Podcast
(Part One) 100th Episode Special: Seven Years of Climate Risk — What Have We Learned?
September 3, 2026
Part one of this three-part special looks back at the seven years of the podcast to ask what we have learnt about the science, what surprised us, and what comes next.
Seven years and 100 episodes after the Climate Risk Podcast began, we’re taking the opportunity to step back and ask what we have learned, what has changed, and what the years ahead may hold.
In the first part of this special three-part miniseries, we return to the science. From climate tipping points and cascading risks to the role of oceans, nature and food systems, our past guests have repeatedly shown that climate risk is nonlinear, deeply interconnected and difficult to predict with precision.
Drawing on some of the most memorable conversations from the podcast, we explore:
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Why tipping points and nonlinear change make climate change such a profound risk management challenge;
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How interconnected systems, from oceans and biodiversity to food and infrastructure, can amplify and transmit climate shocks;
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And whether events in the real world are unfolding in line with scientific models, or faster than we expected.
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If you have any questions, thoughts, or feedback regarding this podcast series, we would love to hear from you at: climateriskpodcast@garp.com
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Today’s Speakers
Jo Paisley, President of the GARP Risk Institute
Jo is President of the GARP Risk Institute, the thought leadership arm of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Set up in early 2018, the Institute now focuses on climate and nature risk management thought leadership. Her career began at the Bank of England where she worked in a variety of roles, across macroeconomics, statistics, supervision and risk. Her last role was as a Director of the Supervisory Risk Specialists Division within the Prudential Regulation Authority, where she was heavily involved in the design and execution of the UK’s first concurrent stress test in 2014. Prior to joining GARP, she worked as HSBC’s Global Head of Stress Testing.
Prof. Tim Lenton OBE, Founding Director, Global Systems Institute, and Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science, University of Exeter
Prof. Tim Lenton OBE is the founding Director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter and Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science. He has more than 25 years research experience, focused on modelling of the biosphere, climate, biogeochemical cycles, and associated tipping points. Tim is renowned for his work identifying climate tipping points, which informed the setting of the 1.5C climate target, associated net zero targets, and nationally determined contributions.
Tim works with policymakers and businesses helping them assess the risks of climate change and nature loss and highlighting the opportunities for ‘positive tipping points’ that can accelerate change towards net zero. In 2023, Professor Lenton led a team of more than 200 people from over 90 organisations in 26 countries to produce an authoritative assessment of the risks and opportunities of both negative and positive tipping points in the Earth system and society. The ‘Global Tipping Points Report’ produced in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund was published at COP28.
