Climate 2020
About the podcast:
Release Date: Fall 2019
The 2020 election for President of the United States—more than any other event—will determine how the US stands up on the issue of Climate Change.
Podcast co-hosts David Gelber, co-founder and executive editor of The YEARS Project, and Jeff Nesbit of Climate Nexus, talk to the most important figures in the upcoming election—candidates, campaign managers, and journalists—about Climate Change, the platforms, and what we can do. On the weekly show, which will run up to Nov. 3, 2020, David and Jeff will also:
Follow what’s being said and done in Washington, D.C., and what isn’t
Unpack the best and worst policies impacting our environment
Interview top scientists and environmental change agents
Provide key information to voters at election time
Meet the hosts:
DAVID GELBER - YEARS Project
David is co-founder and executive producer of The YEARS Project, an educational storytelling platform and media company that is informing, empowering, and uniting the world on Climate Change. He is also the creator of its Emmy Award-winning series The Years of Living Dangerously. Before YEARS, David spent 25 years as an award-winning producer at 60 MINUTES and served in executive producer
roles at ABC and CBS News. He is holder of 13 combined Emmy, DuPont, Peabody awards.
“I covered about ten war zones in my years at 60 MINUTES,
but this story, global warming, is just as dramatic—and more important—than any of them.”
JEFF NESBIT - Climate NexusJeff is executive director of Climate Nexus, a strategic communications group dedicated to highlighting the impact of Climate Change in the US.
Sponsored by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Jeff leads the organization’s mission to inform and educate, with a special focus on finding clean energy solutions. Prior to founding Climate Nexus, Jeff was director of legislative and public affairs at the National Science Foundation, and at the Food & Drug Administration. He is also a contributing writer at the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, and other publications. His latest book, This Is The Way The World Ends, was published by St. Martin’s Press in September 2018.
Climate 2020 was co-created by BOOM.