Overshoot Podcast

How can we avoid the end of the world? Well, it all starts with planning... Laurie Laybourn delves deeper into the risks of overshoot - and how to avoid them - in this discussion with Maiya May on PBS. Watch now👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...

“So what is it to have a credible way through the storms? It is to have…a gritty, credible path that can take us through what is coming.” @rupertread.bsky.social Listen now on overshootpod.com

“...the reason why we're vulnerable to climate change has to do with the political system that we live in, the way that society is structured…” @lisaschipper.bsky.social Listen now: overshootpod.com

"... #AMOC has entered public executive discourse, strategic foresight, & even the discourse around defence analysis... governments are starting to conceptualise tipping points: not solely as scientific uncertainties, but as governance challenges with cascading societal & geopolitical implications"

“…we can see almost on a daily basis that we're not well adapted to climate change today.” -Baroness Julia Brown Listen now overshootpod.com

🎙️ Overshoot is now live on YouTube! Episode 5 — Bonus Episode 🌐 Overshoot affects everything - where do we start? Watch now: youtu.be/K8jNayBeh0Q

“…a Climate Minsky Moment: all of a sudden the market will reprice climate catastrophe and create a contagion which destroys people's pensions.” -Mark Campanale Listen now on overshootpod.com

🎙️ Overshoot is now live on YouTube! Episode 4 — Derailment ⚠️ How can we be resilient to what comes next? Watch now: youtu.be/ZCZ__eH8bdw

“When London's a couple of meters underwater and the world's experiencing extreme climate events, the idea that the economy continues…as normal doesn't make any sense…” -Mark Campanale Listen now on overshootpod.com

🎙️ Overshoot is now live on YouTube! Episode 3 — The Minsky Moment 📉 What do the people in charge think is going to happen? Watch now: youtu.be/0aSIuga9qBw

"[Some economic models] have made perspectives about what is acceptable climate change that are totally unreasonable." -Joseph Stiglitz Listen now on Overshootpod.com

We're delighted that 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is getting so much pick up On Spotify, the series has been: 🎧 listened to for longer than 93% of other shows 📈 more popular than 96% of other new shows 📲 shared more than 98% of other shows Thanks to everyone who's listened!

🎙️ Overshoot is now live on YouTube! Episode 2 — Carbon Suckers 🛠️ Who’s going to clean up the mess? Watch now: youtu.be/oCaZKqmZDMc

…it's an existential risk or crisis at 4°C. It's hard for me, hand on heart, to see any sense in which our current notion of societies remains viable.” -Tim Lenton Listen now on Overshootpod.com

“I was thinking about the money that I put into my pension over the years…it's being invested in companies that are going to cause huge destruction in the world… I think it's scandalous.” -Sue Owen Listen now: overshootpod.com

🎙️ Overshoot is now live on YouTube! Episode 1 — Uncharted Territory 🌍 The world missed its target for limiting climate change. Are we doomed? Watch now: youtu.be/3qUMWl8ubIU

“…not only do we transfer a huge risk to future generations in terms of climate impacts, but we also burden them with taking CO2 out of the atmosphere…” - Michael Obersteiner Listen now: overshootpod.com

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to make a documentary... In this final bonus post, read about the people, articles, books, and films that helped and inspired Overshoot 👇 strategicclimaterisks.substack.com/p/some-thing...

“…the IPCC say carbon removal is not…a replacement for reducing emissions. [But some corporations] talk about carbon removal…as a way of undoing their emissions.” @ketanjoshi.co Listen now: overshootpod.com

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

“The target of net zero is excellent. However, the political trap is it lulls us into a sense of complacency…” -Bob Watson Listen now: overshootpod.com

“[Negative emissions] should not be an argument in favour of doing nothing now and switching on this technology if climate change turns out to be a significant problem.” -Kenneth Möllersten Listen now: overshootpod.com

As #COP30 races to be the CDR COP, great time to listen to a podcast about overshoot and how little sense it makes.

“Occidental Petroleum put out a press release claiming they had produced the world's first zero-carbon barrel of oil.” @amywestervelt.bsky.social Listen now: Overshootpod.com

"If you can't avoid a storm, you then need to make a top-level strategy: what's our plan?" -Nikki Henderson Listen now: overshootpod.com

"...it's virtually impossible not to cross 1.5 degrees now. It's just not possible to turn the ship around so fast" @glenpeters.bsky.social Listen now: overshootpod.com

"That confirmed our worst fears, that indeed a half a degree mattered for life and death" -Janine Felson Listen now: overshootpod.com

"We emphasised that the potential of future negative emissions should never be used as an excuse to delay emission reductions..." Great piece expanding on the story we told in 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"I now consider it more like a 50-50, whether we cross that critical tipping point that sends the AMOC into a downward spiral this century." @rahmstorf.bsky.social Listen now: overshootpod.com

"We weren't hearing two degrees to get by. It was 1.5 to stay alive" -Janine Felson Listen now: overshootpod.com

So it's official; the world's governments have failed to take the necessary actions and we're now going to #overshoot the goals of the Paris #climate accord How should we make sense of this moment? And where do we go from here? @overshootpod.bsky.social offers some suggestions

Episode 5 of 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is out! As the world heads over 1.5°C, what's the strategy? In front of a live audience, we explore what 1.5°C overshoot means for geopolitics, the law & more Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/547f... Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Just listened, brilliant stuff x

"Let's say we reach net-zero in 2050, the political narrative around climate change is that that's kind of mission accomplished... but that's the most dangerous moment in history! Because at the moment of net-zero... the earth system is at its most destabilized" - @laurielaybourn.bsky.social

*ONE TO LISTEN TO* @overshootpod.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com Environment newsletter 📰👇 link.thetimes.co.uk/view/68ed23e...

New Wicked Problems just dropped - white-hot timing, with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social about his new documentary series @overshootpod.bsky.social: how to navigate the world after 1.5°C. Just this morning the UK's @thecccuk.bsky.social Baroness Brown warned that 2°C by 2050 would be BEST CASE.

Thanks to @overshootpod.bsky.social for bringing this urgent issue front and center in their podcast series. It was a pleasure to speak with them.

Pick of the week! Thanks to @theguardian.com for listening!

Great to be featured in this weekend’s @theguardian.com as one of their podcast picks of the week Listen on overshootpod.com

Interested in immersive, surprising stories? Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇 Visit: www.overshootpod.com Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social

“This powerful series exposes how our economic system is driving the climate crisis, while lifting up the courageous people charting an alternative path.” - @jasonhickel.bsky.social Find out more on overshootpod.com Episodes 1 & 2 available now

“An essential listen for anyone who cares about our present and future.” - Clare Farell, Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion Find out more on overshootpod.com Episode 1 available now