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Climate One

2016: From Paris to Trump

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Climate One

Social Sciences, News, News Commentary, Earth Sciences, Science

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

2016 began in the after-glow of the Paris climate summit and ended with the election of Donald Trump. A look back at the year’s energy triumphs and setbacks. 2. Speaker List David R. Baker, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Katie Fehrenbacher, Former Senior Writer, Fortune Cassandra Sweet, Reporter, Wall Street Journal This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on December 7, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How will we power our future?

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Can we create a healthy and clean economy? Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy,

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economy, and the environment.

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Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,

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Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

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With thoughtful and insightful discussions

0:55.3

on policy, business, science, and culture, Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart

1:00.8

of the matter. It's our future. It's time to come together. From the Commonwealth Club of

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California, I'm Greg Dalton, and this is Climate One, changing the conversation

1:10.9

about America's energy, economy, and environment. As 2016 comes to a close, we look back at the

1:16.9

year's most important energy and climate headlines, from the triumph of the Paris Climate Accord

1:22.3

to the surprise election of coal-loving Donald Trump. It was a roller coaster year. It also was hot, and scientists

1:29.7

say 2016 will bring the highest average global temperatures ever recorded as long as humans

1:36.3

have been walking on the earth. Why does a little bit of warming matter? Well, it amplifies droughts by

1:41.6

accelerating evaporation, and hurts skiers by melting their snow and harshing their buzz,

1:47.0

and even makes it hard on the grapes grown to make the wines that many Americans love.

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