About this episode

The episode discusses how Japan can adopt renewable energy through the efforts of climate advocate Kimiko Hirata and explores the systems needed to power the world.

How much electricity does humanity use? And how can we ensure that the energy we need in the future is also clean?  In this episode, Sherrell shares two talks on how one climate advocate in Japan is convincing the country to adopt renewable energy, and a TED-Ed lesson that dives into the complex systems required to  power the world. Talks featured A cheat sheet for accelerating clean energy | Kimiko Hirata How much electricity is needed to power the world? | TED Ed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Sherrell

Guest: Kimiko Hirata

Topics covered

• clean energy
• renewable energy
• climate advocacy
• electricity consumption
• energy systems

Keywords

• clean energy
• renewable energy
• electricity
• climate change
• energy systems
• Japan
• TED Ed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TED Ed, Acast

Places: Japan

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