Are fossil fuel companies needed in a clean energy future? Is the UK really backsliding on climate progress? And how can you find out more about solar? In the last episode of Zero for 2024, host Akshat Rathi and producers Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll talk about some of their favorite statistics that show people taking action on the climate crisis.

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World Energy Employment 2023 – Analysis - IEA
Annual North Sea oil and gas licences - Energy Live News
The Godfather of Solar Predicts Its Future - Bloomberg
How to Quit Your Job for the Climate
How to Crisis-Proof Climate Action


Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim. Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit bloomberg.com/green.

Are fossil fuel companies needed in a clean energy future? Is the UK really backsliding on climate progress? And how can you find out more about solar? In the last episode of Zero for 2024, host Akshat Rathi and producers Oscar Boyd and Christine Driscoll talk about some of their favorite statistics that show people taking action on the climate crisis.
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-employment-2023">World Energy Employment 2023 – Analysis - IEA</a> </li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/11/06/annual-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licences-a-distraction-from-energy-security/">Annual North Sea oil and gas licences - Energy Live News</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/the-godfather-of-solar-predicts-its-future">The Godfather of Solar Predicts Its Future - Bloomberg</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/zero-the-climate-race/id1621556928?i=1000592551305">How to Quit Your Job for the Climate</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/zero-the-climate-race/id1621556928?i=1000579532959">How to Crisis-Proof Climate Action</a></li>
</ul>
 Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to Kira Bindrim. Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">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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It’s 20 years since the Stern Review declared that the costs of inaction on climate change are much higher than the costs of action. So why are emissions continuing to rise? Lord Nicholas Stern tells Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi why he is optimistic about our ability to tackle climate change and what makes those actions the growth story of the 21st century.

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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

It&rsquo;s 20 years since the Stern Review declared that the costs of inaction on climate change are much higher than the costs of action. So why are emissions continuing to rise? Lord Nicholas Stern tells Bloomberg&rsquo;s Akshat Rathi why he is optimistic about our ability to tackle climate change and what makes those actions the growth story of the 21st century.
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<li aria-level="1">Read for free: <a href="https://press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.31389/lsepress.tgs">The Growth Story of The 21st Century</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Sommer Saadi and Alyssa McDonald. 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>.

More than AI, this century’s growth story is climate action

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The impacts of climate change are becoming not just unignorable, but unbearable. Yet the political consensus around climate action is fracturing, as leaders debate the speed and scale of the changes needed. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi speaks with Caroline Lucas, the former head of the UK’s Green party and a member of parliament for 14 years, about the increasing threat climate change poses to national security, and what she’s learned from four decades at the frontline of climate politics.  

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Dale Vince on Zero
Lieutenant General Richard Nugee on Zero

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Summer Maxwell, Sommer Saadi, Alyssa McDonald and Laura Millan. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

The impacts of climate change are becoming not just unignorable, but unbearable. Yet the political consensus around climate action is fracturing, as leaders debate the speed and scale of the changes needed. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi speaks with Caroline Lucas, the former head of the UK&rsquo;s Green party and a member of parliament for 14 years, about the increasing threat climate change poses to national security, and what she&rsquo;s learned from four decades at the frontline of climate politics.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics/id1611374685?i=1000777135637">Caroline&rsquo;s series for The Rest Is Politics</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-03-25/zero-polanski-s-plan-to-tax-wealth-make-energy-cheap-podcast">Zack Polanski on Zero</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-07-20/zero-ditching-net-zero-to-win-the-climate-argument-podcast">Dale Vince on Zero</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Lieutenant General <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-07-09/zero-why-militaries-cannot-ignore-climate-change-podcast">Richard Nugee on Zero</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Summer Maxwell, Sommer Saadi, Alyssa McDonald and Laura Millan. 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>.

When climate change threatens national security 

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The Middle East conflict is now in its fifth month, deepening the oil and gas supply shock. Early in the war, analysts worried that the oil price would rise to $200 a barrel, causing a global recession and widespread panic, but that didn’t happen. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas to discuss why oil prices stayed around $100 per barrel and why the war is the start of a new paradigm in energy politics.

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The Global Oil Cushion Isn’t Really Hitting ‘Tank Bottoms’ 
Another Critical Oil Waterway Is About to Close

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Summer Maxwell, Sommer Saadi, Alyssa McDonald and Laura Millan. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

The Middle East conflict is now in its fifth month, deepening the oil and gas supply shock. Early in the war, analysts worried that the oil price would rise to $200 a barrel, causing a global recession and widespread panic, but that didn&rsquo;t happen. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas to discuss why oil prices stayed around $100 per barrel and why the war is the start of a new paradigm in energy politics.
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<li aria-level="1">Javier Blas&rsquo; <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ASIsQsgx0V8/javier-blas">columns</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-08-03/global-oil-reserves-aren-t-really-hitting-tank-bottoms?srnd=undefined">The Global Oil Cushion Isn&rsquo;t Really Hitting &lsquo;Tank Bottoms&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-29/the-rhine-is-the-latest-critical-oil-waterway-in-danger-of-closing?srnd=undefined">Another Critical Oil Waterway Is About to Close</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd. Special thanks to Summer Maxwell, Sommer Saadi, Alyssa McDonald and Laura Millan. 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>.

The Iran war revealed that China has a new energy weapon

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