Episodes

  • 14. Kim Stanley Robinson, Kate Raworth, and Delton Chen Discuss Carbon Currency

    14. Kim Stanley Robinson, Kate Raworth, and Delton Chen Discuss Carbon Currency
    Aug 17 2022
    Will fighting climate change require restructuring the global economy? Is a “carbon currency” the most intuitive or efficient solution to the climate crisis? In the Season 2 finale, Casey chats with Kim Stanley Robinson (Author, The Ministry for the Future), Kate Raworth (Economist and Author, Doughnut Economics), and Delton Chen (Founder, Global Carbon Reward initiative) …

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 13: Could a New Global Currency Help Avert the Climate Crisis?

    13: Could a New Global Currency Help Avert the Climate Crisis?
    Jul 18 2022
    Could an economy that directly rewards carbon emissions reduction and sequestration be the solution to the climate crisis? In today’s episode, we explore proposals for a global carbon currency: one unit of currency for one ton of CO2 reduced or removed. We’ll hear from Suzi Kerr (Chief Economist, EDF), Bill English (Professor in the Practice …

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    59 mins
  • 12. Carbon Offsets: One Quandary After Another

    12. Carbon Offsets: One Quandary After Another
    Jun 13 2022
    Are carbon offsets a viable option for decarbonizing the global economy? What problems do they solve? What problems do they create? We hear from Suzi Kerr (Chief Economist, EDF), Brad Gentry (Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy, Yale University), Zack Parisa (CEO, Natural Capital Exchange), Anastasia O’Rourke (Managing …

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • 11. What Have We Learned From Internal Carbon Pricing?

    11. What Have We Learned From Internal Carbon Pricing?
    May 23 2022
    Yale, Microsoft, H&M, Mahindra, Smith College, and University College London share lessons from their experience putting prices on their own carbon emissions. Casey Pickett, host of Pricing Nature and Director of the Yale Carbon Charge, shares experiences from the last six years and makes a big announcement about the future of carbon pricing at Yale. …

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    46 mins
  • 10. Tax Ourselves? Why Companies and Institutions Are Pricing Their Own Emissions

    10. Tax Ourselves? Why Companies and Institutions Are Pricing Their Own Emissions
    May 12 2022
    What is “internal” carbon pricing? And why are more and more private companies and institutions using the tool to reduce their emissions? We hear from Elizabeth Willmott (Microsoft, Carbon Program Director), Anirban Ghosh (Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group), Kim Hellstrom (Strategy Lead, Sustainability, H&M Group), Alex Barron (Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, Smith College …

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    44 mins
  • Bonus Episode: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Carbon Price

    Bonus Episode: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Carbon Price
    Apr 28 2022
    A carbon price at the Panama Canal?! In this mini episode, Casey and Jacob hear from Maxim Rebolledo (Decarbonization, Canal de Panamá), and discuss the implications of private actors pricing greenhouse gas emissions. Read more at pricingnature.substack.com.
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    10 mins
  • Bonus Episode: Hank Green on How to Talk About Climate Change

    Bonus Episode: Hank Green on How to Talk About Climate Change
    Apr 11 2022
    What’s the best way to approach climate denialism? How should we feel if oil companies get rich solving the climate crisis? Do individuals have any power to address climate change? Casey discusses these questions and more with YouTube royalty Hank Green, a science communicator, author, and entrepreneur. Read more at pricingnature.substack.com.
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    40 mins
  • 9. Without National Climate Action, How Can US States Put a Price on Carbon?

    9. Without National Climate Action, How Can US States Put a Price on Carbon?
    Mar 24 2022
    In the absence of climate policy at the federal level, what are US states doing to price their carbon emissions? And what does it take to get these subnational policies off the ground? The Pricing Nature team speaks to Paula Sardinas (Washington Build Back Black Alliance), Katie Dykes (Commissioner, CT Department of Energy & Environmental …

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    1 hr