Climate One- Weekly Feed

Series produced by Climate One

Series image

Addressing the climate crisis begins by talking about it.

Climate One is a one-hour weekly public radio program (newscast compatible) about energy, economy and the environment from the Commonwealth Club of California. Host Greg Dalton presents empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the climate crisis -- the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

Free to all stations. Contact Steve Martin steve@sfmconsulting.com or 703.715.0827 with carriage questions.

We’re living through a climate emergency; finding solutions starts by talking about it. Climate One is a weekly public radio program focused on elevating critical conversations around climate change. Since climate touches all aspects of our lives, we bring together diverse perspectives in empowering conversations: one week we might talk with Jane Goodall or Bill McKibben or an oil industry exec – sometimes on the same panel – and the next week we might hear first-hand stories from people who narrowly escaped a fire or a flood, and the next we might focus on democracy and climate justice. In all of this, we aim to connect the personal to the systemic, and empower conversations to continue beyond our show.


Additional Files

271 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Piece image
Our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels has led to climate disruption and inequality. Underserved communities are the ones most harmed by pollution...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Piece image
When it comes to cutting carbon pollution, where do we start? Today’s solutions are doable, but daunting: decrease global meat consumption, improve...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Piece image
We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patient...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
Piece image
Everyday choices – like deciding which shirt to buy and what to binge-watch tonight – may impact the planet more than you think. Tatiana's Schlossb...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
Climate One honors Dr. Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
Piece image
2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world. Wildfires,floods, wind and extreme weather continued to batter the nation from Califo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
Piece image
The 2018 Camp Fire was one of the most destructive in California’s history, resulting in over eighty deaths and destroying the town of Paradise. Dr...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
Piece image
A look back at conversations with two writers confronting the climate challenge in 2019. In "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming," David-Wa...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
2019 has been a year of climate rising. Youth activists skipped school and took to the streets, the Green New Deal thrust climate equity into the s...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
Piece image
Murder, love, and the human experience are the stuff of great stories, as podcasts like Serial and Radiolab have shown us. But climate change? Not ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
Climate change has become a major risk factor for corporations. With groups like the Carbon Disclosure Project grading companies on their carbon fo...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
Piece image
Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, wher...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
California has long led the country in environmental action. It established strong automobile emission standards; it preserved fragile lands from d...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
America’s most popular alcoholic beverages are about to take a hit from climate. Mild, sunny growing conditions have made California king of a $62 ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Piece image
The jury is out on whether our legal system is equipped to deal with climate change. While some parts of the country are inundated by floods, other...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
Piece image
From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Piece image
Is clinging to habits and cravings destroying our future? An outspoken critic of factory farming and animal-centric diets, Jonathan Safran Foer wri...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Piece image
Nearly half of all Americans are dealing with a new mental stressor: climate anxiety. Whether we get it from the news, the trauma of a natural disa...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Climate change is upending Miami’s real estate markets, turning one of its poorest neighborhoods into some of the most desirable real estate around...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57