Happy Earth Day: Why a Low Carbon Life is Within Reach
The Energy Gang
Wood Mackenzie
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2022
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On April 22nd, 2022 the world will be celebrating the 52nd annual “Earth Day”. Does Earth Day serve any useful purpose? How can we utilize the celebration of Earth Day for good? How is Earth day viewed by the world today, and how does this celebration push us closer to a low carbon life? In today's special episode of the Energy Gang, the conversation focuses on solutions and recent positive findings from the IPCC report.
Making up the “Gang” this week is returning guest Emily Chasan, who is the Director of Communications at Generate Capital, the green investment firm. Also, another returning guest, Dr. Destenie Nock, an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. As always, our host Ed Crooks, Vice-Chair of the Americas at Wood Mackenzie leads the conversation.
Keeping the positive theme in observance of Earth Day, the gang discusses the recent IPCC report and some positive findings that were reported. Earlier this month, the 6th cycle working report gives a clear view to the current state of our knowledge of climate science. The good news, though, is that even the more demanding goal of the Paris agreement – limiting global warming to just 1.5 degrees – is not out of sight.
The last talking point in the episode is the topic of Energy Poverty, and what it currently looks like in today's climate. The gang discusses how energy poverty is a massive problem today and explores the dangers of how addressing climate change, could make things worse. Destenie leads the conversation on this topic and shares some of her key findings from her research and describes to the gang what an Energy Equity Gap is. This week's episode is focused on solutions and has an optimistic tone.
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| 0:22.8 | product lines and schedule a call to learn how they can help you power your energy storage projects. |
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| 0:33.9 | Hello and welcome to the energy gang, a discussion show about the fast-changing |
| 0:37.6 | world of energy. I'm Ed Crookes. |
| 0:41.5 | Now this show is going out on Earth Day Friday, April 22nd. |
| 0:45.3 | The goal of the Earth Day movement it says is to drive positive action for our planet. |
| 0:49.8 | So in that spirit of positive action, we're going to be focusing today on solutions to |
| 0:53.6 | the climate and energy crises we face. Joining me on the show today we have Emily Chaseman |
| 0:57.7 | back again. Emily is the director of communications at Generate Capital, the Green Investment Fund. |
| 1:02.0 | Hello Emily, how are you? Good to have you back. |
| 1:04.2 | Hey, I'd great to be back with you. |
| 1:05.8 | So what have you been up to? Have you been since you were last on? |
| 1:08.8 | Yeah, just working on lots of different stuff and sustainable infrastructure as always at Generate. |
| 1:12.9 | It's been a busy few months. The deployed deployed deploy phase of the energy transition is here |
| 1:17.5 | we like to say. So yeah, just been busy in cross solar waste, renewable energy. How about you? |
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