A lot more entities are finally getting serious about climate including governments, including businesses and Wall Street. We might find that there are certain categories that venture capital is better suited for. And maybe it is better for governments and universities to fund hard science and deep research.
After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an engineering problem requiring an acceleration of investment. And so, after producing the acclaimed climate podcast “How We Survive” for Marketplace, she left that program to begin a new career in venture capital. What are the limits of media in changing human behavior? And what is the role of capital in addressing the climate crisis, even while considering that capitalism itself may be incompatible with survival?
Guests:
Molly Wood, Climate Solutions Investor, Podcaster
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