Atlanta has one of the country’s worst commutes. Traffic woes mean rising auto emissions, a major cause of climate change.  Residents wonder if electric vehicles are the answer. Savannah Gentry and Siyue Zong report. 

Part 1 of 2


Cars drive climate change in Atlanta (1)

Natural disasters traced to warming temperatures often hit the poor harder than the rich.  That impact is shifting the conversation about climate change to civil rights and social justice. Taylor McNair and Caiwei Huang report. 

Part 2 of 2

Global warming as civil rights: shall we overcome? (2)

The political debate over climate change is playing out on the streets. Some advocacy groups have launched campaigns to directly challenge companies and governments they blame for global warming. Clara Perez and Mark Leone report. 

Part 1 of 2

Political protest to preserve the planet (1)

The political debate over climate change is playing out on the streets. Some advocacy groups have launched campaigns to directly challenge companies and governments they blame for global warming. Clara Perez and Mark Leone report. 

Part 2 of 2

Political protest to preserve the planet (2)

Food experts warn that climate change threatens agriculture and world food supplies. Higher temperatures are forcing farmers such as coffee growers to adapt and innovate. Mae Bowen and Naomi Maisel report.

Part 1 of 2

Feeding the world in a time of climate change (1)

Food experts warn that climate change threatens agriculture and world food supplies. Higher temperatures are forcing farmers such as coffee growers to adapt and innovate. Mae Bowen and Naomi Maisel report.

Part 2 of 2

Feeding the world in the time of climate change (2)

Emory University has become a leader for the environment and sustainability among American campuses. But some debate over the best way forward on climate change still sparks. Sam Budnyk and Adam Goldstein report. 

Part 1 of 2

A hot-button issue on a cool, green campus (1)

Emory University has become a leader for the environment and sustainability among American campuses. But some debate over the best way forward on climate change still sparks. Sam Budnyk and Adam Goldstein report. 

Part 2 of 2

A hot-button issue on a cool, green campus (2)

Global warming is behind more frequent heat waves and torrential storms.  The reduction of greenhouse gases is key to easing the extreme weather spiral. Jesse Richheimer reports.


Probing the climate-weather nexus

Volkswagen is reeling from disclosures that the automaker understated diesel car emissions and misled regulators. The scandal has angered consumers and spotlighted the need for standards to curb climate change. Carter Smith-Wellman and Sarah Queen report. 

Part 1 of 2

VW - the people's automobile - angers the people (1)

Volkswagen is reeling from disclosures that the automaker understated diesel car emissions and misled regulators. The scandal has angered consumers and spotlighted the need for standards to curb climate change. Carter Smith-Wellman and Sarah Queen report. 

Part 2 of 2

VW - the people's automobile - angers the people (2)

Nine students and two faculty members from Emory University are center stage for the United Nations negotiations on climate change, underway in Paris. The group, the university’s first delegation to a climate summit, represents different disciplines: the sciences, humanities, business and the social sciences. Climate change is an interdisciplinary problem that requires a multitude of backgrounds to understand and seek answers. These podcasts reflect the efforts of all 15 students enrolled in the Fall 2015 CoLA Course: Paris is an Explanation, where these problems were explored at Emory University and the greater Atlanta area. 

Emory Climate Org

Popular tracks