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369: London Cooking: A Climate Action Week, a Resigning PM, and the Future of Climate Diplomacy
London Climate Action Week doesn't usually have to compete with extreme weather. But this year, the case for climate action was abundantly clear: a red heat warning, schools shut, trains cancelled, and temperatures breaking the UK's all-time June record. A prime minister's resignation on the opening day only added to the sense that events we’d once considered rare now seem to be happening all the time.
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Season 12 Culture + Climate
368: From SpaceX to City Streets: Who Pays for the AI Data Centre Boom?
18 June 2026
SpaceX's $1.75 trillion IPO has just created the world's first trillionaire. But for families in Morgan County, Georgia and Boxtown in South Memphis, the AI investment rush seems to look rather different: brown water, diesel fumes, and higher bills.
Season 12 Culture + Climate
367: Extreme Heat Breaks: The hidden climate story behind the World Cup
11 June 2026
For the first time, all 104 matches at the Men's Football World Cup will be stopped for a mandatory three-minute hydration break, halfway through each half. For the first time, a global audience of billions will watch climate adaptation happening in real-time. This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson look at what a football tournament, a transit scandal, and an oil war have in common.
Season 12 Culture + Climate
366: The Agency Crisis: Heatwaves, Tony Blair and the Politics of Powerlessness
04 June 2026
The UK, Ireland, France, Spain, and Portugal shattered their May heat records last week. Scenes reminiscent of high summer arrived months early, across Western Europe. And like all extreme weather events, there was a human toll. Infrastructure under strain, health services stretched, and lives lost.
Past Episodes
Season 12
365: Can $30k Change the World? The Power of Climate Giving
Season 12
364: Can the rules keep up?: Lawsuits, LLMs and the looming oil recession
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363: The Jet Fuel Crisis: What’s next for aviation?
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362: David Attenborough at 100
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361: “This is civilisation changing stuff”: Is AMOC the hardest climate story to tell?
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360: Beyond the Oil Crisis: What’s actually blocking the transition?
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359: It’s In Our Blood: Communities vs Forever Chemicals
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358: The Health Emergency Hiding in Rising Seas
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357: Forecasting Disaster: A ‘super’ El Niño? And the case for early action
