• 50 Shades of Green Trailer
    Jan 28 2025

    From the creators of Climate Week NYC, the largest climate event of its kind in the world, Climate Group brings you the Fifty Shades of Green podcast.


    Each episode introduces you to leading experts, influencers and campaigners who are changing the way we fight climate change.


    We take you behind the scenes with some of the most critical, and often unexpected, stories and people from the US and around the world.

    Fifty Shades of Green is a podcast that brings the changemakers to you, hosted by our team of guest correspondents and experts.

    Join us at Fifty Shades of Green, a Climate Group podcast. Available on all major platforms.

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    1 min
  • Climate Journalism - Sammy Roth, Stephanie Abrams, Kira Akerman
    Jan 27 2025

    In this episode, we’re exploring the world of climate journalism – specifically how climate change is covered across a variety of media from short form rapid response news to long form narrative documentaries – and how it's evolved over the years.

    First, Executive Director of Climate Group North America Angela Barranco joins with Sammy Roth, Climate Columnist at the L.A. Times and host of the new podcast Boiling Point, on how major print publications are covering climate and communicating climate risk, how this has changed, and what we can do to combat misinformation.

    Then, Climate Group’s Adam Lake speaks with Stephanie Abrams, Meteorologist at The Weather Channel, to explore how broadcast coverage of climate change has evolved and how audiences are responding to more frequent instances of extreme weather.

    Finally, Climate Group’s Liisa Kaufman joins with Kira Akerman, Director of the climate change documentary Hollow Tree, to walk us through her filmmaking process and how longform media and storytelling can shape the narrative around climate action.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Climate Finance - NY Green Bank; COP29 Recap
    Dec 16 2024

    In this episode, we're diving deep into climate finance - how governments are paying for and facilitating climate action.

    In our first segment, Climate Group's Gillian Ertel speaks with Kaitlin Butler, Vice President of NY Green Bank, on how green bank investments accelerate clean energy and renewable infrastructure deployment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    In our next segment, Gillian continues the conversation with Champa Patel and Toby Walker from Climate Group's Governments & Policy team on all things COP29, specifically the impact of the UN's annual climate conference and what to expect ahead of COP30 in Brazil.

    Then, Gillian closes out the episode with Nehmat Kaur, Climate Group's Director of the Under2 Coalition and Subnational Governments on the impact cities, states and regions can have in the fight against climate change.

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    37 mins
  • What's behind your plate of sustainable beef? AGRAP; UK PACT Peru
    Oct 30 2024

    Juliana Villabona de Climate Group habla con Fabiola Muñoz, ex Ministra de Ambiente de Perú, y Verónica Cardozo, miembro de la Alianza por una Ganadería regenerativa en la Amazonía Peruana - AGRAP, sobre cómo los agricultores de América Latina están trabajando para hacer que la ganadería sea más sostenible en asociación con WWF.

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    Climate Group's Juliana Villabona speaks with Fabiola Munoz, Former Minister of the Environment of Peru, and Veronica Cardozo, member of Alianza por una Ganadería regenerativa en la Amazonía Peruana - AGRAP, about how farmers in Latin America are working to make cattle ranching more sustainable in partnership with WWF.

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    40 mins
  • 50 Shades of Green LIVE: The Innovation Episode
    Sep 27 2024

    For the first time, we broadcasted 50 Shades of Green from The Hub Live at Climate Week NYC in front of a live audience. 50 Shades of Green LIVE: The Innovation Episode brought together some of the most exciting leaders in the innovation space, showcasing the latest technologies, inventions, initiatives and ideas on earth – and far beyond. Whether they're creating solar panels from moon rock or turning sea water into rocket fuel, this session heard from those at the forefront of the next generation of climate action.

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    56 mins
  • Episode 14 - Strengthening global climate resilience - Mercy Corps; VELUX
    Sep 5 2024

    In this episode of 50 Shades of Green, we're talking resilience. We sat down with Mercy Corps' Chief Climate Officer, David Nicholson, and Julie Kjestrup, Head of Policy and Thought Leadership at VELUX, to chat about different avenues of climate resilience.

    From adaptation projects in the humanitarian development sector to creating a Renovation Revolution in buildings across Europe, we explore the strategies and capacity needed to prepare communities for current and future impacts of the climate crisis.

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    51 mins
  • Episode 13 - US Climate Action Summit - Latino Community Engagement, Climate & Health; Antonieta Cadiz Vargas, Seema Wadhwa
    May 22 2024

    In this episode, we’re looking back at the US Climate Action Summit –what happened and how we’re carrying progress forward from the week.

    First, Climate Group’s Executive Director for North America Angela Barranco will join with Antonieta Cadiz Vargas, Deputy Executive Director of Climate Power En Accion, for the inside scoop on the US Climate Action Summit’s flagship event – the Leaders’ Forum and how partnerships and engagement are forging a better future for Latino communities.

    Then, Adam Lake speaks to Seema Wadwha, Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship at Kaiser Permanente, on the US Climate Action Summit’s first ever Climate and Health Day and how healthcare companies are adapting to new paradigms in the connection between climate change and healthcare.

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    48 mins
  • Episode 12 - Climate Jobs; Maggie Thomas, Helen Clarkson, Pete Rose
    Feb 22 2024

    We’re looking at climate jobs - specifically how the concept of a green job has evolved across various industries and how governments and the private sector have adapted to changing labor circumstances in the energy transition.

    First, Climate Group’s Executive Director for North America Angela Barranco joins with Maggie Thomas, Special Assistant to the President for Climate at the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy for the inside scoop on what to expect from some new federal labor initiatives like the American Climate Corps.

    Then, guest correspondent Liisa Kaufman, our Senior Manager of North America Industry, speaks to Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson and Pete Rose, Senior Director of Stakeholder Relations at Hydro Quebec, to discuss how new climate jobs are shaping the transition to net zero.

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    48 mins