John carey, who is now america's climate envoy, has called cop 26 the last best chance the world has to come together in order to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. Anything we do to limit climate change benefits us whatever we can do to keep that warming in check. But this time we looked at apple, company that changed what a computer is and then change what a phone is. The iphone has given apple tremendous power, but it's forced the company to make compromises it didn't expect.
While world leaders have descended on Glasgow to try to figure out how to slow emissions in the future, New York magazine’s David Wallace-Wells argues rich countries like the United States should also atone for their polluting past.
Today’s show was produced by Will Reid and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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