{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8044dc9e-e5f2-44bd-9c1c-e86bd88b72a0/64c8a4f2-a847-4156-82fe-8c6152e3d396?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The World Ahead: Red, white and green","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a734d4d94bc8874243/62e286adf9094c0011796251.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>In this climate-themed episode we imagine how the <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/2020/07/04/what-if-the-republicans-pivoted-on-climate?utm_campaign=world-ahead&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Republican party might pivot</a> on environmental policy and go green for 2024. We consider how climate scientists map out different scenarios for the trajectory of global warming. Also, a journey to 2050 to see how <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/2020/07/04/what-if-carbon-removal-becomes-the-new-big-oil?utm_campaign=world-ahead&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">oil companies have reinvented themselves</a> to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere. Tom Standage hosts.</p><p><br></p><p>Music by Chris Zabriskie \"Candlepower\" (CC by 4.0)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Read more from at \"<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/?utm_campaign=world-ahead&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The World If</a>\" and please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions: <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}