Climate change is one of the many defining characteristics of the Anthropocene. But it's about more than greenhouse gases, energy consumption, and rising temperatures. Climate matters because of the ways it interacts with us. So what is at stake? On today's show, we're looking at those stakes at the global scale. Our first story is about the link between climate change and human conflict, reaching across the planet and back through human history. Our second story is about a radical approach that might enable humans to control the climate system - geoengineering.

Generation Anthropocene is supported by Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (earth.stanford.edu) and by Worldview Stanford (worldview.stanford.edu).