Face the climate crisis head on, but understand that we have the power to solve this. From former UN Chief Christiana Figueres and the team who brought you the Paris Agreement, this podcast about issues and politics will inform you, inspire you and help you realize that this is the most exciting time in history to be alive.

This week, with Tom away, our hosts are joined by Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, Climate Behavioural Scientist & CEO of North America, We Don't Have Time. Together they wrestle on the spectrum of outrage and optimism with the news of Trump's message to oil and gas executives, the part young people play in the climate vote and what impact the survey of IPCC scientists published in the Guardian had on the global community. Please remember to keep sending in your conundrums for our up and coming ‘How to Live a Good Life’ series. Email us at <a href= "mailto:podcast@globaloptimism.com">podcast@globaloptimism.com</a> or send a <a href= "https://www.speakpipe.com/OutrageandOptimism">voice message to Outrage + Optimism</a>.   NOTES AND RESOURCES   GUEST Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, Climate Behavioural Scientist & CEO of North America, We Don't Have Time <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/swetachakraborty/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swetachak/?hl=en">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/swetac?lang=en">Twitter (X)</a>   We Don’t Have Time <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/wedonthavetime.org/">Facebook</a> | <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wedonthavetime/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/WeDontHaveTime">Twitter (X)</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wedonthavetime0/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/wedonthavetime">YouTube</a>   Learn more about the <a href= "https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement">Paris Agreement</a>.   It’s official, we’re a TED Audio Collective Podcast - <a href="http://ted.com/podcasts/outrage-optimism">Proof</a>! Check out more podcasts from <a href= "http://ted.com/podcasts">The TED Audio Collective</a>   Please follow us on social media! <a href= "https://twitter.com/OutrageOptimism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> Twitter</a> | <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/outrageoptimism/?hl=en">Instagram</a> | <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/outrageoptimism/?originalSubdomain=uk"> LinkedIn</a>

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Trump's Oily Offer, Mobilizing Young Climate Voters and The State of Scientists

This week, Christiana, Tom and Paul are back together and, as we continue to experiment with a new format, they each bring the topic they are feeling particularly outraged or optimistic about; listen in for discussions about deceitful campaigns by the oil and gas industry dating back to the 1960’s, small thinking in Europe and fiduciary duty with a capital F. And remember, we need your help. Be part of our new podcast series! We’ll be asking, ‘What does it mean to live a good life in a climate crisis?’ and we'd love to include questions and stories from you. While we are working to change systems, how do we also adapt our everyday lives - eating, traveling, parenting, working - to best fit with the demands of the times? Email us at <a href= "mailto:podcat@globaloptimism.com">podcast@globaloptimism.com</a> or send a <a href= "https://www.speakpipe.com/OutrageandOptimism">voice message to Outrage + Optimism</a>.   NOTES AND RESOURCES   Learn more about the <a href= "https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement">Paris Agreement</a>.   It’s official, we’re a TED Audio Collective Podcast - <a href="http://ted.com/podcasts/outrage-optimism">Proof</a>! Check out more podcasts from <a href= "http://ted.com/podcasts">The TED Audio Collective</a>   Please follow us on social media! <a href= "https://twitter.com/OutrageOptimism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> Twitter</a> | <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/outrageoptimism/?hl=en">Instagram</a> | <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/outrageoptimism/?originalSubdomain=uk"> LinkedIn</a>

Deceit, Small Thinking and Fiduciary Duty

This week, Tom and Christiana are in Seattle recording in the Amazon studio where they are joined by special guest Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon. Together they bring you an eclectic mix of topics of outrage and optimism ranging from the introduction of the Bechdel test for climate change, storytelling with the national geographic and mosses! The nature sounds that close the podcast come from <a href="https://onesquareinch.org/">One Square Inch</a> located in the Hoh Rain Forest at Olympic National Park. Thanks goes to <a href="https://www.quietparks.org/">Quiet Parks International</a> for allowing us to use the audio of this oasis of calm and quiet. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!    NOTES AND RESOURCES   GUEST Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/karahhurst/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href= "https://twitter.com/KaraHurst">Twitter (X)</a>    MUSIC / SOUND Gordon Hempton, Bioacoustician and Co-Founder of <a href="https://www.quietparks.org/">Quiet Parks International</a> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/quietparksinternational">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/quietparksint">Twitter (X)</a> | <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/quietparksinternational">Facebook</a>   Check out the full recording and more at <a href= "https://onesquareinch.org/">One Square Inch</a>.   Learn more about the <a href= "https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement">Paris Agreement</a>.   It’s official, we’re a TED Audio Collective Podcast - <a href="http://ted.com/podcasts/outrage-optimism">Proof</a>! Check out more podcasts from <a href= "http://ted.com/podcasts">The TED Audio Collective</a>   Please follow us on social media! <a href= "https://twitter.com/OutrageOptimism?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> Twitter</a> | <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/outrageoptimism/?hl=en">Instagram</a> | <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/company/outrageoptimism/?originalSubdomain=uk"> LinkedIn</a>

Movies, Mosses, and Stories to Change The World

Can one vegan with no car really help the planet? Today, a special presentation of a podcast we think O+O listeners will love from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast. The climate crisis gets more terrifying every year. The impact is undeniable and can feel totally overwhelming. Hope won’t solve it, but neither will hopelessness. A surefire way to manage anxiety and stress over the existential problem threatening our planet is to participate in solutions. So our team is prepared to answer your questions about how you can meaningfully make a difference. In this episode titled, ‘Does What We Do Really Matter?’, hosts Caleigh Wells and Candice Dickens-Russell tackle a hard question; Why bother taking any individual actions to help the planet if industry and other nations pollute so much that they cancel you out? Caleigh and Candice discuss and invite guest Jiaying Zhao, psychology professor at University of British Columbia, to answer how your daily choices to affect climate change can have an impact but maybe not the way you think.   –   The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-anti-dread-climate-podcast/id1711505730"> Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/2AmnPwLQS6aAdJbqZYI1jt">Spotify</a> | <a href= "https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-anti-dread-climate-podcast"> Website</a>   Caleigh Wells Host, TADCP, and KCRW Climate Reporter <a href= "http://caleighwells.pressfolios.com/">Website</a> | <a href= "https://twitter.com/cgrey307">Twitter (X)</a>   Candice Dickens-Russell Environmental Educator, and CEO of Friends of the Los Angeles River <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/candice-dickens-russell-872a977_friends-of-the-los-angeles-river-building-activity-7063980549706575874-S04f/"> LinkedIn</a>   KCRW <a href="http://instagram.com/kcrw">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kcrwradio">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kcrw">YouTube</a> | <a href= "https://www.kcrw.com/">Website</a>

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