This Year in Climate: 2021

Climate One

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4.7 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing awareness translated into action? This week, Climate One hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious review the top climate stories of the year – from Joe Biden’s climate agenda to the extreme weather events so many experienced, to the recent international climate summit in Glasgow, to the passage and signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. This special episode features excerpts from some of Climate One’s most profound interviews of 2021, including conversations with such luminaries as Jay Inslee, Mark Carney, and Katharine Hayhoe. For transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts Guests: Kathy Baughman-McLeod, Senior Vice President and Director, Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Jay Inslee, Governor, State of Washington Carla Frisch, Principal Deputy Director, Office of Policy, U.S. Department of Energy Sasha Mackler, Executive Director, The Energy Project, Bipartisan Policy Center Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America Rich Thau, Moderator, The Swing Voter Project Jiang Lin, Adjunct Professor, University of California Berkeley Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Amanda Machado, Writer and Social Justice Facilitator Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist Sister True Dedication, Thich Nhat Hanh student Support our work: climateone.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.8	to learn more. This is Climate 1. I'm Greg Dalton. From extreme weather events to the climate summit in
0:35.9	Glasgow to the passage of the bipartisan
0:38.3	infrastructure deal, 2021 has been a banner year.
0:42.3	The most fundamental change that has occurred is that people are now realizing the threat
0:48.3	to their personal hopes and dreams.
0:50.3	New reports showed the world on a path to blow past the target limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming.
0:57.4	For those who have ice to see, for those who have ears to listen, and for those who have a heart to feel, 1.5 is what we need to survive.
1:09.3	But 2021 also showed a few glimmers of hope.
1:12.6	We finally got this bill across the finish line,
1:14.6	and it really does represent a step change in our public commitment
1:19.6	to many parts of the economy, but especially climate change.
1:24.6	As 2021 comes to a close, Climate One producer, Ariane Aboshas and I are taking a look back at the year from a climate perspective. Hey, Ariana. Hey, Greg. Before we start, I just want to thank you for all the great work you've done this year. You've done some interviews. People have heard you on the radio show and the pod. It's great to have you on the team. I'm really looking forward to having this conversation with you.
1:44.5	Well, thanks. You know, it's actually a really nice chance for me as somebody who's editing the show and the interviews to take a step back and reflect on what we've talked about and people we've talked to. And so I'm pretty excited about it too. Well, it's great to have you. And 2021 has been a crazy year. Yeah, I'm afraid we've gotten to the point where every year is kind of a
2:02.1	crazy year now. But it did feel like this year was a turning point when climate disruption
2:06.4	really hit home for a lot of people. Virtually every part of the country felt the effects.
2:11.3	Some people got unprecedented heat waves. There were fires and floods. Right. In a recent poll
2:16.3	from the Yale program on climate change, communication says that for the first time,
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