Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
The national conversation is shifting. A growing group of thinkers and policymakers argue that solving climate change will require radical abundance — building dramatically more clean energy, infrastructure, housing, and technology, and doing it faster than ever before. In this view, the real barrier to progress is scarcity: slow permitting, limited capacity, and systems designed to say “no” rather than “build.”
But critics caution that abundance alone is not a silver bullet. Without strong safeguards, community engagement, and environmental protections, a build-fast approach could reproduce old inequities or create new risks.
At this special live taping of 50 Shades of Green, we put the abundance agenda on trial. In a fast-paced lunchtime debate, leading thinkers will explore whether abundance thinking is the breakthrough climate strategy the moment demands — or an incomplete answer to a more complex challenge.
Expect a lively exchange on what it really takes to scale climate solutions in the United States: what must be built, who benefits, and how we do it responsibly.
The national conversation is shifting. A growing group of thinkers and policymakers argue that solving climate change will require radical abundance — building dramatically more clean energy, infrastructure, housing, and technology, and doing it faster than ever before. In this view, the real barrier to progress is scarcity: slow permitting, limited capacity, and systems designed to say “no” rather than “build.”
But critics caution that abundance alone is not a silver bullet. Without strong safeguards, community engagement, and environmental protections, a build-fast approach could reproduce old inequities or create new risks.
At this special live taping of 50 Shades of Green, we put the abundance agenda on trial. In a fast-paced lunchtime debate, leading thinkers will explore whether abundance thinking is the breakthrough climate strategy the moment demands — or an incomplete answer to a more complex challenge.
Expect a lively exchange on what it really takes to scale climate solutions in the United States: what must be built, who benefits, and how we do it responsibly.
