18 min
Climate Money Ep. 4: AI’s climate footprint, nuclear's renaissance and the new climate subsidy wars Climate Money
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Welcome to the Episode 4 of the Climate Money Podcast.
In this episode, we look at:
Five big takeaways from the IEA’s newly released 170-pg Electricity 2024 report, including the structural success of renewables, where the biggest emissions reductions are happening, and nuclear’s big moment
AI’s climate footprint and who’s poised to profit. Private equity firm and landlord of the nation Blackstone just shared Q4 earnings, buoyed by the stellar performance of its data center holdings where value has grown 250% in just two years. But what’s the climate cost of all this new compute power, what role do renewables play, and how else might technology help?
The new climate subsidy wars, and what Europe getting in the game means for the global climate technology ‘space race’
Welcome to the Episode 4 of the Climate Money Podcast.
In this episode, we look at:
Five big takeaways from the IEA’s newly released 170-pg Electricity 2024 report, including the structural success of renewables, where the biggest emissions reductions are happening, and nuclear’s big moment
AI’s climate footprint and who’s poised to profit. Private equity firm and landlord of the nation Blackstone just shared Q4 earnings, buoyed by the stellar performance of its data center holdings where value has grown 250% in just two years. But what’s the climate cost of all this new compute power, what role do renewables play, and how else might technology help?
The new climate subsidy wars, and what Europe getting in the game means for the global climate technology ‘space race’
18 min