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  • Why climate doesn't need better solutions, it needs bigger bets, with Jennifer Kitt

    Why climate doesn't need better solutions, it needs bigger bets, with Jennifer Kitt

    · Climate Curious

    “80 of the most urgent [climate solutions] could take $5 billion tomorrow,” says Jennifer Kitt on Climate Curious. Recorded live in London with Climate Curious co-hosts Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha, the Climate Lead President shares a 101 on how climate philanthropy actually works, why inviting people to dream bigger leads to bolder action, and why many of the world's leading philanthropic families are moving from asking, "what should I build?" to "how do I make the biggest difference?" From accelerating the move to clean transport, to stopping deforestation in Indonesia, Brazil and the Congo Basin, this one’s for everyone who loves a good climate solution. 


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    Created by TEDxLondon

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  • How $147m supported citizens across America doing what most pundits said was impossible: ending the reign of King Coal, with Bruce Nilles

    How $147m supported citizens across America doing what most pundits said was impossible: ending the reign of King Coal, with Bruce Nilles

    · Climate Curious

    “We walked out of his office, to the first bar, had a couple shots of tequila, and then got to work”, says environmental lawyer Bruce Nilles on stage as our guest at ‘Climate Curious Live: Climate Impossible?’ in London, June 2026. In conversation with co-hosts Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha, Bruce shares the surreal situation he found himself in when shutting down coal plants with the ex-mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg. Tune in to learn how a bake-sale funded, grassroots movement was given the guidance and capital to scale up; eventually shuttering 92% of coal plants across the US, in one of the most effective and durable climate actions of our time. 


    Enjoyed this short? Listen to the full conversation with Bruce Nilles on Climate Curious: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/what-the-end-of-king-coal-means-for-big-oil-gas-with-bruce-nilles/


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  • What the end of 'King Coal' means for Big Oil & Gas, with Bruce Nilles

    What the end of 'King Coal' means for Big Oil & Gas, with Bruce Nilles

    · Climate Curious

    "I love doing it and I'll be doing it for a while, 'cause we ain't done yet," says the legendary lawyer who spurred a global campaign that led to the closing of 390 U.S. coal plants, forever: Bruce Nilles. Live on stage at Climate Curious Live 'Climate Impossible?', he shares the story of an epic climate win — combining grassroots grandmas, courtroom clashes, and a $50 million philanthropic gift — igniting an unstoppable movement and delivering one of the largest reductions in climate pollution of any sector, anywhere in the world. And we hear about the next frontier: gas. Recorded live at The Conduit as part of London Climate Action Week, in conversation with Climate Curious co-hosts Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst.


    Read the new research on gas: https://www.psehealthyenergy.org/work/gas-stove-benzene-emissions-europe/ 


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  • Are you ready to lead your town through an extreme weather event? With the game designers behind ‘The Future For Beginners’

    Are you ready to lead your town through an extreme weather event? With the game designers behind ‘The Future For Beginners’

    · Climate Curious

    Could you protect your city through an extreme weather event? ‘The Future For Beginners’ is a game exploring climate risk and decision-making under uncertainty. Working together over 80 minutes, 30 players negotiate challenges and make decisions to create an unforgettable cultural event in the face of catastrophe. Having just played the simulation, Climate Curious’s Maryam Pasha sits down with these game maestros to ask, why a climate simulation game? And how does creating mini mayors in all of us help inspire climate action? “Games can be quite good at giving people that real zoomed out bird's eye view of something while still letting you inhabit it”, says game designers Mel Frances and Nathan Harrison on Climate Curious. Recorded at TED 2026.


    For more information on Future for Beginners, head here:https://davidfinig.com/the-future-for-beginners/ 


    Read more about Mel and Nathan's wider practice head here: https://bohointeractive.com/playing-through-complexity'


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  • Who are the incrementalists? with Dana R. Fisher

    Who are the incrementalists? with Dana R. Fisher

    · Climate Curious

    Break the system, don’t just tweak it. That’s what sociologist and professor Dana R. Fisher says on this week’s Climate Curious. Tune in with co-host Maryam Pasha to learn about incrementalists: people who think cleaning up a broken system leads to a sanitised version of the status quo – not real systemic change. From how institutions have used and jaded the youth movement for optics, whilst leaving them disconnected after crackdowns on college campus protests, this apocalyptic optimist shares the most likely path forward. Recorded at TED 2026.


    Dana’s book is here: Saving Ourselves,


    Check out her TED Talk and her new pod Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast!


