22. Oliver Morton on reaching net zero, and the feasibility and politics of geoengineering

Challenging Climate

Oliver Morton is The Economist’s briefings editor, specializing in the energy business, climate science and policy, and other green issues. He is the author of The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World and most recently The Moon: A History for the Future. In this episode, we discuss ideas from The Planet Remade on climate change and how recent events have influenced our prospects of reaching net zero emissions, as well as tackle serious questions on deploying geoengineering to combat climate change.
Links:

• Oliver’s profile
• Oliver’s new book, The Moon: A History for the Future
• The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World

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1. 22. Oliver Morton on reaching net zero, and the feasibility and politics of geoengineering (00:00:00)

2. Introduction and background (00:02:57)

3. Oliver's work as The Economist's briefings editor and author (00:05:08)

4. The Planet Remade: climate action, geoengineering, and recent politics (00:09:23)

5. Human impact on the nitrogen and water cycles (00:15:19)

6. What's preventing us from deploying SRM right now? What more needs to be done? (00:26:49)

7. Marine Cloud Brightening (00:36:06)

8. The 'Concert' idea (00:40:14)

9. What gives you optimism? (00:48:05)