EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 59 MIN
Ani Dasgupta — The New Global Possible: Rebuilding Optimism in the Age of Climate Crisis - with Justin Worland
from Politics and Prose Presents · host Politics and Prose
In 2015, world leaders came together in Paris and signed an agreement to save the planet. Ten years later, we have made little progress on the ground, and the climate crisis is worse than ever. We've mostly figured out what we need to do, but not how to get it done--and time is running out.In this groundbreaking new book, World Resources Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta explores how to orchestrate change at speed and scale. How do we get countries to keep working together on climate action when multilateralism is declining? How do we harness technological innovation to protect nature, rather than destroy it? How do we dismantle entrenched power structures and rapidly transition to a clean, resilient economy?Based on conversations with more than one hundred leaders around the world, Dasgupta weaves together stories of unusual partnerships, collaborative leadership, and lessons learned from failure. Mining the rich history of the climate movement, The New Global Possible defines the narrow path to a hopeful future--one requiring all of our collective focus and determination--and offers a radical new practice for orchestrating change for good.Ani Dasgupta is President and CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), where he spearheads global efforts to drive systemic change across climate, nature, and human development. Dasgupta is a widely recognized leader in climate policy and finance, sustainable cities, and poverty alleviation. His work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, and many global media outlets. He took the helm at WRI in 2021 after seven years as Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Prior to joining WRI, Dasgupta spent two decades at the World Bank. Dasgupta grew up in Delhi, India. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, and has two children.Dasgupta is in conversation with Justin Worland. Worland is a senior correspondent at TIME covering energy and climate change. For the past decade, his reporting has explored how climate change and the energy transition are reshaping the world around us. His weekly climate column reaches nearly half a million subscribers. In 2022, Worland was named the inaugural Climate Journalist of the Year by Covering Climate Now for his coverage of complex climate issues. He serves as the journalism fellow at the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute and the Outrider Foundation fellow at TIME. Worland is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding board member at the Uproot Project, a non-profit that works to diversify environmental journalism. https://politics-prose.com/book/9781633310667?ic_referral=VaOTWpv_j6PThtxpb4QuWoWgsX7n6AVhjVWTTYa623EwM9GjDAxYPCfaRj-UDqfHc08bYh-4QEYQ7F7cozmt85Z8qBjpcosO9OHQFSRGn7qp5unrNB2GyRApxPBl0PXnQXr_O88
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In 2015, world leaders came together in Paris and signed an agreement to save the planet. Ten years later, we have made little progress on the ground, and the climate crisis is worse than ever. We've mostly figured out what we need to do, but not how to get it done--and time is running out.In this groundbreaking new book, World Resources Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta explores how to orchestrate change at speed and scale. How do we get countries to keep working together on climate action when multilateralism is declining? How do we harness technological innovation to protect nature, rather than destroy it? How do we dismantle entrenched power structures and rapidly transition to a clean, resilient economy?Based on conversations with more than one hundred leaders around the world, Dasgupta weaves together stories of unusual partnerships, collaborative leadership, and lessons learned from failure. Mining the rich history of the climate movement, The New Global Possible defines the narrow path to a hopeful future--one requiring all of our collective focus and determination--and offers a radical new practice for orchestrating change for good.Ani Dasgupta is President and CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), where he spearheads global efforts to drive systemic change across climate, nature, and human development. Dasgupta is a widely recognized leader in climate policy and finance, sustainable cities, and poverty alleviation. His work has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, and many global media outlets. He took the helm at WRI in 2021 after seven years as Global Director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Prior to joining WRI, Dasgupta spent two decades at the World Bank. Dasgupta grew up in Delhi, India. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, and has two children.Dasgupta is in conversation with Justin Worland. Worland is a senior correspondent at TIME covering energy and climate change. For the past decade, his reporting has explored how climate change and the energy transition are reshaping the world around us. His weekly climate column reaches nearly half a million subscribers. In 2022, Worland was named the inaugural Climate Journalist of the Year by Covering Climate Now for his coverage of complex climate issues. He serves as the journalism fellow at the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute and the Outrider Foundation fellow at TIME. Worland is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding board member at the Uproot Project, a non-profit that works to diversify environmental journalism. https://politics-prose.com/book/9781633310667?ic_referral=VaOTWpv_j6PThtxpb4QuWoWgsX7n6AVhjVWTTYa623EwM9GjDAxYPCfaRj-UDqfHc08bYh-4QEYQ7F7cozmt85Z8qBjpcosO9OHQFSRGn7qp5unrNB2GyRApxPBl0PXnQXr_O88
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