceberg model will help you discover deeper underlying causes to problems, and how to use the iceberg model to address the climate change problem.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:23) - What is the iceberg model?
(02:06) - Why use the iceberg model?
(03:13) - How to use the iceberg model
(09:07) - Today's 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
...more
11min
January 08, 2024Systems: How Does Climate Change Effect Global Supply Chains?
Today you will learn about the global supply chain, why it exists, and how we might positively influence them to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:24) - What is the global supply chain?
(00:56) - Why do global supply chains exist?
(02:02) - How do global supply chains interact with the problem of climate change?
(03:09) - How might we positively influence this system to help solve climate change?
(04:00) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(04:58) - 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
...more
6min
January 07, 2024Systems: What is the Built Environment? ft. Eric Corey Freed
Today you will learn from expert guest Eric Corey Freed about the built environment, why it exists, and how we might positively influence this system to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:47) - What is the built environment?
(01:41) - Why does the built environment exist?
(03:26) - How does the built environment interact with the problem of climate change?
(07:06) - Temperature fluctuations danger
(10:50) - How might we positively influence the built environment to help solve climate change?
(20:02) - Recommend resources
(22:34) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(24:46) - Final recommendations
(27:49) - Activity
Eric Corey Freed is Founding Principal of organicARCHITECT, a visionary design leader in biophilic and regenerative design. As a licensed architect, Eric brings over 20 years of experience in helping architects, builders and homeowners use sustainability to improve the design and operational savings for thousands of buildings around the country. Eric has helped thousands of companies monetize sustainability by showing them how to cut their real estate operations costs in half. Eric co-developed the Sustainable Design programs at the Academy of Art University and University of California Berkeley Extension, and currently teaches at Boston Architectural College. He has served on the boards of the Inland Empire Chapter of the USGBC, Architects/Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), as well as the advisory boards of over a dozen other organizations. Companies like Autodesk, Pixar, Apple and Lowe’s have hired Eric to help them incorporate deeper sustainability into their businesses. Eric is the author of 11 books, including "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies", a bestseller with over 200,000 copies in print, and "Sustainable School Architecture." His how-to book, “Green$ense for your Home” won the 2011 Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He is also co-founder of Architect Exam Prep, providing innovative study guides for young architects.
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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
...more
29min
January 06, 2024Systems: What is the Plastic Lifecycle? ft. Megan Wolff
Today you will learn from expert guest Megan Wolff about the plastic lifecycle, why it exists, and how we might positively influence this system to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:39) - What is the plastic lifecycle?
(07:17) - Why does plastic exist?
(08:59) - How does the plastic lifecycle interact with the problem of climate change?
(10:19) - How might we positively influence this system to help solve climate change?
(12:50) - Recommend resources
(14:26) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(16:20) - Final recommendations
(17:23) - Activity
Megan J. Wolff, Ph.D., MPH, is the Health Policy Director at Beyond Plastics. She is a public health historian with an eye to using history to inform policy. After receiving her masters and doctorate in public health from Columbia University, she spent over a decade at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she developed a mental health policy initiative within the Department of Psychiatry. She believes that climate change is the greatest threat to health and well-being in contemporary life, and that overproduction of plastics touches on every phase of the climate fight. She lives with her family in New Paltz, New York.
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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
...more
19min
January 05, 2024Systems: How Does Climate Change Effect Ecosystems?
Today you will learn about ecosystems, why thy exist, and how we might positively influence them to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:24) - What are ecosystems?
(00:53) - Why do ecosystems exist?
(01:59) - How do ecosystems interact with the problem of climate change?
(03:09) - How might we positively influence this system to help solve climate change?
(04:03) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(05:18) - 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
...more
7min
January 04, 2024Systems: What is Carbon Feedback? ft. Pierre Friedlingstein
Today you will learn from expert guest Pierre Friedlingstein about carbon feedback cycles, why thy exist, and how we might positively influence them to solve climate change.
Timestamps:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:49) - What is the carbon feedback cycle?
(02:40) - Why does the carbon feedback cycle exist?
(04:06) - How does the carbon feedback cycle interact with the problem of climate change?
(06:23) - How might we positively influence this system to help solve climate change?
(07:51) - Recommend resources
(08:43) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
(09:50) - Final recommendations
Professor Pierre Friedlingstein is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He holds a Chair in Mathematical Modelling of the Climate System at the University of Exeter. His research interests are in the field of global biogeochemical cycles and their interaction with the climate system. More specifically, he is interested in the coupling between climate change and the major biogeochemical cycles over the historical period and in the future. He identified the positive feedback between climate change and carbon cycle and developed a mathematical framework for climate-carbon feedbacks analysis. Pierre coordinates the annual Global Carbon Budget of the Global Carbon Project (GCP), and also co-lead the coupled climate carbon cycle intercomparison project (C4MIP).He is member of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).He has been actively involved in climate assessment through his participation in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1994. He was lead author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report for both Working group I and the Synthesis Report.
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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
...more
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FAQs about How to Solve Climate Change:

How many episodes does How to Solve Climate Change have?

The podcast currently has 63 episodes available.