Climate Roulette

Can We "Just"" Focus on Climate Change?

Malcolm Harris' new book tackles the challenge "systemic incrementalism" when it comes to climate change.  In other words, everyone talks about climate change as a systemic challenge, but then tends to focus in on just one aspect of the problem. Malcolm Harris' new books suggests this strategy is doomed to failure.  

A New Report on Extreme Heat

This episode reports on a new study analyzing extreme heat trends against an historic baseline.  More frequent extreme heat events are being being recorded all over the world, even as the average global temperature increase remains at less than 1.5o C. 

Climate Update for May, 2025

A monthly episode of the Climate Roulette podcast, it summarizes what happened in May, 2025.  Whether extreme events, climate litigation, climate policy developments, climate protests, and much more, it provides you with a quick synopsis.  The document the podcast is drawn from is available at yourclimatetoolbox.com.

This Week on LinkedIn

This episode complements our Climate Change on LinkedIn Newsletter, which points readers to some of LinkedIn's most notable climate content for the week. The episode reflects on about 25 LinkedIn posts and associated commentary, providing listeners with a broad-brush overview of what was being discussed this week.  

Voluntary Carbon Market Update

Ecosystem Marketplace puts out a great report every year full of statistics and trends having to do with the voluntary carbon market (VCM).  In this episode we discuss the newly released report on VCM trends during 2024.  

A GHG Accounting Conversation Snapshot

Greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting is key to how investors, consumers, and even regulators understand companies' contributions to climate change, and the efforts companies are making to reduce those contributions. GHG accounting has been around for decades, but the pressure is building for major changes to how the accounting is done, and what claims companies can make with regard to their progress towards net zero. This podcast episode provides a rapid introduction to the world of GHG accounting, setting the stage for future podcast episodes that dig deeper into specific questions and proposals for change.    

The New Climate Legal Ruling Everyone is Talking About

A new court ruling out of Germany has the climate change litigation world excited, since the court accepted the idea that large greenhouse gas emitters could be held proportionally responsible for the climate change impacts of their emissions.  That said, the court rejected making such a finding in this case.  So what happens next for the idea of corporate liability for GHG emissions?

Near-Term Climate Scenarios

The new NGFS short-term climate scenarios are a significant addition to the climate scenarios toolbox, and are potentially relevant to all kinds of business, financial, and investment decision-making.  This episode introduces the scenarios, and pulls in the discussion on LinkedIn when the scenarios were published.