Global Response is a podcast with a simple thesis: Mitigating climate change requires policies that harness creativity and dynamism of capitalism.
The climate crisis is accelerating — and U.S. climate leadership is in retreat. Our science is being undermined and climate initiatives are being dismantled by a government captured by fossil fuel interests. While the U.S. looks backward, the world is moving forward. Across Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia, nations are enacting policies aimed at building a sustainable future.
Solar, batteries, and electric vehicles prove that sustainable approaches can compete, scale and eventually dominate when industrial policy nurtures successful business models.
This enormous shift is creating opportunities around the world for founders and investors. The Weekly Response will initially focus on Europe with an emphasis on France, where over half a trillion dollars has been committed to building a climate tech ecosystem. Episodes feature conversations with founders, investors, policymakers, regulators, and academics who are shaping the business and regulatory environments where real climate action is happening.
Whether you’re building a climate startup, deploying capital, or looking for hope in a time of U.S. retreat, Climate Response is your guide to the global frontlines of climate capitalism.
If you like to be our guest, recommend someone, or otherwise help out, please email Jonah at ClimateResponse.org
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Origin of the Thesis
Jonah Stein on the history of his Climate Capitalism Thesis that addressing climate change requires policies and incentives that unlock… Read More
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EU Climate Opportunities
If you’re a U.S. based climate tech founder right now, you’re swimming upstream. Federal climate policies are being dismantled, industry… Read More
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Sovereign Wealth VC Funds
The world doesn’t need hundreds of more billionaires—it needs hundreds of climate solutions at scale. Much of today’s climate tech… Read More
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Friendly Climate in France
If you’re building a climate tech company in the U.S., or thinking of starting one, you are fighting a government increasingly… Read More