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James Lawler

Explaining the key scientific ideas, technologies, and policies relevant to the global climate crisis. Visit climatenow.com for more information, video series, and events.

  1. 2024-10-15

    Season Finale: Live from Climate Week

    Our Season One finale brings you a debate about the pace of the energy transition that was recorded live at NYC Climate Week three weeks ago.  How fast is the transition progressing, really?  And why might there be divergent opinions on the subject? The debate was co-moderated by James Lawler and Dina Cappiello (RMI), and features RMI’s Kingsmill Bond and Bain’s Aaron Denman.  We look forward to your thoughts and questions, as always, and we look forward to being in touch with all of you again in 2025. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    1h 4m

  2. 2024-09-10

    Navigating Recent Changes to Voluntary Carbon Markets

    Voluntary Carbon Markets, or VCM, are the decentralized marketplaces where carbon credits, used to offset greenhouse gas emissions are traded. Each credit offsets a metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions. The VCM has existed since the 1980s with recent updates to the types of activities that count as offsets. On July 30 of this year, the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) updated their recommendations for corporate carbon accounting standards that affect how corporations should count carbon offsets towards their net-zero goals. Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, chief science officer at Rubicon Carbon, joined us to talk about changes to the VCM and how they affect the way corporations can use carbon credits to meet their net-zero goals. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    29 min

  3. 2024-09-10

    Climate News Weekly: Exonn-Mobil oil projections, closing on coal in the UK, and more...

    On this week's edition of Climate News Weekly, James Lawler and Julio Friedmann discuss Exxon-Mobil's projections of flat oil demand by 2050, closing the last coal-fired power plant in the UK, disproportionate impacts of climate change in Africa, and more. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    15 min

  4. 2024-08-28

    Climate News Weekly: Climate policy impacts, mapping emissions with precision, hydrogen infrastructure updates, and more

    Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week’s biggest stories in climate news with host James Lawler, joined by Julio Friedmann and Darren Hau. The team kicks off this week's coverage with an analysis that uses artificial intelligence to determine the impacts of 1500 climate policies on emissions. Up next, Julio and James discuss a new CarbonMapper satellite that can detect methane and carbon dioxide emissions with high precision. The team also discusses the hydrogen industry's struggle to go green and the looming reality of irreversible climate tipping points. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    21 min

  5. 2024-08-20 · BONUS

    Partner Episode: Energy vs Climate's "Buzzkill: Understanding the Shift in Media Perception Towards EVs"

    As a Climate Now listener, we know you appreciate frank and thoughtful debate about the climate crisis. So we'd like to share an episode from a podcast that looks at how climate change is changing our energy systems. Energy vs Climate is a podcast featuring energy experts David Keith, Sara Hastings-Simon, and Ed Whittingham. They break down the hard truths and tough choices posed by the energy transition from the heart of Canada’s oil country. Through their topics and their guests, David, Sara, and Ed bring new honesty around the sharp trade-offs between climate action and economic progress . The episode we're sharing with you is called, "Buzzkill: Understanding the Shift in Media Perception Towards EVs," with special guest Dr. Simon Evans, deputy editor and policy editor at Carbon Brief. Together, they tease apart EV fact from fiction. We think you'll really enjoy it. Listen to Energy vs Climate wherever you get your podcasts and check out energyvsclimate.com for their next live webinars, where you too can join in on the discussion. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    54 min

  6. 2024-08-14

    Climate News Weekly: Carbon market upheaval, Tropical Storm Debby, Tim Walz's VP candidacy, and more

    Climate News Weekly is back to cover the week’s biggest stories in climate news with host James Lawler, joined by Dina Cappiello and Julio Friedmann. The team kicks off this week's coverage with upheaval in the voluntary carbon market. Up next, Julio and Dina discuss developments in politics, from Kamala Harris' VP pick to a Brazilian oceanographer's appointment as Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority. Later, our team covers extreme weather events and China's latest emissions goals.  In other news this week, shareholders at Glencore fought for the company to retain its coal business - and won. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    28 min

  7. 2024-08-06

    Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Episode 4

    The United States' Renewable Fuel Standard Program requires a certain volume of renewable fuel be used to replace or reduce fossil fuel use. Each gallon of renewable fuel is assigned a Renewable Identification Number or RIN, which allows renewable fuel volumes to be tracked, traded, bought, and sold. These multifunctional numbers affect the entire fuel industry, including both conventional and renewable fuel producers.  According to one of our next guests in the series, RINs are little-known and poorly understood - even in the renewable fuel industry. Discover how the RIN system functions as a subsidy, mandate, tax, and a financial asset all at once. Tune in as we dissect the "most complex environmental credit ever written" with two experts in the field: George Hoekstra, President of Hoekstra Trading, and Brooke Coleman, the Executive Director of the Advanced Biofuels Business Council. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    36 min

  8. 2024-07-29

    Climate News Weekly: Kamala Harris and climate, a turning point for China, the Cape Wind accident, and more...

    James Lawler is joined by Carbon Direct's Julio Friedmann for Climate News Weekly. Join James and Julio as they discuss what Kamala Harris' candidacy and potential presidency could mean for climate policy, followed by positive signs that China's emissions may be hitting a turning point. The team also covers the accident involving a wind turbine off the coast of Massachusetts, bipartisan grid permitting reform legislation, and the EPA's latest round of funding for climate pollution. The team rounds out their coverage of this week's news by discussing wildfires sweeping the Northwestern U.S. and Canada, the (new) hottest day on record, and a power grid struggling to withstand the impacts of climate change. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Contact us at contact@climatenow.com Visit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

    23 min
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  • Creator
    James Lawler
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    178
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Climate Now
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    Climate Now