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Zero: The Climate Race
Zero: The Climate Race
Bloomberg

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks... more

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Episodes

A legally binding treaty to fight the plastic problem

The plastic problem is everywhere: in our oceans, communities, even inside our bodies. Plastic is abundant and very cheap, and... more

28 Mar 2024 · 25 minutes
Listen Now: The Big Take

The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 minute
Making renewables a profitable bet… everywhere

When Brookfield Asset Management launched a $15 billion fund to expand clean energy in 2021, it was the largest private... more

21 Mar 2024 · 36 minutes
Climate change can't overcome capitalism, and that's OK

It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing... more

12 Mar 2024 · 30 minutes
John Kerry, the Forrest Gump of climate, bows out

John Kerry is the Forrest Gump of climate. The guy you’ll find at every important turn in history doing something... more

04 Mar 2024 · 30 minutes
Introducing: The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, features intimate conversations with business titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepreneurs... more

29 Feb 2024 · 1 minute
What Donald Trump’s return means for US climate ambition

Tom Steyer is a hedge-fund billionaire who made his money investing in distressed assets, including fossil fuel projects. He’s also an... more

18 Jan 2024 · 30 minutes
Best of: How climate reached the world's elite in Davos

This January, Davos will once again host the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting and bring together the world's business and... more

11 Jan 2024 · 34 minutes
Our favorite climate numbers #3

Are fossil fuel companies needed in a clean energy future? Is the UK really backsliding on climate progress? And how... more

28 Dec 2023 · 17 minutes
Check out: Drilled

Today we're sharing an episode from another climate podcast that you might like, Drilled. Zero’s host Akshat Rathi was a... more

26 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
Check out: The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Today we’re sharing an episode from another climate podcast that you might like. It’s The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast from KCRW.... more

19 Dec 2023 · 11 minutes
Introducing: Bloomberg News Now

Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report on today's top stories. Listen for the latest news, whenever you want... more

18 Dec 2023 ·
Is COP28 the beginning of the end for the fossil fuel era?

COP28 comes to a close. 200 countries came together, 100,000 people flew in, and what did they produce? A piece... more

13 Dec 2023 · 21 minutes
'Hey, nice sea wall': Finding trillions for adaptation

Four billion people live in countries where climate change-related disasters are becoming more severe and frequent. Spending money to adapt,... more

11 Dec 2023 · 30 minutes
Al Gore plans to break the petrostate stranglehold on climate progress

Former US Vice President Al Gore has been going to COP summits since the beginning. But he’s much more than... more

06 Dec 2023 · 44 minutes
How to triple renewables by 2030

Tripling renewables is one of the goals the COP28 discussions are circling around. It sounds good, but what will meeting... more

04 Dec 2023 · 26 minutes
Outrage and optimism in oil country

Today is the start of COP28. And for the next two weeks, Zero will be in the United Arab Emirates,... more

29 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
Best of: We need trillions to fix the climate. Finally there’s a serious plan.

Trillions of dollars are needed to shift the world to a low-carbon future, but where will all that money come... more

27 Nov 2023 · 44 minutes
Can an oil exec successfully lead COP28?

The UN Climate Conference COP28 starts next week. Before Akshat heads to the conference he’s joined by Aaron Rutkoff, the... more

23 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
How China left the world far behind in the battery race

By 2025, China’s battery production capacity will be three times as much as the rest of the world combined. Why... more

20 Nov 2023 · 12 minutes
Carbon removal’s magic number

If reducing emissions from industry is the first step for carbon capture, then drawing down excess CO2 to reverse climate... more

16 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
Europe’s top industrialist takes on green batteries

You may not know Jim Hagemann Snabe by name, but he has been called Europe’s top industrialist. Snabe has held... more

14 Nov 2023 · 23 minutes
Introducing: Elon, Inc.

At Bloomberg, we’re always talking about the biggest business stories, and no one is bigger than Elon Musk. In this new... more

10 Nov 2023 ·
Big promise, little success: The state of carbon capture

The U.S. is spending billions on carbon capture as a climate solution, but is it realistic? The method has been... more

