Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWe've entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene, and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas – not the forests, farms, or fields – and not the global economy that depends on all of these. What does this mean for your investments, your family's future, and the future of man? Each week, we dive into these issues to help you Navigate the New Reality.
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007 Of Milk and Money / Part One: the CEO and the Subsistence Farmer
October 03, 2016 11:18 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MBPart One of a multi-part series examining the ways small Kenyan farmers are teaming up with multinational agribusinesses to confront climate change by reshaping the countryside. In today's episode, we meet Prisca Mayende, who ratcheted up yields on her four-acre farm by planting trees. We also visit the Kaptama farmers' cooperative -- a key conduit in the link between subsistence farmers and local grocery stores.
006 Climate, Conflict, and Commodities: The Calculus of Peace on a Changing Planet
July 02, 2016 14:42 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB� The United Nations Environment Program says that resources are a factor in 40% of all organized armed conflicts, but only 15% of peace agreements even mention them. Today, we examine the role that carbon finance – especially REDD+ (reducing emissions from degradation of forests, plus other land uses) – can play in helping (or, if bungled, hindering) the peace process by stifling the use of blood diamonds and other conflict resources. Guests include: Canadian Environmental Consultan...
005 Why We Should All Care About the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
June 14, 2016 21:02 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBIn 2015, more than 150 countries endorsed the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are 17 goals to end poverty, improve health, and tackle climate change. They're broken into 169 specific targets, and billions of dollars in finance are tied to them. In this episode of Bionic Planet, we hear why business leaders like Unilever CEO Paul Polman are building their corporate strategies on the SDGs, and why governmental leaders like UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and t...
004 How Companies Use Carbon Markets To Reduce Emissions
May 27, 2016 14:18 - 23 minutes - 33.4 MBCompanion article at ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/voluntary2016/ Hello, and greetings from Cologne, Germany, where we’re wrapping up two intense weeks that began a few dozen kilometers north of us, in the former German capitol of Bonn, where climate negotiators have begun the process of activating the Paris Agreement. Unfortunately, that meant I got swamped, which led to an unplanned two-week hiatus on this podcast, and I do apologize for that – but if you’ve been following Ecosystem ...
003 Putting a Price on Carbon / Part Two: What we Don't Know Could Kill Us
May 10, 2016 15:54 - 40 minutes - 56.6 MBThe US government estimates that every ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere generates at least $40 in damages by contributing to climate change, but the Swedish government says the figure is closer to 100 euros, and it charges a tax to reflect that. Our guest, Gernot Wagner, says both figures are way too low. Today, he explains how economists blend climate science with financial accounting to come up with a price on carbon. Plus: What's more effective -- cap-and-trade, or a ca...
002 The 40,000-Year-Old-Question / Part One
May 04, 2016 09:43 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBTanzania's Hadza people have lived in tune with nature for 40,000 years, but now they face their greatest challenge. Here's how they're both adapting to and combating climate change -- and how we can all learn from them. Includes interviews with tribal leader Richard Baalow, Tanzanian legal expert Edward Letaika, and environmentalists Marc Baker of Carbon Tanzania, Matt Brown of The Nature Conservancy, and Gus Silva-Chavez of Forest Trends. We also examine the evolving nature of REDD+ (R...
001 Putting a Price on Carbon / Part One: The Argument in Favor
April 22, 2016 01:56 - 49 minutes - 68 MBThe Argument For a Price on Carbon: Part One. Featuring Harvard Economist and "Climate Shock" co-author Gernot Wagner, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, as well as a special appearance by the ghost of Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman.