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The Future with Hannah Fry: Can We Really Re-wild the Planet

The Future with Hannah Fry: Can We Really Re-wild the Planet Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. The environment is in crisis, but a revolutionary new conservation concept offers hope for the future. From the overgrown Fukushima exclusion zone, to the majestic redwood forests of California, Hannah embarks on a journey into the wilderness to discover how championing nature could help to heal the environmental wounds we have inflicted ...
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The Future with Hannah Fry: Technology and AI for Social Inclusion

The Future with Hannah Fry: Technology and AI for Social Inclusion Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. Technology promises to transform the lives of millions of people living with disabilities. From coffee making robots in Japan, to revolutionary bionic limbs in New York, Hannah explores how a technological revolution could help disabled people feel more included in society or whether there are simpler ways to make progress. Genre: Business, ...
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The Future with Hannah Fry: Can Nuclear Fusion Power the Future?

The Future with Hannah Fry: Can Nuclear Fusion Power the Future? Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. It’s the holy grail for limitless clean energy, but will nuclear fusion come soon enough to avoid the worst of the climate crisis? In France, Hannah Fry goes inside the largest international fusion project ever built and flies to Los Angeles to witness a new generation of private start-ups racing to put ...
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The Future with Hannah Fry: Weaponization of Data

The Future with Hannah Fry: Weaponization of Data Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. The threats in the digital world are growing. As we increasingly live our lives on the internet, even the tiniest details can be exploited and weaponized against us. Hannah explores the latest artificial intelligence to figure out if the death of privacy could leave us exposed to greater threats or if a revolution in online ...
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The Future with Hannah Fry: Emotional Recognition

The Future with Hannah Fry: Emotional Recognition Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. Cars that can sense anger. Laptops that know if you’re bored. Can a new wave of artificial intelligence really read emotions better than a human? From a Scottish pig farm to the tech mecca of San Francisco, Hannah explores the latest artificial intelligence to figure out if the death of privacy could leave us exposed to ...
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The Future with Hannah Fry: The 150 Year Life

The Future with Hannah Fry: The 150 Year Life Do you know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more. The elixir of life has been sought for thousands of years. Today a scientific revolution has begun. Hannah joins bio-hackers in California, and a neuroscientist along the streets of Tokyo to experience the latest age-defying techniques and examines what it means to live to a healthy, happy old age. What will extended lifespans mean ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Plastic Predicament

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Plastic Predicament Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. Kal Penn investigates our toxic relationship with plastic and why we recycle so little of it. In New Jersey, he meets Tom Szaky, whose company TerraCycle promises it can recycle things like cigarette butts and dirty diapers. But does it really? Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:00 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: How To Save a City

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: How to Save a City Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. Storms, earthquakes, flooding. More extreme weather is putting pressure on aging infrastructure in big cities, where 68% of the world’s population is expected to live by 2050. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores how cities can adapt, and why obvious infrastructure solutions are often so costly (and slow). In New York City, Penn investigates both “gray” and “green” infrastructure initiatives to save the city from the ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Future of Water

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Future of Water Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In Nevada, Kal Penn investigates the lasting impacts of the Colorado River Compact, the 1922 agreement that doles out water rights to seven states. The system, over-optimistic from the start, is on the verge of collapse as water levels in key reservoirs approach dead pool-status. But in nearby Las Vegas, Kal explores strategies that have led that city to become one of the most successful in the US when it ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: How We Stay Cool

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: How We Stay Cool Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores whether there’s a sustainable way to meet increasing demand for air conditioning and delves into the cost and benefit of the “cold chains,” that keep our food cold as it travels the globe. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:23:41 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Cleaning Up Crypto

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Cleaning Up Crypto Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. Can crypto mining become sustainable, or will it always be a giant energy suck? Kal Penn meets a “crypto cowboy” in Texas who claims Bitcoin mining can stabilize the state’s delicate grid while using up surplus energy. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:23:34 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Carbon Offsets

