The Climate Briefing
By Chatham House
Climate change and geopolitics meet in The Climate Briefing, assembling experts, scientists and leaders to tackle some of the thorniest challenges in sustainability.
Hosts Ruth Townend and Anna Åberg bring brilliant guests and big questions to Chatham House from around the world.
Hosts Ruth Townend and Anna Åberg bring brilliant guests and big questions to Chatham House from around the world.
Latest episode
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Episode 40: We need to talk about… behaviour change
Coming fresh from the Chatham House Energy Transitions Conference, is joined in the studio by IPCC lead author on demand, , , Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation, and , Principle Advisor and Head of Energy,... -
Episode 39: Unicorns vs workhorses
Ruth Townend is joined in the studio by Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars, and Chatham House’s own Dr Daniel Quiggin to talk about climate solutions from the magical to the mundane. For his forthcoming book Intervention Earth, Dyer has spoken with.… -
Episode 38: Climate politics and geopolitics: what happened at COP28?
In the second of two COP28 takeover episodes, Research Fellow Ruth Townend gathers Chatham House teammates to discuss how the conference went, with a particular focus on the politics and geopolitics that shaped the conference outcome. Ruth reflects o… -
Episode 37: What to watch at COP28
In the first of two COP28 takeover episodes, Research Fellow Ruth Townend gathers Chatham House Environment and Society Centre teammates to discuss how the conference might go, and what they will be looking out for when they travel to Dubai. This... -
The reform of the World Bank and climate finance
Antony Froggatt is joined in the studio by Ed Mountfield who is Vice President of the World Bank in charge of Operational Policy and Country Service. Finance remains one of the most important and contentious issues in the international climate change… -
Episode 35: Indigenous Peoples, Rights and Representation in Climate Action
Indigenous peoples make up 5 per cent of the world's population and are responsible for the careful stewardship of land home to much of our planet's biodiversity. International negotiations have recently begun to recognize the important role that... -
Episode 34: Mining, livelihoods and the environment
In the race to create a net-zero, sustainable world, activities like mining and farming can clash with the lives of people in forests and rural areas. As the international community ponders over solutions for responsible resource management, Ghana's.… -
Episode 33: Climate Change and Defence Forces
Climate change poses increasingly severe security challenges. What does this mean for defence forces? To find out, Anna speaks to Tobias Ellwood (Chair of the House of Common’s Defence Committee) and Anum Farhan (Chatham House). The episode is... -
Episode 32: US and EU green industrial policy
The geoeconomics of climate change are shifting. The US and the EU are among those launching major packages to gain a competitive advantage as economies transition. In this episode of the Climate Briefing, Antony speaks to Jane Nakano (Center... -
Episode 31: Climate politics in a post-Paris era
Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano served as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) between July 2016 and July 2022. In this role, she headed the UN entity tasked with supporting the global response to...