09 Nov 2023 · 34 minutes
The loudest champion of the climate vulnerable

Saleemul Huq was a pre-eminent climate scientist and champion for developing countries. For many years, he was a lone warrior... more

02 Nov 2023 · 31 minutes
Best of: How the ‘rich man’s energy club’ became a climate champion

This week, the International Energy Agency published its flagship report: The World Energy Outlook. It's hundreds of pages long and... more

26 Oct 2023 · 35 minutes
The EV revolution isn’t just on four wheels

Cars are only half the electric vehicle story. There are also billions of two and three wheelers that need to... more

22 Oct 2023 · 12 minutes
Peak oil is here. Well, maybe.

Peak oil is here, or is it? Depends on how you measure, but at least one person is sure crude... more

19 Oct 2023 · 39 minutes
Can climate capitalism work?

It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing... more

12 Oct 2023 · 30 minutes
It's done. The future is electric cars.

The rise of electric cars is staggering. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be... more

05 Oct 2023 · 33 minutes
How to keep fossil fuels in the ground, from the boardroom

Brynn O’Brien not only reads corporate climate plans, she crunches the numbers. When they don’t add up, she calls her... more

28 Sep 2023 · 34 minutes
Our favorite climate numbers #2

Are two wheels better than four? Can cutting commuting cap carbon consumption? And where’s all the clean energy coming from?... more

25 Sep 2023 · 22 minutes
The godfather of solar predicts its future

Setting world records. Combing through warehouses of old electronics. Seeding the Chinese solar industry from afar. This is the life... more

21 Sep 2023 · 29 minutes
Perfume? Yes. Potatoes? No. Vertical farming tries to grow up

Cleantech is hard. Farming is harder. This week, Akshat Rathi visits entrepreneurs doing both.  GroGrace in Singapore and Jungle in Paris... more

14 Sep 2023 · 32 minutes
How the world’s biggest green bank is electrifying Australia

Trillions of dollars are needed to fund the climate transition, with both the private sector and governments required to contribute.... more

07 Sep 2023 · 31 minutes
Your carbon footprint should bring you joy

The concept of a “carbon footprint” began as a distraction from Big Oil: get people to focus on their own... more

31 Aug 2023 · 34 minutes
Best of: How to build a battery that replaces a coal plant

This week, a visit to the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery. Form Energy has... more

24 Aug 2023 · 25 minutes
Methane leaks are the low-hanging fruit of the climate crisis

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 25-year period. However,... more

21 Aug 2023 · 12 minutes
Why Hollywood A-listers are rushing to star in climate shows

How do you turn climate change into compelling TV? What scenarios do you draw on? And how do you make... more

17 Aug 2023 · 32 minutes
Inside the industry that made climate denial work

True crime is one of the most popular genres in every form of storytelling. But can that pull be used... more

10 Aug 2023 · 36 minutes
A sci-fi writer’s guide to a low-carbon future

To tackle climate change, we need good stories and we need good storytellers. Kim Stanley Robinson is a climate fiction... more

03 Aug 2023 · 38 minutes
Best of: The world’s food system needs a radical rethink

What’s worse for the planet than Big Oil? The world’s food system, argues environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot in... more

27 Jul 2023 · 41 minutes
How solar’s explosive growth is starting to make electricity free

In the next three years, 1TW of solar power will be added to the global grid and competition is driving... more

19 Jul 2023 · 41 minutes
Our favorite climate numbers

Where’s all the oil money going? What’s happening with cycling in France? And how far behind China is the US... more

17 Jul 2023 · 20 minutes
How Canada figured out a carbon tax and gave the money back

Canada is a leading producer of oil and gas. It’s also one of the few G7 members with a carbon... more

13 Jul 2023 · 32 minutes
The Chinese activist who mapped the country's pollution problem

China is the world’s factory, and has the emissions to match. But in a planned economy, with weak environmental regulation,... more

06 Jul 2023 · 26 minutes
Three US Governors, Republican and Democrat, pitch green spending

Policy can make or break climate action. Usually, national policy gets the most attention, but what local and regional governments... more

29 Jun 2023 · 44 minutes
World leaders met in Paris to unlock trillions in climate finance. What did they achieve?

Last week, 50 world leaders met in Paris with the goal of moving trillions in climate finance to developing countries.... more

