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November 15, 2022	COP27 Dispatch: As Climate Impacts Grow, Cities Explore Paths to Adaptation	Eugenie Birch, William Burke-White, Mauricio Rodas	Three experts on cities discuss the efforts of urban communities to navigate climate change.
November 13, 2022	COP27 Dispatch: What Defines a Successful National Adaptation Plan?	Allison Lassiter	New research explores ways to measure countries’ success in adapting to climate change.
November 11, 2022	COP27 Dispatch: Why Loss and Damage Finance Is Critical to Small Island States	Stacy-ann Robinson	Loss and damage finance has made it onto the official COP agenda for the first time at Sharm El-Sheikh. An expert on small island states discusses why the issue has been so contentious.
October 26, 2022	What Impact Will the IRA Have on Consumer Energy Costs?	Dallas Burtraw	New research from Resources for the Future quantifies the Inflation Reduction Act’s expected impact on clean energy development, energy costs, and emissions.
September 13, 2022	Saudi Arabia Confronts Its Oil Dependence	David Rundell	A former senior U.S. diplomat to Saudi Arabia explores the kingdom’s effort to end its dependence on oil revenue, and the relationship between Saudi Arabia and global efforts to decarbonize.
May 24, 2022	Governing Net-Zero Emissions Targets	Thomas Hale	As net-zero carbon targets become commonplace, strong governance will be needed to ensure climate benefits. This is episode two in the Exploring Governance series.
April 26, 2022	Nicholas Stern on the Role of Economics in Combating Climate Change	Nicholas Stern	Economist Lord Nicholas Stern discusses why traditional economics fail to capture the magnitude of threat presented by climate change, and how the discipline must adapt.
December 14, 2021	For Solar Geoengineering, Daunting Policy Questions Await	Gernot Wagner	A climate economist discusses why efforts to cool earth’s climate through solar geoengineering appear all but inevitable, and considers the policy questions and political battles to come.
November 16, 2021	China’s Energy and Climate Balancing Act	Scott Moore	China’s leadership must navigate conflicting agendas and threats to domestic political stability as it seeks to rein in global warming emissions.
July 13, 2021	As Climate Concerns Rise, What Role Will Natural Gas Play?	Peter Fraser	The head of the International Energy Agency’s gas division discusses the outlook for natural gas as global efforts to address carbon emissions intensify.
May 4, 2021	The Potential, and Risks, of Nature-Based Climate Solutions	Nathalie Seddon	Nature-based climate solutions can play a major role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. But biodiversity risks, and community impacts, loom large.
April 6, 2021	How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?	Cary Coglianese	President Biden will rely upon regulatory agencies like the EPA to push his ambitious clean energy and climate agenda. Yet increasingly conservative courts could stand in the way of Biden’s plans.
March 23, 2021	A Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal	Erica L. Belmont, Jeremy Freeman, Noah McQueen, Peter Psarras, Toly Rinberg	Carbon Dioxide Removal is an industrial-scale strategy to hold climate change in check. Five experts weigh in on CDR’s potential, challenges and moral hazards.
February 23, 2021	The U.S. Is Back in Paris. Will It Regain Its Role as Climate Leader?	Joanna Lewis	The U.S. forfeited leadership in the global effort to combat climate change when it left the Paris Agreement. Now back, will the U.S. resume its former role?
February 9, 2021	What Motivates People to Take Action on Climate Change?	Matto Mildenberger	New research disproves the assumption that exposure to climate-related natural disasters motivates people to support climate policy.

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Since the first season of our podcast series, Andy Stone has directed each episode of Energy Policy Now—defining topics, inviting guests, and leading informative conversations.

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Andy Stone

Energy Policy Now Host and Producer

Andy Stone is producer and host of Energy Policy Now, the Kleinman Center’s podcast series. He previously worked in business planning with PJM Interconnection and was a senior energy reporter at Forbes Magazine.