Zero: The Climate Race podcast

Zero: The Climate Race

·

  Bloomberg  

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 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.

 

#208

Is this the end of Canada's climate ambitions?

When Canada elected Mark Carney as prime minister, there was hope that the country would p... more

05 Dec 2025

41 MINS

41:48

05 Dec 2025


#207

How China’s engineering mindset won the clean-tech race

In his new book Breakneck, tech analyst Dan Wang argues China’s engineering mindset ... more

04 Dec 2025

26 MINS

26:37

04 Dec 2025


#206

Bloomberg Australia: How Australia’s climate fight was rekindled

Australia has suffered a major climate setback, losing its bid to host next year’s C... more

28 Nov 2025

20 MINS

20:15

28 Nov 2025


#205

Climate summits are working as they were designed: poorly

Over the last two weeks, tens of thousands of people took to the city of Belem, at the mou... more

24 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:33

24 Nov 2025


#204

Al Gore: Fossil fuel companies are destabilizing democracy and environment

Climate solutions are here, they’re just not evenly distributed. So says former US V... more

20 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:38

20 Nov 2025


#203

Al Gore says 'We may have passed peak Trump'

Former US Vice President Al Gore is one of the grandees of the climate world and knows jus... more

18 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:42

18 Nov 2025


#202

Exxon thinks it can count carbon better

Most oil company CEOs have turned their back on COP30, but not ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods... more

12 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:17

12 Nov 2025


#201

Searching for climate solutions in the Amazon

COP30 negotiations have officially started, and began with a fight about what to put on th... more

11 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:28

11 Nov 2025


#200

At COP30, the economic logic of climate action is up for debate

World leaders are gathering in Belem, Brazil, for the COP30 climate negotiations, but what... more

06 Nov 2025

28 MINS

28:32

06 Nov 2025


#199

What did 10 years of the Paris Agreement actually achieve?

The Paris Agreement was a huge deal when it was signed in 2015 at COP21. But after 10 year... more

04 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:44

04 Nov 2025


#198

The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight

Just three companies control the lion’s share of the $120 billion global market for ... more

30 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:02

30 Oct 2025


#197

The ‘science’ behind economics explains the big problems we face

From trade wars to skyrocketing tech valuations, governments and investors seem to be maki... more

23 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:56

23 Oct 2025


#196

What climate tech is overhyped and what's not

There's always big ideas in the climate technology space, but it can be hard to get your h... more

16 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:18

16 Oct 2025


#195

US fossil fuels vs. Chinese clean tech, who’s winning on exports?

There’s a battle underway to win the energy export market between the world’s ... more

13 Oct 2025

10 MINS

10:49

13 Oct 2025


#194

Renewables promised to be cheap. Why aren’t people feeling it?

The UK used to be a shining example of how to act on climate change. It created one of the... more

09 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:45

09 Oct 2025


#193

Big Take: AI data centers use a lot of energy. You may be paying for it

AI needs a lot of energy — and a new Bloomberg investigation has found that those so... more

06 Oct 2025

16 MINS

16:39

06 Oct 2025


#192

A return to coal? AI’s demand for gas turbines risks a new crisis: Bottlenecks Series

Rising power demand from data centers for artificial intelligence has led to a shortage of... more

01 Oct 2025

35 MINS

35:54

01 Oct 2025


#191

The extraordinary rise of electric cars in developing countries

Something remarkable is unfolding in developing countries. From Nepal to Costa Rica, more ... more

25 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:52

25 Sep 2025


#190

Building monuments to the end of oil

Monira Al Qadiri says she is pre-empting the end of oil and building monuments to it. As o... more

18 Sep 2025

33 MINS

33:57

18 Sep 2025


#189

Formula E shows the mind-boggling speed at which electric cars evolve

You’ve heard about Formula 1, right? But do you know about Formula E, its plucky all... more

11 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:17

11 Sep 2025


#188

Your questions answered: Is Donald Trump a climate warrior in disguise?

This week, we hear from you. Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi answers questions from Z... more

04 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:02

04 Sep 2025


#187

Big Take: How hot is too hot? The latest science on extreme heat

Nearly half a million people die every year as a result of extreme heat. That’s more... more

02 Sep 2025

14 MINS

14:20

02 Sep 2025


#186

Best of: Kim Stanley Robinson imagines utopia in 2025

Science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines the future for a living. And the futu... more

28 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:49

28 Aug 2025


#185

The 100-ton device that can stop blackouts in the renewables era: Bottlenecks Series

In April, Spain suffered a nationwide blackout that lasted nearly a full day. It was a tra... more

21 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:41

21 Aug 2025


#184

Build small, grow fast: Can small modular reactors live up to the hype?

Electricity demand is soaring, and some think the answer isn’t building bigger, but ... more

14 Aug 2025

31 MINS

31:43

14 Aug 2025


#183

How rich countries can build cheap nuclear power again

Electricity demand is booming, and it’s not just because of artificial intelligence.... more

07 Aug 2025

26 MINS

26:17

07 Aug 2025


#182

How a bunch of students beat big polluters in the world's highest court

In 2019, a group of law students from Pacific island nations set in motion a case that mad... more

31 Jul 2025

33 MINS

33:16

31 Jul 2025


#181

Trump’s immigration policy is a nightmare for climate tech

Everywhere you look, it seems like bad news for climate tech. Investments are down, the US... more

24 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:55

24 Jul 2025