26 Jun 2023 · 17 minutes
Meet the man with $400 billion to supercharge climate tech

Tesla is a household name, but few people have heard of the Loan Programs Office (LPO), one of Tesla’s crucial... more

22 Jun 2023 · 38 minutes
We need trillions to fix the climate. Finally there’s a serious plan.

Trillions of dollars are needed to shift the world to a low-carbon future, but where will all that money come... more

15 Jun 2023 · 46 minutes
How wildfire smoke and air pollution affect your health

A hotter planet is also a smokier one, as residents of New York City are finding out this week. As... more

08 Jun 2023 · 12 minutes
How to stop your retirement money funding climate change

How often do you think about how much your pension or 401(k) is contributing to climate change? Chances are not... more

01 Jun 2023 · 35 minutes
The biggest opportunity in the history of the world

Dipender Saluja is the Managing Director of Capricorn Investment Group, a venture capital firm with $9B under management. He was... more

25 May 2023 · 29 minutes
Does it matter if the world breaches 1.5C for a single year?

This week a new report was released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that says we are likely to exceed... more

18 May 2023 · 9 minutes
Redesigning cities for a future of extreme heat

At their best, cities can be a climate solution: densely packed places with good public transport, effective health care, and... more

18 May 2023 · 34 minutes
Biden’s climate bill is changing climate tech, and our daily lives

It’s been eight months since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. Already the hundreds of billions of dollars it... more

11 May 2023 · 29 minutes
How the Bezos Earth Fund spends its billions

Amazon made Jeff Bezos very rich. In 2020, he decided to pledge a portion of that wealth — $10 billion... more

04 May 2023 · 31 minutes
High hopes for biodiversity, but who will pay?

The world is in the middle of the sixth mass extinction and this time it's being driven by human activity.... more

27 Apr 2023 · 34 minutes
Best of: Inside the stealth startup making zero-emission steel

Steel is the backbone of modern society, and it’s also responsible for 7% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. Last summer, Bloomberg... more

20 Apr 2023 · 31 minutes
The climate case for flying cars

Electric aviation fulfills two futuristic promises – flying cars and emissions-free air travel. This week, meet the professor who is... more

13 Apr 2023 · 32 minutes
A kingdom built on oil now controls the world’s climate progress

When Sultan Al Jaber was made president of COP28, the year’s biggest climate summit, there was outrage. How can the... more

05 Apr 2023 · 24 minutes
How to build a battery that replaces a coal plant

This week, a visit to the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery. Form Energy has... more

30 Mar 2023 · 25 minutes
How the ‘rich man’s energy club’ became a climate champion

How do you rebuild an international organization for the climate era? That’s what the Paris-based International Energy Agency has done... more

23 Mar 2023 · 36 minutes
Why the new IPCC report is so important

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report is out and it makes for sober reading. Published roughly every seven... more

21 Mar 2023 · 10 minutes
What the Silicon Valley Bank collapse means for climate tech

What happens when a "climate bank" goes under? This week, Bloomberg Green reporter Akshat Rathi interviews the CEO of an... more

16 Mar 2023 · 30 minutes
What it takes to become a climate tech CEO, with Katie Rae

If you’ve got the technology that can change the world, are you the best person to implement it? Investors pay... more

09 Mar 2023 · 28 minutes
Building a future where humanity will thrive, with Achim Steiner

Since the Human Development Index was established in 1990, it has trended gradually upward, as people’s health, wealth and opportunities... more

02 Mar 2023 · 41 minutes
How Europe ditched Russian fossil fuels with spectacular speed

When Russia attacked Ukraine last year, it expected to win in a three-day blitz. Instead, it’s become a protracted war... more

23 Feb 2023 · 31 minutes
The new climate race between EU and US, with Jennifer Morgan

As Germany’s climate envoy, Jennifer Morgan stands alongside John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua of China as one of the world’s... more

16 Feb 2023 · 26 minutes
Everybody wants a better battery, Christine Ho is printing one

This summer, Bloomberg Green reporter Akshat Rathi visited Imprint Energy, a Silicon Valley startup that prints batteries. Using the same... more

