Finance is needed to turn climate ambition into action, to transform the energy system to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and to make our infrastructure more resilient to climate-related events. The need for finance is especially acute in the developing world. Host Samantha Gross talks with Amar Bhattacharya of Brookings and David Victor of UC San Diego about how to get important climate projects financed. <a href= "https://www.brookings.edu/articles/climate-finance-is-the-means-to-achieve-climate-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Show notes and transcript</a> Climate Sense is part of the <a href= "https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Brookings Podcast Network</a>.

China and climate change—cooperation or rivalry?

From hurricanes and floods, to wildfires and extreme temperatures, climate change is happening all around us. In this podcast series, energy and climate expert Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution, sheds light on the essentials of climate change and how to deal with it. She talks to other experts in various climate-related areas to help you understand the issue. How serious is climate change and what causes it? How does our energy system work and why do we use fossil fuels anyway? What are potential solutions and are they ready for prime time? Why is it taking so long for the world to act?