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Outrage + Optimism

Persephonica and Global Optimism

Outrage + Optimism is for anyone who is not ready to give up on making the world a better place. For unrivalled conversations with decision makers, visionary thinkers and a community of like-minded climate optimists, join former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac and…

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Outrage + Optimism

The Weaponisation of Disaster: Inside the New Security Thinking

Inside the New Security Thinking: The Weaponisation of Disaster?

Blocker or Blueprint? India on the World Stage

What’s India Building?: Tales from the Biggest Transition on Earth

India: Life Inside Delhi's 'Airpocalypse'

The Clock is Ticking: Forty Seconds to Explain the Climate Crisis

Beyond Politics: Should we take the heat out of the climate crisis?

Cheapest Energy in History. Still Heading for 3 Degrees?

Europe’s Summer of Fire: The New Normal?

China, COP31 and Chagos: What’s happening behind the headlines?

Rosebank, Cambo, and the Conversation Christiana Never Got to Have

Whose Side Is the Law On? How the Courts Became a Climate Battleground

Is It Over? A Direct Answer to Climate Despair

London Cooking: A Climate Action Week, a Resigning PM, and the Future of Climate Diplomacy

From SpaceX to City Streets: Who Pays for the AI Data Centre Boom?

Extreme Heat Breaks: The hidden climate story behind the World Cup

The Agency Crisis: Heatwaves, Tony Blair and the Politics of Powerlessness

Can $30k Change the World? The Power of Climate Giving

Can the rules keep up?: Lawsuits, LLMs and the looming oil recession

The Jet Fuel Crisis: What’s next for aviation?

David Attenborough at 100

“This is civilisation changing stuff”: Is AMOC the hardest climate story to tell?

Beyond the Oil Crisis: What’s actually blocking the transition?

It’s In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals

The Health Emergency Hiding in Rising Seas

Forecasting Disaster: A ‘super’ El Niño? And the case for early action

Flooded: Is extreme weather shifting the climate front lines?

The Iran Crisis and the Price of Oil Dependence

Water, Wildlife, and Climate’s Hidden Trade-Offs

Who Pays? The Unfair Economics of Climate Finance

Catastrophe Apathy: Why understanding the climate crisis isn’t enough

Trump Moves to Dismantle US Climate Law - Now Comes the Legal Test

Who Wields Power Now?: Money, Movements and the Future of Climate

Power, Money and Influence: The Hidden Forces Shaping Climate Action

The China Pivot: What will Beijing’s climate leadership look like?

Beyond COP: Can Brazil Chart a Path Off Fossil Fuels?

What does Trump’s UNFCCC exit mean for climate diplomacy?

Venezuela, Fossil Fuels, and the Year Ahead

Beginning the Year With Ancestral Wisdom

Why Beauty Matters in the Climate Crisis

Follow The Money: Who’s driving climate disinformation?

Paris, 10 Years On - Has it Changed the World?

Jacinda Ardern and… Is It Time to Talk About Geoengineering?

Kim Stanley Robinson on Pre Traumatic Imagination and the stories that change us

Inside COP: The Final Hours of COP30 - and the road ahead

Inside COP: Friday Night in Belém - uncertainty in the Blue Zone

Inside COP: Friday Morning in Belém - what’s changed and why it matters

Inside COP: Fire at COP30 - and the work still to be done

Inside COP: Storms in Belém - Lula’s arrival, the carbon tariff debate, and the COP31 decision

Inside COP: China, India… and the Text on the Table

Inside COP: Coal’s Out, Pressure’s On - a pivotal moment for COP30

Inside COP: The fight for the Amazon

Inside COP: Al Gore on Fossil Fuel Lobbying and (In)convenient Truths

Inside COP: The UN’s Top Climate Official on Week One of COP30

Inside COP: Protests at COP30 - and the reality of Indigenous representation

Inside COP: Is The US Still In? And Gavin Newsom on ‘invasive species’ Trump

Inside COP: Brazil's Climate Leadership - the COP30 host takes centre stage

Inside COP: The COP30 President Speaks, the Summit Begins

Inside COP: Ed Miliband on Multilateralism, Leadership and the UK’s Climate Dilemma

Inside COP: World Leaders Gather in Belém - with Jacinda Ardern and Selwin Hart

Inside COP: The Power of Cities - from the Local Leaders Forum

Inside the Earthshot Prize 2025: Royal Vision, Real Change

Inside COP: Looking for a Plan in Finance - the trillion dollar transition

Inside COP: Teaming Up for the Planet - The Global Mutirão

Inside COP: The New World Order - power, politics and the green pie

Inside COP: A New Economy Rising - from promises to progress

Remembering Jane Goodall

Inside COP: How to Build a COP

Inside COP: The countdown to COP30 at New York Climate Week

From Courtrooms to Statehouses: The US Climate Pushback

Beyond the Bad News: Evidence for Climate Optimism

Rising Tides: How indigenous communities are facing the climate crisis

Listening to the Living World: Can AI help us hear the planet?

Introducing: Inside COP - the Official COP30 Podcast from Outrage + Optimism

You Are What You Eat: Soil, Seeds and Social Justice

Too Hot to Handle?: Facing a Future Beyond 1.5°C

Mistakes, Mistruths and Misinformation: Climate's biggest myths debunked

Trump’s War on Climate - and Maggie Baird on food justice and plant-based touring with Billie Eilish

*Breaking Planetary News*: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained

Breaking Planetary News: The ICJ Climate Opinion Explained