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Carbon Offsets Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores the problems inherent to the carbon offset market, how companies claim them when they shouldn’t and why tree planting isn’t always a good strategy. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:23:34 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Last Resorts

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: The Last Resorts Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores some of the more drastic Plan Bs aimed at fighting global warming or protecting populations from climate extremes. These include supercharging the oceans’ ability to soak up CO2 and even managed retreat. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:23 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Generation EV

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Generation EV Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn travels to Nevada to visit the company building America’s first closed-loop supply chain for electric vehicles, while examining the industry’s reliance on the carbon-intensive kind. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:16 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Renovating the World

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Renovating the World Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. How do we even begin to decarbonize economies when almost everything built in the modern era was designed around fossil fuels? In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explains how we can renovate the world, from electrical grids to air travel and even our homes. In New York City, Penn explores the challenges of retrofitting the biggest buildings, from famous landmarks to low-income housing. He heads to the Empire State ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Tackling Methane

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Tackling Methane Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. Methane has 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide and huge amounts of it leak into the atmosphere every day. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn breaks down what you need to know about the gas, the surprising places it’s leaking from and why fixing methane leaks is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to slow global warming. Penn heads to West Texas to meet the founder of ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Climate Activism

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Climate Activism Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores the successes and challenges of climate activism. We visit a community reliant on fossil fuels as they choose between a lucrative new oil proposal and a transition toward renewables Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:25:13 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by ...
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Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Learning from Nature

Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Learning from Nature Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism. In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores the palm oil industry, how industrial agriculture damages the environment and the ways food could be grown more sustainably. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:46 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is ...
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The Wild and Wonderful World of Elon Musk

The Wild and Wonderful World of Elon Musk His rockets are revolutionizing space exploration. His cars have dramatically changed the image of electric vehicles. His factories are among the largest on the planet. His name is Elon Musk and in just 20 years, he’s become one of the most powerful men on the planet with a fortune that amounts to hundreds of billions of dollars. Charismatic and mysterious, brilliant and disturbing, a jokester with a reputation for being high-handed, he’s like a character out of a science-fiction novel. But behind this fascinating persona lie a host of concrete technical innovations. ...
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Business of Fashion: How COVID is Transforming the $380 Billion Luxury Fashion Industry

Business of Fashion: How COVID is Transforming hte $380 Billion Luxury Fashion Industry Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. Founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, Imran Amed travels to Paris for the first time since global lockdowns to find designers Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga and Marine Serre exploring provocative strategies toward building a more socially and environmentally conscious fashion industry. ...
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Business of Fashion: How Fashion’s Megabrands Will Adapt to Post-Pandemic Behavior

Business of Fashion: How Fashion’s Megabrands Will Adapt to Post-Pandemic Behavior Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. Francois-Henri Pinault of Kering and Bruno Pavlovsky of Chanel reveal to Imran Amed how their brands will connect to customers whose habits may be forever changed by the pandemic. Along with industry expert Angelica Cheung, the luxury CEOs say that they will be ready when ...
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Business of Fashion: Everybody is Different, Why Does Fashion Always Look the Same?

Business of Fashion: Everybody is Different, Why Does Fashion Always Look the Same? Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. How can a business arguably built on keeping people out let more people in? In this episode of The Business of Fashion, Imran Amed heads to Paris to chat with Harper’s Bazaar Editor in Chief Samira Nasr to learn about her rise in ...
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Business of Fashion: Why the Metaverse is Fashion’s Next Goldmine

Business of Fashion: Why the Metaverse is Fashion’s Next Goldmine Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. Founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion Imran Amed steps into the virtual realm with the pioneering entrepreneurs behind Ledger, The Dematerialised and RFTKT Studios to discover why the metaverse is being seen as the next fashion goldmine. Genre: Business, Fashion, Lifestyle, Society Duration: 00:21:51 ...
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Business of Fashion: Inside the $130 Billion Second-hand Fashion Market

Business of Fashion: Inside the $130 Billion Second-hand Fashion Market Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. Pre-loved fashion is on the rise as old clothes find new wearers through global technology platforms. What are the risks and rewards of this resale revolution? At Vestiaire Collective’s authentication center in Northern France, CEO Max Bittner shows Imran Amed how countering counterfeits can secure growth. ...
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Business of Fashion: Why Fashion Brands are Doubling Down on Sustainability

Business of Fashion: Why Fashion Brands are Doubling Down on Sustainability Bloomberg Quicktake and powerhouse publisher, The Business of Fashion combine forces to introduce a show that uses the prism of fashion to explore culture, human rights, sustainability, technology and business topics that are part of the global zeitgeist. Imran Amed will be your host. For luxury executives including Kering Chief Executive Officer François Henri-Pinault, 2020 was the year in which the industry forever changed. Amid the arrival of the coronavirus, companies such as his suffered their worst year on record. Consumer behavior shifted even faster from brick-and-mortar to online ...
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Storylines: Inside the Hijacking of a $100 Million Supertanker

Storylines: Inside the Hijacking of a $100 Million Supertanker In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze. When David Mockett, a maritime surveyor, inspected the vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. Soon after his inspection, Mockett was killed in a car bombing. Genre: Business Duration: 00:22:30 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Beeweaver

Charlie Bee Company: Ep8 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. In the final episode of Season 1, Charlie gets to ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Honey, Honey

Charlie Bee Company: Ep7 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. Living the dream in the Land of Milk and Honey, ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Two, Tarts

Charlie Bee Company: Ep6 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. Charlie takes his honey from farm to table in this ...
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Charlie Bee Company: The Business of Bees

Charlie Bee Company: Ep5 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. Beekeeping is all business, but Charlie sure has a lot ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Queen Me

Charlie Bee Company: Ep4 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. In this episode, Charlie takes the city of San Antonio ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Bee School & a Hurricane

Charlie Bee Company: Ep3 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. Charlie goes back to college where he gets schooled by ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Bees, Beer, & Bikes

Charlie Bee Company: Ep2 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. Charlie visits the oldest hardware store in Texas and then ...
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Charlie Bee Company: Welcome to TX Beekeeping

Charlie Bee Company: Ep1 Charlie Bee Company is a show about a wild Texas beekeeper, who rescues Africanized honeybees from desperate & dangerous situations, learning more about bees with each new sting he receives. Every day is a challenge for this bee removal expert who never knows what to expect when coming across an angry hive. Always learning more about the nature of bees himself, Charlie and Company bring bee conservation to the global stage by giving front row seats to jaw-dropping hive removals done by a quirky, backyard apiarist. In the premiere episode of Charlie Bee Company, follow Charlie ...
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Bloomberg Green: Solving the Global Energy Crisis

Bloomberg Green: Episode 46 The world is in the grip of an energy crisis. Prices of natural gas and electricity are surging from China to Europe and South America. In this edition of Bloomberg Green, we look at what’s causing the mess and its effect on the global economy. We speak to Dale Vince, the CEO of renewable utility Ecotricity about why the UK in particular is being hit so hard. And we also focus on the short- and long-term solutions to the problem: is the difficult truth that green energy will just cost us more? Genre: Business, Environment, Our ...
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Bloomberg Green: Methane

Bloomberg Green: Episode 45 We all know the impact of CO2, but what about the other greenhouse gas: methane? It’s produced by industries from agriculture to oil and gas, and is the cause of 28% of all human-caused climate change. In this edition, we speak to Claus Zehner of the European Space Agency, spotting from emissions from space, and the methane hunters of the Permian Basin, who hold fracking companies to account for the invisible pollutant. Plus, how can the international community stop the authoritarian state of Turkmenistan from leaking tonnes of methane into the atmosphere? Genre: Business, Environment, Our ...
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Bloomberg Green: Germany Election Special

Bloomberg Green: Episode 44 Germany’s parties are starting what could be months of coalition negotiations, after an election where issues of climate loomed large. The German Green party may have faded somewhat as the campaign went on, but they still secured their best results in history and are likely to be kingmakers in any new coalition government. In this episode of “Bloomberg Green”, we look at what the outcome means for Germany’s net zero plans with Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff. Plus, how coalition talks could impact energy policy, and the difficulties German Automakers face in the global race for EVs. ...
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Bloomberg Green: The Road to COP26

Bloomberg Green: Episode 43 A month out from Glasgow, world leaders set the stage for the global climate conference at the UN General Assembly. President Biden pledges to double U.S. aid to help poorer nations fight climate change, we hear from U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry and COP26 President Alok Sharma about the commitment. One of the hot topics of conversation at the UNGA: Europe’s energy crisis. We break down what’s causing it and how bad it’s likely to get. Plus, it isn’t just policymakers pledging climate action. Billionaire Bill Gates is joining forces with business heavyweights like BlackRock’s Larry ...
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Bloomberg Green: Climate Impacts and Mitigation

Bloomberg Green: Episode 42 Hurricane Ida has ravaged the Eastern United States and worse storms are likely to come. What can America do to adapt? From rain to drought. Arizona introduces unprecedented water rations for next year. How will that impact business and agriculture? And, living with a changing climate. We look at the example of Rotterdam, a city at risk of sinking into the ocean. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:00 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by ...
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Bloomberg Green: The Sustainable Jobs Market

Bloomberg Green: Episode 41 Fossil fuels are out and big solar is in. Electric vehicles are replacing combustion engines. And offshore wind farms are the new oil rigs. But how do you get build a career in sustainability? In this edition of Bloomberg Green, we look at jobs, the deficits and the opportunities created by the shift to a less carbon-intensive society. We break down the supply chain of the new automotive industry, speak to a solar installation professional, and hear from recruitment firm Acre about how you could be making 20% more if you switch to a green job. ...
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Bloomberg Green: Can China Achieve It’s Carbon Goals

Bloomberg Green: Episode 40 As the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China holds the fate of the planet’s climate in its hands. This week on “Bloomberg Green,” we speak to one of the nation’s leading environmentalists, Ma Jun, on how Beijing can get to net zero by 2060. We also look at why China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ that holds back the Gobi desert is under threat. Plus: the dark side of solar panels. We investigate an industry that relies on key ingredients from the troubled region of Xinjiang. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:05 Rights: Inflight & Transportation ...
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Rap Squad

Rap Squad In the town of Helena-West Helena located in the Arkansas Delta, students of Central High School’s Rap Squad — an after school music club — pen lyrics to cope with personal traumas and seek healing for themselves. Montae and Ray are two sophomore members of Rap Squad who have found themselves positively bolstered by the club. Before joining Rap Squad, Montae was a lonely wallflower, and Ray suffered from bullying and low self-esteem. But after connecting with an understanding English teacher and joining the club, the boys discover a new creative outlet for all of their fears and anxieties. In a ...
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Alice Street

Alice Street In a rapidly gentrifying city, the construction of a luxury condominium threatens a local mural, forcing the artists and neighborhood to rally to protect its history, voice, and land. Two artists — Chilean studio painter Pancho Peskador and Chicago-born aerosol artist Desi Mundo — form an unlikely partnership to paint their most ambitious mural to date in downtown Oakland. The four-story mural is situated at a unique intersection of Chinese and Afro-Diasporic communities who face the imminent threat of displacement and gentrification. But even before painting can commence, the artists face numerous obstacles such as complex negotiations with profit ...
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Bloomberg Green: Extreme Weather – Adaptation & Mitigation

Bloomberg Green: Episode 39 Drought in Canada, floods in Germany, and wildfires across much of the Northern hemisphere. 2021 has seen an unprecedented number of extreme weather events; but in the face of man-made climate disaster, what can people, corporations and governments do? In this edition, we look at the world of climate hedging, as companies learn to live alongside a changing environment. We speak with Munich Re’s Chief Climate Scientist about insurance against an unstable climate. And we investigate the link between extreme weather and consumer prices. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – ...
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Bloomberg: Inside Venezuela

Bloomberg: Inside Venezuela Venezuela is in default; the country has suffered one of the greatest economic and humanitarian crises in modern history. Now, after four years of crippling U.S. sanctions, President Nicolas Maduro is making a public plea aimed directly at President Joe Biden– it’s time for a deal. Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker travels inside Venezuela and sits down with Maduro to discuss the country’s future. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or ...
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Bloomberg Green: How to Make Sustainable Surf & Turf

Bloomberg Green: Episode 38 Sustainable steak. Carbon-free crustaceans. And a beer brewed with offsets in mind. From plant-based whole cuts to shrimp grown in a lab, this week on “Bloomberg Green,” we speak to the startups making one of America’s favorite dishes more sustainable. Plus, the CEOs of Heineken and Brewdog tell us about their journey to reach net zero. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material ...
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Bloomberg Green: Solutions to the UN’s Code Red

Bloomberg Green: Episode 37 The world’s top climate experts issue a warning and a challenge for policymakers. Without drastic action, the world won’t meet its Paris Climate goals to meaningfully reduce global warming. This week: we dig into the implications of the report as the world gets ready for COP26. Plus: the UN warns its findings should be a ‘death knell for coal and fossil fuels.’ We look at some of the solutions to the climate crisis, from existing technologies, to ones just over the horizon. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD ...
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Bloomberg Green: Taking the Carbon Out of Travel

Bloomberg Green: Episode 36 At the height of summer, we answer the question that all the climate-conscious are looking to solve: how to make your vacation green. So from the EU’s plan to incentivize train travel, to Elon Musk’s dreams of a Hyperloop, here’s the practical solutions as well as the technologies of the future to make travel better for the planet. Plus: we speak to the CEO of Neste about how to make jet fuel out of chip fat and Booking.com’s director of sustainability about the lessons learned from the pandemic. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:05 Rights: ...
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Bloomberg Green: Making Finance Sustainable

Bloomberg Green: Episode 35 Money is flooding into sustainable finance at a pace that has never been seen before. But, as companies and countries pump cash into climate projects, how can we differentiate the change-makers from the profit-takers? In this edition of “Bloomberg Green” we break down the institutions trying to define what makes sustainable investments ‘green’. Plus, we talk to the CEO of European private equity house EQT about a world-first: a bond issuance linked to sustainable goals where failure to meet targets means a bigger payout for investors. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & ...
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Space Race

Space Race Governments, billionaires, big companies and eager investors are driving the global space industry to new heights — with breakthrough technologies creating new opportunities for exploration and profit. Alix Steel and Ed Ludlow host a special report on the business of space. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:23:25 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please contact us HERE This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other ...
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Bloomberg Green: From Big Oil to Big Energy

Bloomberg Green: Episode 34 One of the most polluting industries on the planet is facing an identity crisis. Big oil’s future increasingly looks like one that leaves fossil fuels behind. But how do companies navigate the transition? In this edition of “Bloomberg Green” we delve into the death of Keystone XL Pipeline and the impact of its cancellation on jobs, the environment and the economy. We also speak to Equinor, one of the industry leaders in the green transition. And after Chevron left leaking wells in Texas, we ask: whose responsibility is it to clean up the mess that big ...
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Bloomberg Green: Europe’s Path to Net Zero

Bloomberg Green: Episode 33 The European Union has laid out its plan to cut carbon emissions by 55% over the next decade. In this edition, we break down Europe’s path to become the first net zero continent. The European Investment Bank’s climate expert tells us how the EU will put a trillion euros to work to kick-start the transition. We hear from the CEOs of Nissan and BP about the impact of the plan on industry. And, Joe Biden’s climate czar tells us how the U.S. is going to keep pace with Europe. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 ...
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Red Lines: US & Big Tech

