How To Dance With China
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In the last two decades, China has made big commitments to renewable energy — and it’s delivered. Last year, China installed more solar panels than the U.S. has in its history.
Solar panel exports increased 38%, and lower prices have all but killed solar manufacturing in the U.S. and EU. Chinese company BYD recently surpassed Tesla as the world's largest EV maker — with cars at just a fraction of the cost. This has leaders in the West fretting about competition, but isn’t this good news for the planet? How do we balance competition with global climate progress?
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December 9, 2024 | 6:00 p.m.
Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to political scientist Leah Stokes.
Stokes is an expert in climate and energy policy. As both an academic and a mobilizer, she focuses on implementing policies that drive widespread decarbonization. Her rare ability to communicate complex information to both academic audiences and the general public has established her as one of the most influential voices in climate action and clean energy policy. Recognized on the 2022 TIME100 Next and Business Insider's Climate Action 30 lists, she also co-hosts the podcast “A Matter of Degrees.”
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What We’re Reading This Week: Climate Change Causes Floods in the Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert received more than a year’s worth of precipitation in just two days last week, leading to extensive floods and reshaping the desert landscape. Rainfall of this intensity has not been seen for at least 50 years, but the World Meteorological Organization warned that climate change has destabilized the water cycle and made weather forecasting much more difficult than in decades past.
One study found that carbon emissions have risen to such a point that the atmosphere is shifting, altering global wind and temperature patterns and leading to weather anomalies like floods in the Sahara. And while climate-fueled disasters affect us all, it is often those least responsible for rising temperatures — in this case, Moroccan villagers — who suffer the most.
Another consequence of the intensifying climate crisis is that we are increasingly dependent on extreme weather events to normalize living conditions. The depletion of the Sahara aquifer is a strong example. After years of drought and fears that the groundwaters were nearing extinction, the recent deluge led to record refilling of Moroccan and Algerian reservoirs. Early images from NASA show Lake Iriqui, which has been dry since the last Sahara rainstorm 50 years ago, brimming with rainwater runoff.
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Connecting the Dots
Tech monoliths Amazon and Google each announced nuclear energy projects this week. Driven largely by the energy needs of generative artificial intelligence tools, tech companies are investing heavily in small modular reactors as the potential solution to the resource crunch posed by the proliferation of AI and data centers.
Small modular reactors, or SMRs, are the latest forefront of nuclear energy. The design is so new that some in the industry are unsure if SMRs will ever be viable. To better understand the potential of miniature nuclear reactors, Climate One spoke with three leading nuclear scientists. Our conversation is available wherever you find your podcasts.
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Earth records lowest sea ice coverage to date
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