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Eight Minute Climate Fix delivers concise, expert-driven coverage of climate action, clean energy, and the global energy transition — in 8 minutes or less. Host Paul Schuster cuts through the complexity of decarbonization, climate policy, and the net-zero economy so anyone can stay informed, fast.Each episode tackles the biggest stories shaping the energy transition: from renewable energy legislation and corporate climate commitments to carbon emissions accounting and energy independence. Guests have included senior leaders from Salesforce, UNEP, and beyond.Whether you're a sustainability professional, business leader, or engaged citizen, Eight Minute Climate Fix gives you the signal without the noise. New episodes every season. Also available: More Than Eight Minutes, our extended interview series for listeners who want to go deeper.Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.

  1. APR 27

    The Climate Insurance Crisis: Why Insurers Are Abandoning California, Florida, and Beyond - Episode 121

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content In this episode, Paul explains why catastrophic weather events are becoming uninsurable: broken risk models, a stressed reinsurance market, rising rebuild costs from inflation and tariffs, and the dangerous concentration of homes and commercial buildings in climate-vulnerable areas. He also explores what cascading climate financial risk looks like in practice. From the insurance death spiral to the wealth destruction of uninsured home loss, this episode connects climate change directly to household finances, mortgage markets, and economic inequality.  Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    7 min

  2. APR 15

    Is Additionality Dead? Rethinking Corporate Renewable Energy in the Age of AI - Episode 120

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content Additionality has been one of the cornerstones of corporate renewable energy procurement — but is it still relevant? In this episode, Paul breaks down the concept of additionality in clean energy purchasing, explains how Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) work, and makes the case that surging demand from AI data centers and electrification has fundamentally broken the additionality framework. As hyperscalers race to lock up power purchase agreements and new gas plants fill the grid pipeline, does a corporation's renewable energy commitment actually bring new clean energy online — or are they just first to the table? Paul explores why additionality made sense in the early days of renewable energy adoption and why today's energy transition has made it an outdated measure. Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    8 min

  3. MAR 24

    How Best to Pursue Energy Independence - Episode 119

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content As the Iran War enters its fourth week, US consumers are feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Oil prices have shot past $100 per barrel and there are increasing calls to increase domestic supply capacity of energy in order to create more energy independence for the US. In this episode, Paul unpacks what that might mean - or whether investing behind clean and renewable technologies may be a far more effective solution toward national energy resiliency. Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    8 min

  4. FEB 16

    Repairing our Relationship with Mother Nature (Tim Christophersen - Salesforce) - Episode 118

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content Paul sits with Tim Christophersen, VP of Climate Action at Salesforce and previously Head of Nature for Climate Branch at UNEP. Tim's recent book, Generation Restoration - How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature, digs deep into the broken bond that we have with our natural world. Paul and Tim discuss not only how we got here in the first place, but what the public and private sector needs to do to help us replenish the natural infrastructure of this planet. For more research: Generation Restoration - How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature - Tim Christophersen Future Forests Alliance - World Economic Forum Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    9 min

  5. 10/13/2025

    Reflections on New York Climate Week - Episode 117

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content How has the conversation changed, now that we're a few months into a new federal administration that has not proven very receptive to climate action? Paul attended New York Climate Week in late September with anxiety around how corporations and organizations were approaching the changing tenor of climate direction. His takeaway? Maybe things aren't as bad as they appear. In this episode, Paul dissects the key takeaways from NYCW and looks forward to COP 30 in Brazil. Climate advocacy is changing - but what does that mean for your individual company? For more research: Highlights: New York Climate Week 2025 Microsoft's Environmental Sustainability Report 2025 "Walmart not meeting 2025, 2030 emissions goals, but remains committed to sustainability: report" - ESG Dive Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    7 min

  6. 07/14/2025

    Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill and Its Impact on Clean Energy - Episode 116

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content As Trump's signature economic legislation made it's way over the finish line two weeks ago, experts lined up to warn us of the impact the bill would have on clean energy, utility bills and even our competitiveness in the emerging AI landscape. In today's episode, Paul provides a high level analysis of the bill's primary components affecting these areas and what the impact may actually be. For more research: One Big Beautiful Bill - White House "Assessing Impacts Of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions" - Energy Innovation Simulator "What Passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Means for US Energy and the Economy" - The Rhodium Group Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    8 min

  7. 06/30/2025

    The Proposed GHG Scope 2 Rule Changes - Episode 115

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is now in the decision phase on how to revise their widely accepted Scope 2 emissions accounting measures. The current set of accounting rules were first established in 2015 - but a lot has changed in the interim. Revisiting these rules to modernize them and promote true, physical decarbonization is important. But there are a couple of proposed changes that have generated a LOT of controversy. In this episode, Paul unpacks the impact of hourly matching and deliverability and discusses how these accounting rules may slow down corporate renewable procurement immeasurably. For more research: "The world's most used carbon accounting rule is about to get a major overhaul" - WoodMackenzie "Limitations of Hourly Matching Claims for Scope 2 Reporting" - Greenhouse Gas Management Institute "Electricity System and Market Impacts of Time-based Attribute Trading and 24/7 Carbon-free Electricity Procurement" - Qingyu Xi and Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    7 min

  8. 06/23/2025

    How the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank is Supporting Climate Action While Also Addressing Housing Affordability (Maggie Super Church - Mass Community Climate Bank) - Episode 114

    Let us know how we're doing - text us feedback or thoughts on episode content States have shifted to the forefront of climate leadership here in the US. And one of the tools that many of these States are employing to make it easier and less risky for individuals and companies to invest behind energy savings has been the Green Bank, a financial institution designed to overcome some of the barriers to financing climate action. Massachusetts set up their Green Bank in a novel way, though. They embedded the institution inside of MassHousing and gave it the dual mandate to address not only climate change, but the challenge of affordable housing as well. So, how are they doing? Paul sits with Maggie Super Church of the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank to understand more about how the entity is delivering on its promise to save energy and costs for Massachusetts homeowners. For more research: Maggie Super Church Massachusetts Community Climate Bank All In Energy Cape Light Compact Center for ECO Technology MA Energy Savings Finder Abode Energy Management Follow Paul on LinkedIn.

    7 min
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Eight Minute Climate Fix delivers concise, expert-driven coverage of climate action, clean energy, and the global energy transition — in 8 minutes or less. Host Paul Schuster cuts through the complexity of decarbonization, climate policy, and the net-zero economy so anyone can stay informed, fast.Each episode tackles the biggest stories shaping the energy transition: from renewable energy legislation and corporate climate commitments to carbon emissions accounting and energy independence. Guests have included senior leaders from Salesforce, UNEP, and beyond.Whether you're a sustainability professional, business leader, or engaged citizen, Eight Minute Climate Fix gives you the signal without the noise. New episodes every season. Also available: More Than Eight Minutes, our extended interview series for listeners who want to go deeper.Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.

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