Welcome to Zero. I'm Akshadrati. This week, climate quitting.

Last year, we put out a message seeking stories of people who decided to quit their jobs, to spend their day working to tackle climate change.

We received a lot of responses, and we have listened to all of them here at Zero. So in the New Year's spirit, I wanted to share some of those stories.

You'll hear the producers of Zero, Christine and Oscar, introducing them.

Enjoy.

Hello, Christine. Happy New Year. Hi, Oscar. Happy New Year to you.

So one of the things that we hear a lot about while working on this podcast is just how many new jobs the green economy will create. But even though that transition is already well

underway, I think it's often talked about in the future tense. It's something for later this

decade or maybe even next. So we wanted to hear from some of the people who have already taken

a very deliberate decision to work in the climate space. Yeah, and I find people who have

changed their careers really inspiring.

I really enjoyed hearing these stories to switch fields is very difficult and scary,

especially if you've already sunk years into your industry,

you've got a lot of financial responsibilities,

and there's just always this feeling of, is it too late?

But as you will hear, it is never too late. The green economy is very real,

and people found new jobs. So last year, we put out a request for people to send us their own

climate career stories, and we asked for four things. One, what job did you quit and what is your new

role? Two, what moment made you quit? Three, what were your expectations and what was the

reality? And four, what advice do you have for others? And we heard from listeners from all over

the world and with all sorts of different career paths. I used to work in reality television

in Hollywood. I left my job as a management consultant at BCG.

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