Zero is in Baku, Azerbaijan, where delegates and heads of state from around the world have gathered for COP29.  Can a petrostate make a summit on decarbonization a success? And how much will the election of President Trump damage the US’s credibility on climate– and set negotiations back? Akshat Rathi tells producer Mythili Rao what’s in store in the two weeks ahead, and COP29 President Mukhtar Babyaev explains how Azerbaijan is trying to make the summit a success, despite concerns that NGOs and protesters will have limited access to the proceedings. Plus, Columbia University’s Jason Bordoff explains how the US’s role in climate diplomacy is about to change.

Explore further:
Past episode with Avinash Persaud about the big fights about finance expected at this COP
Past episode about a play dramatizing COP3, the 1997 Kyoto summit
Past episode about the achievements of COP28 in Dubai

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Siobhan Wagner, Blake Maples, and Ethan Steinberg. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Zero is in Baku, Azerbaijan, where delegates and heads of state from around the world have gathered for COP29.  Can a petrostate make a summit on decarbonization a success? And how much will the election of President Trump damage the US’s credibility on climate– and set negotiations back? Akshat Rathi tells producer Mythili Rao what’s in store in the two weeks ahead, and COP29 President Mukhtar Babyaev explains how Azerbaijan is trying to make the summit a success, despite concerns that NGOs and protesters will have limited access to the proceedings. Plus, Columbia University’s Jason Bordoff explains how the US’s role in climate diplomacy is about to change.
Explore further:
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<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/avinash-persaud-v3-mixdown">Avinash Persaud about the big fights about finance expected at this COP</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/kyoto-rerun-with-new-intro">about a play dramatizing COP3, the 1997 Kyoto summit</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode about <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/cop28-the-beginning-of-the-end-fossil-fuel-era">the achievements of COP28 in Dubai</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Siobhan Wagner, Blake Maples, and Ethan Steinberg. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

Zero: The Climate Race

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The world needs climate leadership. Can Azerbaijan step up?

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General Electric Co was officially founded in 1892, when several of inventor Thomas Edison's ventures were consolidated into one company. From then on, it was a behemoth. But now that’s changed: A break-up that began last year has concluded with GE splitting off into three separate companies. Scott Strazik is the CEO of GE Vernova, which focuses on wind turbines, nuclear power, and carbon capture, as well as grid solutions such as software and batteries. Strazik joins Zero to talk about how the company is in the "early innings of an investment super cycle," and how it intends to overcome difficulties in offshore wind. 

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Past episode about the grid and the march toward electrification
Past episode about how Microsoft is squaring its AI growth with its carbon negative ambitions
Past episode with BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase about the goal of tripling renewables by 2030

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Will Mathis, Siobhan Wagner, Monique Mulima, Ethan Steinberg, Blake Maples, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

General Electric Co was officially founded in 1892, when several of inventor Thomas Edison's ventures were consolidated into one company. From then on, it was a behemoth. But now that’s changed: A break-up that began last year has concluded with GE splitting off into three separate companies. Scott Strazik is the CEO of GE Vernova, which focuses on wind turbines, nuclear power, and carbon capture, as well as grid solutions such as software and batteries. Strazik joins Zero to talk about how the company is in the "early innings of an investment super cycle," and how it intends to overcome difficulties in offshore wind. 
Explore further:
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<li>Past episode about<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/the-march-toward-electrification-the-grid-series"> the grid and the march toward electrification</a></li>
<li>Past episode about <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/microsoft-pledged-to-go-carbon-negative-by-2030-no">how Microsoft is squaring its AI growth with its carbon negative ambitions</a> </li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/tripling-renewables-jenny-chase">with BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase about the goal of tripling renewables by 2030</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Will Mathis, Siobhan Wagner, Monique Mulima, Ethan Steinberg, Blake Maples, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

What Thomas Edison’s legacy looks like in the 21st century

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It went well past the official deadline, late into the night – but finally, COP29 ended with a deal. Hardly anyone felt victorious. Back from Baku, reporter Akshat Rathi tells producer Mythili Rao why the agreed on New Climate Quantified Goal of $300 billion made both developed and developing countries unhappy, and he shares what heads of state and ministers from Denmark to Mauritania and Indonesia to Israel had to tell Zero about this year’s conference.

Explore further:
Past episode about COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev’s challenges in Baku
Past episode about why climate finance fights were expected to dominate COP29
Past episode with Brazil’s climate secretary about the country’s vision for COP30

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks to Siobhan Wagner, Sharon Chen, Jen Dlouhy, Alfred Cang, John Ainger, Natasha White, Will Kennedy, Rakteem Katakey, and Aaron Rutkoff. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

It went well past the official deadline, late into the night – but finally, COP29 ended with a deal. Hardly anyone felt victorious. Back from Baku, reporter Akshat Rathi tells producer Mythili Rao why the agreed on New Climate Quantified Goal of $300 billion made both developed and developing countries unhappy, and he shares what heads of state and ministers from Denmark to Mauritania and Indonesia to Israel had to tell Zero about this year’s conference.
Explore further:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode about <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/cop-opener-blake-to-mythili-v4">COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev’s challenges in Baku</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/avinash-persaud-v3-mixdown">about why climate finance fights were expected to dominate COP29</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode with <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/cop29-talks-are-at-an-impasse-brazil-is-already-lo">Brazil’s climate secretary about the country’s vision for COP30</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks to Siobhan Wagner, Sharon Chen, Jen Dlouhy, Alfred Cang, John Ainger, Natasha White, Will Kennedy, Rakteem Katakey, and Aaron Rutkoff. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

COP29's last-minute deal is a miracle and a mess

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Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton-- and tackle COP29's unfinished business. Next year’s climate conference is set to take place in Belem, Brazil, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest. André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment tells Akshat Rathi that although holding a global summit in Belem poses logistical challenges, the symbolism of the location holds “fantastic political power.” 

Explore further:
Past episode about Azerbaijan’s challenges with hosting COP29 in Baku
Past episode with Brazil's chief climate negotiator, Liliam Chagas, about the viability of a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty
Past episode with ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, about his decision to attend COP29

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao.  Special thanks to Simone Iglesias, Siobhan Wagner, Ethan Steinberg, Blake Maples, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton-- and tackle COP29's unfinished business. Next year’s climate conference is set to take place in Belem, Brazil, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest. André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment tells Akshat Rathi that although holding a global summit in Belem poses logistical challenges, the symbolism of the location holds “fantastic political power.” 
Explore further:
<ul>
<li>Past episode about <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-11/cop29-president-mukhtar-babayev-on-prospects-for-a-climate-deal?srnd=undefined">Azerbaijan’s challenges with hosting COP29 in Baku</a></li>
<li>Past episode with Brazil's chief climate negotiator, Liliam Chagas, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-03/inside-colombia-s-ambitious-plan-for-quitting-fossil-fuels?srnd=undefined">about the viability of a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty</a></li>
<li>Past episode with <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-21/cop29-exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-transcript-from-un-climate-summit?srnd=undefined">ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, about his decision to attend COP29</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao.  Special thanks to Simone Iglesias, Siobhan Wagner, Ethan Steinberg, Blake Maples, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Step aside, COP29. How Brazil is looking to supercharge COP30

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The world needs climate leadership. Can Azerbaijan step up?

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