<description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Ben Rhodes—writer, political commentator, and former Deputy National Security Advisor under President Obama—joins the host team to dissect the challenges of a Trump 2.0 administration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Rhodes issues a bold call for a new "climate populist" strategy, to redirect the populist right-wing outrage over climate action toward exposing the oil and gas industry's stranglehold on climate negotiations, as seen at recent COP summits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Christiana, Tom, Paul, plus special guest Fi Macklin, invite Rhodes to explore themes of strong leadership, the shifting dynamics of geopolitics, Trump’s appeal to the U.S. electorate, and how the world could navigate global climate politics without the US over the next four years?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; 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Outrage + Optimism

Global Optimism

277. Trump and Climate Populism with Ben Rhodes

DEC 12, 202441 MIN
Outrage + Optimism

277. Trump and Climate Populism with Ben Rhodes

DEC 12, 202441 MIN

Description

Ben Rhodes—writer, political commentator, and former Deputy National Security Advisor under President Obama—joins the host team to dissect the challenges of a Trump 2.0 administration.

Rhodes issues a bold call for a new "climate populist" strategy, to redirect the populist right-wing outrage over climate action toward exposing the oil and gas industry's stranglehold on climate negotiations, as seen at recent COP summits.

Christiana, Tom, Paul, plus special guest Fi Macklin, invite Rhodes to explore themes of strong leadership, the shifting dynamics of geopolitics, Trump’s appeal to the U.S. electorate, and how the world could navigate global climate politics without the US over the next four years? NOTES AND RESOURCES

GUESTS

Ben Rhodes, writer, political commentator, and national security analyst

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Fiona Macklin, Senior Advisor on Groundswell, Global Optimism

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Learn more about the Paris Agreement.

 

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