In this limited series from The New York Times, hear urgent and frank conversations about the growing threat of climate change with top world leaders, CEOs and policymakers recorded live at the annual Climate Forward conference in New York City.
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As part of this year’s Climate Forward conference , the team wanted to find a new way for attendees to understand how our planet is changing. Producer Evan Roberts talked to scientists and researchers who are capturing natural soundscapes before they change forever. The Climate Forward team compiled the work of three researchers to create an audio installation, called the Sounds of Climate Change. This soundscape offers a sonic tour of a melting glacier. Ludwig Berger, a sound artist from Alsace...
As part of this year’s Climate Forward conference , the team wanted to find a new way for attendees to understand how our planet is changing. Producer Evan Roberts talked to scientists and researchers who are capturing natural soundscapes before they change forever. The Climate Forward team compiled the work of three researchers to create an audio installation, called the Sounds of Climate Change. This soundscape offers a sonic tour of the underwater Arctic. Bernie Krause, a prominent audio ecol...
As part of this year’s Climate Forward conference, the team wanted to find a new way for attendees to understand how our planet is changing. Producer Evan Roberts talked to scientists and researchers who are capturing natural soundscapes before they change forever. The Climate Forward team compiled the work of three field recordists to create an audio installation, called the Sounds of Climate Change. This soundscape offers a sonic tour of the Amazon rainforest. Izabela Dluzyk, a field recordist...
At the Climate Forward live event. Rainn Wilson, an actor, environmentalist and a star of “The Office,” read from his essay on how to connect environmentalism with spirituality . He said that in order to address climate change, we must transform our relationship with nature. “We need to value nature as profoundly sacred,” he said. “Spiritual, even.” Sign up for the Climate Forward newsletter https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/climate-change Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and expl...
Fusion energy has long been hailed as the ultimate climate solution: clean, limitless and just out of reach. At the Climate Forward live event, Bob Mumgaard , chief executive of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which aims to build the world’s first commercial fusion power plant, discussed how close his company is to bringing fusion energy to reality. Sign up for the Climate Forward newsletter https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/climate-change Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore...
At the Climate Forward event last month, David Wallace-Wells read from “ It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics ,” an essay in The Times Magazine in which he detailed the world’s retreat from global climate politics, despite a green technology boom. Sign up for the Climate Forward newsletter https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/climate-change Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes...
Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago , president of COP30, the United Nations climate talks taking place in Brazil in November, spoke about the challenges of building global consensus on climate policy, particularly with the United States. Mr. Corrêa do Lago said the energy secretary, Chris Wright, would be welcome at the conference despite the Trump administration’s move to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement. “He denies the economics of the fight against climate change,” Mr...
Few countries face the existential threat of climate change as urgently as the Marshall Islands, where rising seas endanger land, livelihoods and culture. In this conversation, President Hilda Heine spoke with Somini Sengupta about the nation’s fight for survival on the front lines of a warming world. What does climate leadership look like when the stakes are nothing less than a country’s future? Follow Climate Forward’s reporting at https://www.nytimes.com/column/climate-fwd Unlock full access ...
For the first time in a generation, demand for electricity in the U.S. is growing, fueled by A.I.’s insatiable thirst for power. And yet, President Trump has taken severe steps to slow the deployment of solar and wind. At the Climate Forward live event, Scott L. Strazik , the C.E.O. of GE Vernova, spoke about what his company is doing to meet the demand, what A.I. means for the American grid and how Trump’s war on wind power has affected his company. Sign up for the Climate Forward newsletter ht...
As the effects of climate change intensify across Australia — from record-breaking heat waves and prolonged droughts to catastrophic bushfires and floods — the nation stands at a defining crossroads. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia spoke with me about the United States’ withdrawal from global action on climate change, and about other issues Australia faces. “I think action on climate change is the entry fee to credibility and to engagement ,” he said in response to a question about ...
The billionaire Andrew Forrest , the C.E.O. of the global mining company Fortescue and the richest person in Australia, laid out his vision for a fossil-free future and the role he thinks heavy industry, green hydrogen and private capital must play in helping us arrive there. He also challenged President Trump to witness the ways climate change is transforming Australia: “As a fellow businessman, I happen to own several million acres of land in Australia. Come and see what’s happening to my land...
Hawaii may be a land of renowned natural beauty, but it is the most oil-dependent state in the United States and is on the front lines of climate change. Senator Brian Schatz , Democrat of Hawaii, discussed the challenges of turning climate mitigation ambitions into durable policy on the state and national levels and what it takes to build political will in a divided Congress. He also said that his party needed to change the way it talked about climate change if Democrats hoped to win over new v...
President Trump has rapidly pulled the U.S. out of the fight against climate change, fired scientists, rolled back regulations and gutted the nation’s largest-ever law to address climate change. That has left climate activists reeling. Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice; Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council; and Bill McKibben, an author and activist, talk with Cara Buckley about what has worked — and failed — in the climate movement. Unlock full access to New Y...
As climate change accelerates, its consequences are reshaping global security. At the Climate Forward live event, Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser , said the Trump administration’s climate policies could pose a national security threat to the United States. This risk is already real to many in the military, he said. “Any man or woman with stars on their shoulders or general officers,” Sullivan said, “and they will tell you the climate crisis is real and has an opera...
At the Climate Forward live event, Melanie Nakagawa and Kate Brandt , the chief sustainability officers at Microsoft and Google, discussed how the boom in artificial intelligence was affecting their companies’ goals to achieve net-zero emissions or better by 2030. The industry is building out data centers at a breakneck pace, which has led to a rise in technology companies’ emissions in recent years. What will it take to power the A.I. revolution without further fueling the climate crisis? Nakag...
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, runs a state that is in the middle of several high-stakes court battles against the Trump administration, including over its rollback of automobile emission standards and other moves. But California has also experienced a wave of climate-driven natural disasters and rising home insurance prices. In a conversation with David Gelles, Newsom discussed the Los Angeles fires, the state’s rapidly changing climate and why he calls President Trump’s recent sp...
As energy secretary under President Trump, Chris Wright , a former fracking executive, has helped to shape an energy agenda defined by deregulation and fossil fuel expansion. In a conversation with David Gelles, Mr. Wright explained why he would “absolutely” like to see countries follow the lead of the United States under the Trump administration and withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Wright also forcefully defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on wind and solar power, ...
Former Vice President Al Gore reflects on the enduring difficulties of climate action, attributing slow progress to powerful fossil fuel industry opposition and societal inertia. He highlights how extreme weather events are increasing public understanding and concern. Gore critiques the Trump administration's impact on U.S. climate policy, particularly regarding fossil fuel subsidies, but expresses optimism in the global grassroots movement and the economic benefits of a sustainable transition, stressing that action is the antidote to despair.
Sep 22, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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