PickVidsBest Climate policy, solutions & debate Videos
The 67 Climate policy, solutions & debate videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 3 intermediate, 64 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Climate Town, Engineering Explained, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.
Václav Smil at Driva Climate Investment Meeting 2019
Vaclav Smil's talk on historic energy transitions and what they imply for climate investment.
How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory
Allan Savory's TED talk arguing that desertification of grasslands can be reversed with holistic managed grazing, which he says would also help reverse climate change.
Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
Kurzgesagt examines what individuals can do about climate change, covering lesser-known carbon sources and why systemic and political change matter more than personal footprints.
Life in Syntropy
A short film from Agenda Gotsch introducing syntropic agriculture and Ernst Gotsch's agroforestry methods, made for COP21.
Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Why
Joseph Everett, with Dr.
Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | A Film by Jeff Gibbs | Full Documentary
Planet of the Humans, a full documentary by Jeff Gibbs presented by Michael Moore, arguing that the green movement has been co-opted by corporate and wealthy interests and that techno-fixes are not enough.
It’s Time To Break Up With Our Gas Stoves | Climate Town
Climate Town argues for moving away from gas stoves.
Gwynne Dyer -- Geopolitics in a Hotter World
Historian and journalist Gwynne Dyer gives a long UBC talk on how climate change will reshape international politics.
The Great Global Warming Swindle Full Movie
A 2007 Channel 4 documentary by Martin Durkin arguing that human-caused global warming is overstated or a scam.
A CONSERVATIVE solution to global warming (Part 1)
Potholer54 presents the climate science case and a market-oriented, conservative-friendly approach to addressing global warming, with sources listed.
Jancovici : Can we save energy, jobs and growth at the same time ? 08/01/2018
Jean-Marc Jancovici lectures at ENS Paris on whether energy use, jobs and growth can all be preserved.
We WILL Fix Climate Change!
Kurzgesagt's animated take on climate change argues that, despite alarming headlines, there are real reasons for hope as technology, policy and public attitudes shift.
Feeding Bill Gates a Fake Burger (to save the world)
Mark Rober makes a plant-based burger for Bill Gates and explains why meat production strains the environment.
The Carbon Offset Problem
Wendover Productions examines why carbon offsets so often fail to reduce emissions, covering specific examples and the perverse incentives in offset schemes.
Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town
Climate Town traces the history of American parking minimums, how they came from shaky research and ITE guides, and how they shape zoning, cities and housing costs.
Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum
Bill Gates at Stanford's Global Energy Forum argues that cheaper solar, wind and storage are not nearly enough to stop climate change.
Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted
Engineering Explained works through whether electric cars are really worse for the environment than gasoline cars.
Why I changed my mind about nuclear power | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxBerlin
In this TEDxBerlin talk, environmental activist Michael Shellenberger explains why he changed from opposing nuclear power to advocating it, after looking at the evidence on Chernobyl, Fukushima and air pollution.
How to Enjoy the End of the World
A Virginia Tech presentation by Sid Smith about collapse, fossil fuels and overshoot, arguing that industrial civilization faces a decline and how one might live with that.
A reality check on renewables - David MacKay
David MacKay's TEDxWarwick talk uses basic arithmetic to show how much land and energy renewables would need to power a country like the UK.
Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
Michael Shellenberger argues in a TEDx talk that solar and wind need huge amounts of land and mining, and says nuclear power is a better path to protecting both the climate and nature.
Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam | Climate Town
Climate Town gives a comedic, fast-paced account of how the plastics industry promoted recycling, including the resin-code recycling symbol, while knowing most plastic could not be economically recycled.
The Daily Show - Burn Noticed
A Daily Show with Jon Stewart segment from 2014 covering the People's Climate March in New York and a House science committee struggling with basic global warming facts.
"Energy Revolution? More like a Crawl" - Dr. Vaclav Smil
Energy scholar Vaclav Smil argues that global energy transitions are slow and that renewable targets should not rest on wishful thinking.