09 Feb 2023 · 24 minutes
Can Sweden’s 27-year-old climate minister match up to the far right? with Romina Pourmokhtari

Sweden is known for its climate ambition, and was the first country to set a goal to reach net zero... more

02 Feb 2023 · 34 minutes
High-octane capitalism meets climate change, with Chamath Palihapitiya

In 2020, Silicon Valley investor Chamath Palihapitiya said he wanted to create a holding company for climate tech and asked... more

26 Jan 2023 · 39 minutes
How a fossil-fuel company became a wind giant, with Mads Nipper

The wind industry is exploding, growing from just 2% of global electricity supply to 7% in a decade. But to... more

19 Jan 2023 · 29 minutes
How climate reached the world's elite in Davos, with Gail Whiteman

This January, Davos will once again host the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting and bring together the world's business and... more

12 Jan 2023 · 33 minutes
How to quit your job for the climate

What causes a restaurant critic to trade the gourmet for the green? Why does a Shell geophysicist leave their decade-long... more

05 Jan 2023 · 26 minutes
Should the climate movement embrace property destruction? with Andreas Malm

Throughout history, no social movement has succeeded without utilizing property destruction as a tactic, and if the climate movement is... more

15 Dec 2022 · 45 minutes
Are democracies up to the climate challenge? with Daniel Fiorino

The task of cutting emissions is becoming more urgent by the day. Are democracies up to the challenge? Do we... more

08 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
How did a good idea go so wrong? Carbon offsets with Mark Trexler

Carbon offsets are everywhere – a $2 billion dollar industry that’s set to grow even more as the US is... more

01 Dec 2022 · 34 minutes
The world’s food system needs a radical rethink, with George Monbiot

What’s worse for the planet than Big Oil? The world’s food system, argues environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot in... more

24 Nov 2022 · 40 minutes
Why it’s so hard to invest in clean energy in Africa

COP27 ended with a historic agreement on loss and damage, but other major challenges remain — including the gap that... more

22 Nov 2022 · 31 minutes
The lengths Lewis Pugh goes to save the oceans

Lewis Pugh has swum across seas and in between melting sea ice, but the hardest part of his work is... more

17 Nov 2022 · 34 minutes
How climate activists adapted to a repressive regime at COP27

Whether the so-called implementation COP will live up to its promise will be answered this week as negotiators begin to... more

15 Nov 2022 · 31 minutes
Can climate change be solved without COP? with Patricia Espinosa

As week one wraps up at COP27 in Sharm El Sheik in Egypt, Bloomberg Green Reporter Akshat Rathi talks with... more

13 Nov 2022 · 27 minutes
Biden Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi thinks Democrats have green momentum

We are rapidly approaching the end of week one at COP27 and all eyes are turning to the US, with... more

11 Nov 2022 · 33 minutes
The Bahamas' Prime Minister Philip Davis wants money to protect his oceans

After a frenetic two days of discussions at COP27, with hundreds of leaders arriving in Egypt, the demands of vulnerable... more

08 Nov 2022 · 26 minutes
At COP27, a breakthrough on loss and damage? with Saleemul Huq

COP27 has begun, with 45,000 delegates expected to attend the two-week conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. One of the... more

07 Nov 2022 · 30 minutes
Will the US finally become a climate leader? with Leah Stokes

While the United States fancies itself a global climate leader, the country is coming off a decade of tumultuous policy:... more

03 Nov 2022 · 41 minutes
Africa's climate reparations require data that doesn't exist

Weather data is invaluable. It influences the decisions of governments and companies around the world. It’s used to predict energy... more

01 Nov 2022 · 31 minutes
Oil boss Vicki Hollub is selling 'net-zero oil'. Do you buy it?

Finally made to reckon with the climate crisis, most oil companies are turning to clean-energy technologies. Not Occidental Petroleum. Akshat... more

27 Oct 2022 · 43 minutes
Justin Trudeau on his struggle to reduce Canada's emissions

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pitches the country as a leader on climate and says it is on track to... more

20 Oct 2022 · 40 minutes
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Finally made to reckon with the climate crisis, most oil companies are turning to clean-energy technologies. Not Occidental Petroleum. Akshat Rathi talks... more