Red Lines: US & Big Tech U.S. technology giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft make up 22% of the S&P 500. They also find themselves the targets of legislative and legal efforts to disrupt the power they hold, as their products are used in nearly every aspect of our lives. In this Bloomberg Special Report – Red Lines: U.S. & Big Tech, anchor Emily Chang explores the calls to break up perceived monopolies; the arguments for innovation and competition; and what future regulation might look like. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:23:25 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, ...
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Bloomberg Green: The Next Industrial Revolution

Bloomberg Green: Episode 32 The green transition is being built on dirty industry. Steel, cement, and plastic are crucial components of modern life, but they are also responsible for a huge proportion of emissions and fossil fuel use. In this edition of Bloomberg Green, we look into the innovative ways that industry is trying to cut out the carbon: from startups turning plastic waste into oil to the EU’s grand plan to reach net zero by 2050. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:05 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries and screeners, please ...
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Bloomberg Green: Sustainable Agriculture

Bloomberg Green: Episode 31 Big agriculture has a bad reputation in sustainability circles. And while its economies of scale have lifted billions out of food poverty in the past century, it is one of the most-polluting industries on the planet. So is it time to reconsider how we farm and whether yield is still king? In this episode: we highlight the startups pioneering new techniques – and the agricultural giants adopting them – in the race to new zero. Plus, do farming subsidies need reform? We speak to the former Chief Economist of the USDA. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World ...
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Bloomberg Green: Reforestation the Right Way

Bloomberg Green: Episode 30 The world is losing its forests at an alarming rate. 2020 was the worst year for Amazon Rainforest loss in over a decade. But, there’s a right way and a wrong way to protect and restore the Earth’s green spaces. So from the importance of diverse reforestation projects to our investigation into the legitimacy of some of America’s largest carbon offset projects, this edition of Bloomberg Green focuses on the realities of reforestation. Plus: advocates against ecocide – the lawyers looking to make crimes against the environment on par with crimes against humanity. Genre: Business, Environment, ...
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Bloomberg Green: Supergrids to Connect the World

Bloomberg Green: Episode 29 The Texas deep freeze was the first warning: the United States has an infrastructure problem. The world’s richest nation may need a major update to its electricity grid to prevent future blackouts and allow renewables to take over. Plus, as more and more energy gets transferred across borders, we’ll look at the political impediments to getting to net zero. And: almost a billion people have no access to electricity at all. How one startup is trying to bring light to the darkest regions of Earth, and make sure it stays green. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World ...
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Bloomberg Green: Your City Isn’t Climate-Proof

Bloomberg Green: Episode 28 More than half of humanity is crowded together in cities: working, commuting and polluting. That’s only set to grow. From LA to Berlin to Singapore, urban areas are on the front lines of the climate crisis. Because no matter how much the world warms, cities will have it worse. This week – we look at how we solve the climate problems of today and what we need to do to build the sustainable cities of tomorrow. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all licensing enquiries ...
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Bloomberg Green: The Trouble with Trash

Bloomberg Green: Episode 27 Humans generate more than 2 billion tons of waste a year… and that’s number is only getting higher. In this episode, we look at the ways companies are turning one man’s trash into another man’s treasure. Plus: the problem with plastic got worse during the pandemic, as safety replaced sustainability. But what if we can convert our waste directly into energy? And the final frontier — how Britain’s space garbage collectors are clearing our way to the stars. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For all ...
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Bloomberg Green: The Mad Science of Sustainability

Bloomberg Green: Episode 26 It’s so crazy, it might just work. The changes humanity has made to our planet in the last two centuries are unprecedented. So why stop there? In this episode: we examine some of the mad science projects trying to solve the climate crisis, reverse global warming and even end extinction itself. Plus, a new generation of startups is aiming to harness the power of the stars and crack the secret to the holy grail of green energy: nuclear fusion. Genre: Business, Environment, Our World Duration: 00:24:06 Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA For ...
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