How Some Countries Are Solving Climate Change

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🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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When it comes to cutting emissions, there are many paths to success. Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario have all taken steps to replace fossil fuels with nuclear, hydro and renewable energy, while China is expanding electric car and battery production. But the absence of U.S. climate leadership is causing heads of state to ease off their goals, and violent protests in France against higher diesel taxes are casting a shadow over efforts to combat climate change. Join us for a discussion about who’s moving ahead and who’s moving backward in the transition to a clean energy economy. Guests: Sonia Aggarwal, Vice President, Energy Innovation Joshua Goldstein, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, American University Staffan Qvist, Consultant, Qvist Consulting Limited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.6	Visit Petjavity.co.uk for full details. Which countries are moving ahead and which are moving backward in the transition to a clean economy?
0:43.3	Climate One Conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,
0:48.3	are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton.
0:55.5	I'm Devin Strolovich.
1:00.6	After several mostly flat years, worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases reached an all-time high in 2018.
1:02.3	But clean energy continued to advance with a record amount of new solar capacity added.
1:06.9	We're seeing some numbers that I think are kind of nuts.
1:10.8	Solar is 90% cheaper than it was 10 years ago.
1:14.2	Wind is 70% cheaper.
1:16.2	Batteries are 80% cheaper than they were.
1:19.2	Sonia Agarwal is vice president of energy at the consulting firm Energy Innovation.
1:23.7	She previously managed global energy research at ClimateWorks Foundation,
1:27.0	a supporter of Climate One.
1:28.3	She's optimistic that clean energy technologies can be deployed at speed and scale.
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