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  • How to move public outrage into systemic action, with Dana R. Fisher

    How to move public outrage into systemic action, with Dana R. Fisher

    · Climate Curious

    “The deal is, we're gonna get the revolution we deserve,” says sociologist, author, and apocalyptic optimist, Dana R. Fisher. Having spent 26 years studying and documenting activism, Climate Curious host Maryam Pasha hears what it takes to forge unstoppable solidarity in the collective climate movement. We look at how turning to big tech’s quick fixes is not the answer, how the youth movement has been sidelined by the political establishment, and why real systemic change is only built from the ground up, grassroots style!


    Dana’s book is here: Saving Ourselves,


    Check out her TED Talk and her new pod Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast!


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  • The secret life of glaciers, with Dr M Jackson

    The secret life of glaciers, with Dr M Jackson

    · Climate Curious

    “A glacier is full of one single snowflake holding hands with the next snowflake,” says glaciologist and Nat Geo explorer, Dr. M Jackson. “Billions and trillions of snowflakes become the most powerful force on this planet, shaping the landscapes, lives, and futures of almost every person on this planet.” In conversation with Climate Curious co-host Maryam Pasha, M explains what these moving rivers of ice are, their impact on the world as they shrink and disappear, and why it’s not too late for them to grow back (if we can cut emissions and halt global warming. Recorded live at TED 2026.


    Enjoyed this Climate Curious short? Listen to the full episode with Dr. M Jackson on Climate Curious, now: ‘How to feed a starving glacier, with Dr. M Jackson https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/how-to-feed-a-starving-glacier-with-glaciologist-m-jackson/ 


    Learn more about M's work: www.drmjackson.com


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  • Why ebola and hantavirus are also climate warnings, with Dr. Neil Vora

    Why ebola and hantavirus are also climate warnings, with Dr. Neil Vora

    · Climate Curious

    “The solution is right at our fingertips,” says doctor and disease detective Dr. Neil Vora, talking about why ebola and hantavirus are also climate warnings on the Climate Curious podcast. From halting deforestation, to safeguarding animal farms, and cracking down on commercial wildlife trafficking, Neil shares the solutions we already have that could help us halt these devastating diseases.


    Read more: https://time.com/article/2026/05/22/the-ebola-and-hantavirus-outbreaks-offer-an-ominous-warning/


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  • Could this literary genre help protect the planet? With author Helen Phillips

    Could this literary genre help protect the planet? With author Helen Phillips

    · Climate Curious

    Speculative fiction – the latest tool for imagining what’s possible on climate? Author of ‘Hum’ and winner of the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize, Helen Phillips, joins Climate Curious to share the personal trigger that got her started in writing climate fiction, breaks down the genre of ‘speculative fiction’ and how it can be used to process eco-distress, and why the AI robots at the centre of the book (The Hums) might not be the villains you’d expect
 who would have thought it!? Hosted by Climate Curious’ executive producer Josie Colter.


    Read Helen Phillips’ book, ‘Hum’: https://www.helencphillips.com/hum 


    Want more climate fiction novels? Check out the Climate Fiction Prize Shortlist 2026: https://climatefictionprize.co.uk/shortlist-2026/

    'Dusk', By Robbie Arnott

    'Endling', By Maria Reva

    'The Tiger's Share', By Keshava Guha

    'The Book of Records', By Madeleine Thien

    'Awake in the Floating City', By Susanna Kwan


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  • How to feed a starving glacier, with glaciologist M Jackson

    How to feed a starving glacier, with glaciologist M Jackson

    · Climate Curious

    Our glaciers are starving, but there’s a solution! Says glaciologist, National Geographic Explorer and TED Fellow Dr. M Jackson on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with Maryam Pasha, M breaks down why our glaciers are currently starving and how they have the remarkable ability to grow back, if we give them the right conditions! From the “isostatic rebound” of the springing Earth, to 40 generations of human breath captured in an ice core, we hear why glaciers will not be lost to history. Recorded live at TED 2026.


    Find more about M: www.drmjackson.com


    Artwork Photography by Jake Dyson


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  • Why I blew up a dam on my birthday, with Amy Bowers Cordalis

    Why I blew up a dam on my birthday, with Amy Bowers Cordalis

    · Climate Curious

    “The river heals, the river's free, the salmon are free, and so are the people,” says Yurok Tribe attorney and devoted advocate for Indigenous rights and environmental restoration Amy Bowers Cordalis on the Climate Curious podcast. In conversation with Maryam Pasha, Amy breaks down how exactly she won the right to release the Klamath River and restore salmon populations from the brink of extinction, the importance of her grandmother’s guidance, and how the river remembered its path. Recorded live at TED 2026. 


