46 episodes

Welcome to The Elephant! An interview and storytelling podcast investigating up-and-coming solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. Supported by Climate-KIC

The Elephant Kevin Caners

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Welcome to The Elephant! An interview and storytelling podcast investigating up-and-coming solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. Supported by Climate-KIC

    The $100 Million Prize for Carbon Dioxide Removal

    The $100 Million Prize for Carbon Dioxide Removal

    Elon Musk this year partnered with The X-Prize to create a $100 million prize for the best solutions for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean. This $100 million represents the biggest incentive prize in history, and likely the biggest single investment made into negative emissions to date. We talk wih the X-Prize's Executive Director Marcius Extavour and Erica Dodds, the CEO of the Foundation for Climate Restoration about the prize and the lay of the land when it comes to developing and executing these processes that would pull CO2 back out of the atmosphere.

    • 58 min
    Peter Eisenberger on The Promise of Direct Air Capture

    Peter Eisenberger on The Promise of Direct Air Capture

    In this episode we speak to Peter Eisenberger the co-founder of Global Thermostat - one of the leading direct air capture companies in the world.

    In the interview we talk about how we could create what Peter calls the renewable energy and materials related economy, how the current Coronavirus pandemic influenced his thinking on climate change, and why he is convinced that all organizations within the direct air capture sector need to cooperate to help accelerate the technology as quickly as possible.

    Global Thermostat Website: https://globalthermostat.com/

    You can find our original series on direct air capture here: https://bit.ly/directairpod

    • 51 min
    'Scales of Change' - Technosalvation

    'Scales of Change' - Technosalvation

    Today we're featuring an episode from one of our favourite podcasts Future Ecologies, and their new mini-series "Scales of Change."

    In the series, hosts Mendel and Adam take a deep dive into the various "Dragons of Climate Inaction," the psychological barriers which prevent us from collectively responding to climate change with the appropriate urgency.

    Listen to this episode on "Technosalvation" and subscribe to their series by searching for Future Ecologies, wherever you listen to podcasts.

    Website: https://www.futureecologies.net/dragons

    • 35 min
    Inside the Plastisphere

    Inside the Plastisphere

    It’s the recommendation show! With all the new time many of us have on our hands, we wanted to tip our hat to some of our favourite things we think you should know about. In this episode we speak with Anja Krieger, the journalist behind one of our favourite environmental podcasts called The Plastisphere. In it she investigates the complex nature and hard to solve challenges caused by that most wondrous and durable of materials: plastic. And later on, we feature an episode of the Plastisphere called: “Confused About Bioplastics?”

    The Plastisphere’s Website: www.plastisphere.earth
    The Plastisphere on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LpqhWz
    The Plastisphere on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/plastisphere-podcast

    Foreign Policy’s Heat of the Moment Podcast: https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/heat-of-the-moment-climate-change/

    Music in this episode by Podington Bear and Blue Note Sessions

    • 59 min
    The "100% Solution" to Climate Change

    The "100% Solution" to Climate Change

    Solomon Goldstein-Rose is a climate activist and former Massachusetts state representative. In his new book, "The 100% Solution" he breaks down what it will take in his view for society to come up with a complete systemic solution to climate change, and achieve net negative emissions by 2050.

    • 52 min
    Updates: Exciting News in Direct Air Capture

    Updates: Exciting News in Direct Air Capture

    Since we first started looking at the science of CO2 removal with our podcast series on direct air capture, a huge amount has happened. So In this episode, we take you inside all the exciting news and developments that have been announced recently, which are pushing the goal of taking large amounts of CO2 back out of the atmosphere closer to reality.

    • 43 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Sam&Pepper ,

Favourite Climate Podcast

I really enjoy this show, informative but easy to follow. The host seems dedicated and well informed. Hope for more episodes!

Pondernook ,

Excellent

Very well done in every way.

L Fullerton ,

Highly recommended!

Refreshing, intelligent, thought-provoking - The Elephant is an excellent podcast for those well-acquainted with implications of climate change or new to the conversation. Host Kevin Caners engages with a diverse range of subject matter to explore the key issues, questions, and events at the forefront of the climate change struggle. Interviews provide an honest and intimate account of the motivations and challenges facing leading scientists, economists, activists, and political theorists of our time. The Elephant will leave you feeling informed, optimistic, and part of a very important conversation - highly recommended!

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