Climate Money

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Follow the climate headlines, and the climate money with climate investor Susan Su. Fighting and solving climate change is the biggest value creation opportunity of our lifetime, and the movement is getting bigger every day. Here's your way to stay up to date on all things climate business, from venture investing to big government dollars to infrastructure financing deals. We'll cover the biggest headlines of the week with concise analysis so you can know what's going down — and what's going up —in the world of climate money.

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Climate change and the cost of food

Mar 28 2024 27 mins  
On today’s episode, we talk about climate change and the cost of food. New work from researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the European Central Bank is projecting that climate change will drive up food prices around the world by up to 3.2% per year by 2035. Food will grow to take up a greater proportion of total household income because these pric

Climate Money Ep. 9: The True Cost of Direct Air Capture

Mar 12 2024 24 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 9 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: New research that shoes Direct Air Capture won’t be able to hit the magical $100/ton cost benchmark, and why this flies in the face of everything we’ve been told How a billion-dollar CO2 pipeline project is a secret force opposing EV adoption The blossoming frenemy-ship between Big Oil and

Climate Money Ep. 8: The EU vs Fast Fashion

Feb 28 2024 25 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 8 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: The EU’s newly revised Extended Producer Responsibility proposal, and how it’s taking on food waste and fast fashion. Why linear capitalism’s days could be numbered The real numbers behind the climate wealth gap and what it means for builders and investors As always I welcome your feedback

Climate Money Ep. 7: Big Wind Faces a Big Setback. The Reasons Might Surprise You.

Feb 21 2024 24 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 7 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: Enel Energy’s $500M+ wind farm loss, and what it teaches us about energy history, tribal sovereignty, and knowing your audience Why culture, not money, is the tide that floats all boats — or sinks them, as we’ll see This is a particularly thorny issue so we’ve dedicated the entire epi

Climate Money Ep. 6: The EU’s Big Hairy Climate Goal

Feb 13 2024 24 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 6 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: The European Commission’s new recommendation to cut emissions by 90% by 2040, and what Chinese labor has to do with it The EU’s upcoming Parliamentary elections and how they could effect European Climate Money A revised look at Kenya’s carbon credits fee and how regulation can help market

Climate Money Ep. 5: On Climate Deniers & Climate Money

Feb 06 2024 22 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 5 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: New research that sheds light on climate deniers, the mental models that do — and don’t — fuel their skepticism, and what it has to do with climate money, especially as more climate companies and jobs are flooding otherwise climate unfriendly red states in the US Two important food labeling

Climate Money Ep. 4: AI’s climate footprint, nuclear's renaissance and the new climate subsidy wars

Jan 30 2024 18 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 4 of the Climate Money Podcast. In this episode, we look at: Five big takeaways from the IEA’s newly released 170-pg Electricity 2024 report, including the structural success of renewables, where the biggest emissions reductions are happening, and nuclear’s big moment AI’s climate footprint and who’s poised to profit. Private equity firm and landl

Climate Money Ep. 3: The narrative miss on $200B in climate losses + deep dive on Tesla’s Hertz problem with mobility expert Olaf Sakkers

Jan 23 2024 25 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 3 of the Climate Money Podcast. Follow the climate headlines — and the climate money — with me, Susan Su. In this episode, we look at: $200B in climate losses and the climate narrative problem. New data out from global reinsurer Munich RE shows that 2023 was the biggest year on record for climate-related losses. So why are we still talking about the �

Climate Money Ep.2: Kenya's Carbon Cash Cow, Solyndra 2.0 and Yikes, JBS

Jan 16 2024 25 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 2 of the Climate Money Podcast. Follow the climate headlines — and the climate money — with me, Susan Su. In this episode, we look at: Kenya’s carbon cash cow, a plan to charge a new 15%-25% take rate on all carbon credits minted in the country, and whether this is good, bad or meh for Kenya’s climate ambitions and for global carbon markets Solyn

Climate Money Ep.1: A new $30B climate fund on the block, India’s solar and wind story and more

Jan 09 2024 21 mins  
Welcome to the Episode 1 of the Climate Money Podcast. Follow the climate headlines — and the climate money — with me, Susan Su. One of the central ideas behind my work as a climate investor, and that of many others like me, is that solving climate change is the value creation opportunity of a lifetime. In this episode, we look at: - The UAE's new $30B climate fund and what