    Learn more about Amy’s work and read her book, ‘The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life’: https://amybowerscordalis.com/


    Listen to the full episode: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/how-historys-biggest-wild-salmon-restoration-project-in-the-klamath-river-happened-with-amy-bowers-cordalis/


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  • How history's biggest wild salmon restoration project in the Klamath River happened, with Amy Bowers Cordalis

    How history's biggest wild salmon restoration project in the Klamath River happened, with Amy Bowers Cordalis

    · Climate Curious

    “My colleague looks at me [on my birthday] and is like, do you wanna blow up a dam!?” Native Yurok attorney and Indigenous advocate Amy Bowers Cordalis campaigned with her community for 20 years before getting the go ahead to remove the dams that had blocked the Klamath River and infamously killed 70,000+ salmon in 2002. Amy speaks with Climate Curious co-host Maryam Pasha to share the remarkable story of how she used everything from indigenous wisdom to high-stakes litigation to pull off the largest salmon restoration project in history! Recorded live at TED 2026.


    Learn more about Amy’s work and read her book, ‘The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life’: https://amybowerscordalis.com/


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  • Why chemists are conservationists too! With Tim Cernak

    Why chemists are conservationists too! With Tim Cernak

    · Climate Curious

    Chemistry is the new frontier of conservation, says professor of medicinal chemistry, Tim Cernak, on Climate Curious. Unable to ignore sick sea turtles washed up on the beach, Tim turned to the laboratory to apply medicinal solutions to nature. From fungal frogs to seal pups with avian flu – Tim’s fascination has spawned a new approach to conservation through chemistry, transforming chemists into first-responders for the climate!  


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  • Feel lost in eco-anxiety? Find your way with social scientist Katharine K. Wilkinson’s Climate Wayfinding method

    Feel lost in eco-anxiety? Find your way with social scientist Katharine K. Wilkinson’s Climate Wayfinding method

    · Climate Curious

    Eco-anxious – rejoice! This week’s episode is a salve for the eco-shaken, (i.e. all of us!?). Katharine K. Wilkinson returns to share her new framework for navigating eco-anxiety with Climate Curious co-hosts Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha – and it starts by getting honest about the emotional weight of caring. We dig into why grief, fear, and exhaustion aren't obstacles to climate action, but part of the path itself. Tune in for a delightful dollop of Katharine’s usual genius and generosity as she guides us from ache to action, and doubt to possibility. From footholds to wayfinding – learn why healing the planet starts at home
 with healing yourself. 


    Get the book ‘Climate Wayfinding’ by Katharine K. Wilkinson: https://www.climatewayfinding.earth/book


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  • How the oldest bees on earth gained legal rights, with Rosa VĂĄsquez Espinoza

    How the oldest bees on earth gained legal rights, with Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

    · Climate Curious

    Stingless bees have been around since the dinosaurs, but until recently ignored by mainstream scientific studies From her lab in the heart of the Amazon, scientist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza has been busy proving that these insects are medicinal and agricultural superbugs that require respect – both socially and legally! In conversation with Climate Curious’ Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha, Rosa breaks down how these ancient pollinators protect 80% of the Amazon’s flora (including your coffee and chocolate!), the historic win to protect these tiny bees’ legal rights, and why her grandmother inspired her to get into chemistry.


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  • How Iroro Tanshi took on Nigeria’s wildfires to save this rare bat species

    How Iroro Tanshi took on Nigeria’s wildfires to save this rare bat species

    · Climate Curious

    In Nigeria’s Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, a rare short-tailed roundleaf bat whose global population is less than 1500, is trying to survive – and their biggest threat is wildfire. Nigerian tropical ecologist, conservationist and 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa winner Iroro Tanshi joins Climate Curious to share how farmers are transforming into frontline fire brigades, what community-led climate resilience looks like on the ground in Nigeria, and how she got passionate about bats in the first place! The result? A new model for protecting both nature and livelihoods.


    Check out Iroro’s work: https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/iroro-tanshi/


    Support Iroro’s team at the Small Mammal Conservation Organization: https://www.smacon-africa.org/


    Check out the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners: https://www.goldmanprize.org/current-winners/

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  • What really went down at the Supreme Court: the “Finch ruling”

    What really went down at the Supreme Court: the “Finch ruling”

    · Climate Curious

    The “Finch ruling” case started small – with ÂŁ20 donations from people that cared – but the eventual wins were big. What’s less well known, is the legal rollercoaster Sarah Finch and the Weald Action Group faced. After a failed High Court case and a failed Court of Appeal case, Sarah faced a major crossroads: keep going or call it a day? Sarah joins Climate Curious’s Ben Hurst to share why she took the risky last ditch attempt to gain justice for Horse Hill in Surrey, and describes what it felt like to stand in the Supreme Court, not knowing if years of effort were about to unravel.


    Enjoyed this short episode? Listen to the full interview with Sarah Finch, exclusively on Climate Curious: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/how-a-local-petition-became-a-national-climate-victory-with-sarah-finch-of-the-finch-ruling/


    Check out the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners: https://www.goldmanprize.org/current-winners/


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  • How a local petition became a national climate victory, with Sarah Finch of the “Finch ruling”

    How a local petition became a national climate victory, with Sarah Finch of the “Finch ruling”

    · Climate Curious

    What does it really take to challenge the UK government on climate – and win? Enter climate winner – Sarah Finch of the legendary UK “Finch ruling”. From Surrey oil well to the Supreme Court, Sarah Finch and the Weald Action Group took the government to task – forcing it to rewrite how it assesses the environmental impact of new oil and gas projects, forever! And now she’s sharing the story. Sarah Finch of the “Finch ruling” herself joins Climate Curious’s Ben Hurst to share how a grassroots campaign grew into one of the most consequential climate legal victories in recent UK history. Tune in to explore what this landmark win looks and feels like from the inside, why Sarah believes that ordinary people can drive extraordinary change, and celebrating the recent news of her 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize win in Europe, alongside five other women.


    Check out the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners: https://www.goldmanprize.org/current-winners/


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    Created by TEDxLondon

    Executive produced by Josie Colter

    Produced by Ben Beheshty

    Curated by Deesha Chandra

    Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

    Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston

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  • How a streamer built an online wildlife sanctuary, with Maya Higa

    How a streamer built an online wildlife sanctuary, with Maya Higa

    · Climate Curious

    This conservation will be televised! “Live streaming meant the animals could reach way more people without having to meet any of them,” says YouTube and Twitch conservationist streamer Maya Higa. Since her rise to over a million livestream followers, Maya has used her platform to fund the creation of the Alveus Sanctuary. A purpose built virtual conservation centre raising funds to fuel even more conservation, all through 24/7 live cameras of the animals like ‘Stompy’, ‘Winnie The Moo’, and ‘Push Pop’. Tune in to Climate Curious to hear how it all started with an injured bird called ‘Bean’, why she shaved her head, and “hiding the broccoli” of conservation work inside of a lifestyle aesthetic. Recorded live at TED 2026 with executive producer Josie Colter.


    Alveus Sanctuary's Twitch live stream: https://www.twitch.tv/alveussanctuary

    Alveus Sanctuary’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AlveusSanctuary 

    Maya Higa’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mayahiga 

    Check out Alveus Sanctuary’s animals: https://www.alveussanctuary.org/ambassadors 


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    Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/

    All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod 


    Created by TEDxLondon

    Executive produced by Josie Colter

    Produced by Ben Beheshty

    Curated by Deesha Chandra

    Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

    Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Why nature isn’t “other” it’s “mother”, with Paul Hawken

    Why nature isn’t “other” it’s “mother”, with Paul Hawken

    · Climate Curious

    We’ve all heard the language: “fight,” “tackle,” “combat” the climate crisis, right? But what if the “warrior mindset” wasn’t just a battle cry, but actually part of the problem? According to OG environmentalist Paul Hawken, it is, because it “others” nature. Paul joins Climate Curious to share why it’s time to stop trying to “fix” the Earth, and remember instead that we are a part of it.


    Enjoyed this conversation? Listen to the full episode: https://tedxlondon.com/podcasts/why-the-full-truth-of-the-climate-crisis-starts-with-grief-with-paul-hawken/


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    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10996041/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxLondon

    Website: https://tedxlondon.com/podcast/

    All other links: https://linktr.ee/climatecuriouspod 


    Created by TEDxLondon

    Executive produced by Josie Colter

    Produced by Ben Beheshty

    Curated by Deesha Chandra

    Hosted by Maryam Pasha and Ben Hurst

    Communications by Tara Cooper and Issey Gladston

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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