Outrage and Optimism Podcast: Live from Innovation Zero - The State of The Union

The new US administration, its policies and perspectives on climate change, has sent ripple effects through global financial markets and effected new approaches to climate politics, diplomacy, energy, and trade. How should climate leaders across the international community respond?

We speak to behavioural scientist and former climate surrogate for the 2024 Harris campaign Sweta Chakraborty to discuss how communications science can predict and influence behavioural outcomes, and what mobilisation on climate ahead of 2026, 2028, and beyond, looks like. How will the US, as the UK’s largest trading partner, function in the future as part of the global transition to clean energy?