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How Climate Activists Successfully Fight Obstruction Dec 28, 2025

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Despite growing repression worldwide, climate activists continue to stick it to obstructionists and drive change. In this season's finale, Jennie Stephens (University of Ireland Maynooth) and Sharon Yadin (University of Haifa) share the effective strategies that activists can use to push back against the forces that block climate action.

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How Litigation Works to Fight Climate Obstruction Dec 10, 2025

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It's bleak out there and while climate obstruction can feel overwhelming, there are efforts being made to fight back against it. One of them is litigation and holding corporations legally accountable. Joana Setzer (London School of Economics) speaks to how climate litigation is being used to challenge companies, enforce climate commitments, and push for climate action globally.

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Drlling Deep: Uruguay's Renewable Energy System with Natasha Hakimi Zapata Dec 02, 2025

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More than a decade ago—when wind and solar power were far more expensive than they are today—Uruguay, long plagued by droughts and energy shortages, transitioned its entire economy such that 98% of its electricity now comes from renewable sources. They did it in just two years, and used the savings to slash the country's poverty rate from 40% into the single digits.
Natasha Hakimi Zapata covers Uruguay's transformation in her book, Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe. Hakimi Zapata shares how activists and policymakers can learn from Uruguay's transformation and why progressive movements should confidently articulate the economic benefits of renewable energy.

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COP Out: What the Heck Happened at COP30? Nov 25, 2025

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We're bringing you episode 5 of Dana R. Fisher's COP Out podcast, from the Center for Environment, Equity and Community at American University, featuring our own Amy Westervelt and legendary climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe talking about what happened at this year's COP, whether the process is fixable, and how to get the benefits of global convening without all the headaches. Check out the rest of Dana's series here.

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How and Why Climate Adaptation Measures Get Blocked Nov 25, 2025

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https://cssn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/web-version-Roberts-et-al-Climate-Obstruction-A-Global-Assessment.pdf

Carbon Bros Mailbag: Navigating Traditional Male Spaces and the Benefits of Solidarity Nov 24, 2025

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Daniel Penny and Amy Westervelt return for the Carbon Bros mailbag episode, answering listener questions from around the world about masculinity, traditional male spaces, vocational therapy, solidarity, and the role of gender in engaging in climate action.

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Drilling Deep: Jessica Green on Why We Need More Confrontation at COP Nov 17, 2025

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After four decades of the United Nations climate conference COP, progress on global climate action remains slow. So what isn't working? How is it possible that so much fanfare, so many words, and so much work—much of it genuine and good-faith—has amounted to such little progress?
University of Toronto political science professor Jessica F. Green has some ideas. In Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them, the longtime observer of global climate negotiations and expert on carbon accounting argues that the COP embodies a “win-win” approach to a problem for which someone has to lose. The challenge is to make sure the right people (and planet) do the winning, while the “fossil asset owners,” as Green describes them, do the losing.

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The Corruption of COP: Inside Climate Obstruction at the UN Nov 10, 2025

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https://cssn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/web-version-Roberts-et-al-Climate-Obstruction-A-Global-Assessment.pdf

Norway Beyond Oil: Climate, Policy, Society Nov 05, 2025

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We look ahead to Norway's future, exploring how the country might begin to loosen oil's grip on its politics and identity. Hear how different voices envision aligning the country's actions with its values, its reputation, and the realities of climate change.
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Communicating Climate Change

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How Climate Obstruction Works at the Local Level Nov 04, 2025

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https://cssn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/web-version-Roberts-et-al-Climate-Obstruction-A-Global-Assessment.pdf