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A Climate Change with Matt Matern is a weekly environmental podcast featuring influential guests from government, business, activism, academia, and culture. The show serves to inform its audience about environmental issues, while inspiring listeners to take action and create a coalition to save the planet.
Rob Verchick explores ocean conservation, offshore wind, and climate resilience, revealing how local action drives progress despite federal resistance and political division.
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” risks undoing clean energy gains and protections. Experts join Matt Matern live to assess its climate and public health impacts.
Beth Sawin, Founder and Director of the Multisolving Institute, initiates a fascinating conversation on the “two birds, one stone” approach to fighting climate change.
Patricia Lee highlights Griffith University’s global sustainability ranking, innovative educational practices, indigenous integration, community initiatives, and ambitious climate action goals.
Join Matt Matern for a powerful look back at 200 episodes of impactful climate conversations. Featuring scientists, activists, and visionaries shaping the fight for a sustainable, hopeful future.
The planet doesn’t really care what we’re feeling in terms of maintaining a sustainable world for ourselves and future generations.
What happens when the ocean reaches its breaking point? Dr. Deborah Brosnan explores nature-based coastal defenses—reefs, mangroves, dunes—sharing Caribbean success stories and urgent calls to action.
Tracy Quinn takes us on a deep dive into the lesser-known challenges that our sea life faces today, what’s causing it and why the detoxification of our oceans should be priority number one.
What if climate action is about saving lives? Shweta Narayan how health leaders should fight pollution to protect people and the planet.
What if climate action isn’t just about restoring coastlines, but about rethinking how we protect entire communities?
What if climate action isn’t just about saving the planet, but about who has the power to demand change?
Antoinette Vermilye talks about the hidden forces behind marine degradation, from deep-sea mining to plastic pollution, and why women’s leadership and diverse coalitions are essential for real environmental progress.
From methane to oil giants, Paasha Mahdavi unpacks why government decisions and citizen action are key to meaningful progress.
In our latest episode of A Climate Change, Kiley Bense reveals a devastating consequence of federal agency cuts: the firing of the entire LIHEAP staff.
In this episode of A Climate Change, host Matt Matern explores how jokes, storytelling, and animated whales (yes, really) can move the needle on serious environmental issues.
Climate advocacy needs to use a new language and Mauricio Porras, Co-Founder of HERO, is spelling it out for us in the latest episode of A Climate Change
Award-winning comedian Esteban Jorge Gast explores how humor can make climate action more inclusive, accessible, and powerful – proving that laughter might just help save the planet.
Elin Bergman, Executive Director of Cradlenet Sweden and Co-Founder of the Nordic Circular Hotspot, joins us for an intriguing conversation on the role of a circular economy in the fight against climate change.
Kamila Camilo of Creators Academy Brazil reveals how positive, compassionate communication empowers communities and creators to actively engage in climate justice and sustainability solutions.
Charlie Gardner urges scientists to politically engage in climate activism, arguing actions outweigh words, neutrality is harmful, and grassroots community efforts can drive real change.
Carbon Upcycling’s Madison Savilow joins us for a deep dive into the world of carbon capturing, its role in environmental conservation, and why the search for alternative materials in construction is critical today.
Diego Saez Gil shares how AI and satellite tech are transforming forest conservation and carbon credit verification on our latest episode.
Zanagee Artis breaks down the historic ocean protections secured recently and why conservationists are ready to take legal recourse to prevent their reversal.
We dive into the latest climate modeling breakthroughs, the rapid warming of the Arctic, and how machine learning is revolutionizing climate predictions, with Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies,