Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

Audioblogs Episodes

Sept. 22, 2025

Audioblog 16: The Pragmatic Climate Reset, Part II — A Provocation

The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President marked a turning point in the politics of climate action – not just in the US, but around the world. The airwaves are suddenly awash with commentators, claiming that ...

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Aug. 6, 2025

Audioblog 15: The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part 1 — The Energy Transit…

In February, veteran fossil industry advisor Dan Yergin and two co-authors published a piece called The Troubled Transition. In it they dismiss the idea that there is or can ever be an energy transition, anchored on the fact ...

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Jan. 22, 2025

Audioblog 14: Generative AI — The Power and the Glory

Will AI be a disaster for the climate, or a saviour in disguise? How is AI reshaping power needs around the world? And does a lack of clean electricity spell the end of the AI dream, or a new round of fossil-fuel reliant data...

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March 13, 2024

Audioblog 12: The Five Superheroes of the Transition

This week, Michael presents the second part of his two-parter for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, exploring the bear and bull cases for the net zero transition. This week is the bull case: the "5 superheroes" of the transition, 5 forces/trends even more powerful than last week's "5 horsemen", which c…

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March 6, 2024

Audioblog 11: The Five Horsemen of the Transition

Michael is solo this week on Cleaning Up, outlining the "5 horsemen" of the net-zero transition - the five greatest obstacles to the net zero transition. These 5 horsemen are: the economics of energy solutions, the electrical grid, the demand for critical mineral, political and social inertia, pred…

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May 3, 2023

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 10: The Next Half-Trillion-Dollar Marke…

This week's episode is a recording of Michael's latest blog post for BloombergNEF: The Next Half-Trillion-Dollar Market – Electrification of Heat Our thanks to BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it and share it with our Cleaning Up audience. Make sure you like, subscribe, and share Cleaning …

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Dec. 30, 2022

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 9: "It's a New Year - Time to Face Real…

This week, it's a special, bonus episode of Cleaning Up. Michael has some essential messages to keep in mind at the dawn of the new year: 1. Climate action is neither doomed nor a sure thing. 2. People who disagree with you may share your goals, but put facts and priorities in a different order…

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Dec. 14, 2022

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 8: "The Unbearable Lightness of Hydroge…

This week's episode is a recording of Michael's latest blog post for BloombergNEF: CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST Our thanks to BloombergNEF for allowing us to record and share it with our Cleaning Up audience.

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Oct. 19, 2022

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 7: After Ukraine - The Great Clean Ener…

This week's episode is a recording of Michael's latest blog post for BloombergNEF: https://about.bnef.com/blog/after-ukraine-the-great-clean-energy-acceleration/ Our thanks to BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it and sha...

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March 30, 2022

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 6 "Resilience, Ukraine and Net Zero: Wh…

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a March 2022 blog post written by Michael for BloombergNEF. https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-the-quest-for-resilience-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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Aug. 11, 2021

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 4: Separating Hype from Hydrogen – Part…

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a October 2020 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-separating-hype-from-hydrogen-part-two-the-demand-side/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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Aug. 4, 2021

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 3: Separating Hype from Hydrogen – Part…

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a October 2020 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-separating-hype-from-hydrogen-part-one-the-supply-side/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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July 28, 2021

Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 2: Climate Action – It’s The Trade, Stu…

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a June 2021 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-climate-action-its-the-trade-stupid/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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May 5, 2021

Cleaning Up Audioblog - Episode 1: Climate and Finance, Lessons from …

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a March 2021 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-climate-and-finance-lessons-from-a-time-machine/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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