“The goal is net zero, which is a balance between the emissions we put into the air and the emissions we take out….We have solutions and…it’s not that the technologies don’t work, it’s not that we don’t know how to use them. It’s because we haven’t made the choice to actually use them at the size and scale that we need to, as quickly as we want to, to avoid all these really terrible, terrible impacts of a changing climate.”
Melissa Lott on Electric Ladies Podcast
An extraordinary new Nova documentary on PBS hosted by veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien gives a deep dive into what “carbon zero” actually means – in plain English for us non-scientists – and how we can get there in time to save the planet and our lifestyle. How?
Listen to Melissa Lott, Director of Research at the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, and the lead scientists in the documentary, explain it in ways we can all understand in this fascinating discussion with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson.
You’ll hear about:
- What carbon zero really is – and how to get there
- The impact of the new trifecta of federal legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment Act and the CHIPS and Science Act.
- Where we get our electricity from today and what has to change to eliminate emissions
- The impact on each industry – in ways that may surprise you
- Plus, insightful career advice, such as…
“Create your path because it probably hasn’t been created before. And follow your passions and the things you want to contribute to…At the end of the day….it’s about understanding where you want to have impact and then creating the path forward….When I started in this work, the thing I do now did not exist. It didn’t, now it does. And I’m so glad that I positioned myself to be able to do the work that I do today because it speaks to me on many, many levels and it brings together different pieces of me, and it’s a way that I can contribute. So,….It’s about how are you going to create and be that change you want to see?”
Melissa Lott on Electric Ladies Podcast
Read Joan’s Forbes articles here too.
You’ll also like:
- Halla Hrund Logadottir, Director-General, Iceland’s National Energy Authority, on how the country has become 85% renewable energy.
- Sandrine Dixson-Decléve, Co-president of the Club of Rome (global leaders), on how to pivot the global economy to net zero
- Janet Gail Besser, of Smart Power Alliance, on their 5-point plan to get the U.S. energy system to net zero.
- Michele Wucker, thought leaders and author of “You Are What You Risk: The New Art & Science to Navigating an Uncertain World.”
- Jennifer Gerbi, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Acting Director, ARPA-E, the innovation arm of the Department of Energy
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