What they cover
Kurzgesagt ('In a Nutshell') produces animated explainer videos on science, technology, and philosophy, including significant climate and energy content. Their animation style is instantly recognizable and their production quality is unmatched on YouTube. Climate-relevant videos cover nuclear energy, renewable energy, carbon capture, climate change impacts, and biodiversity with a global audience of 20M+ subscribers.
Why they matter
Kurzgesagt reaches an audience that no other environmental creator can match. Their videos routinely get 10 to 30 million views, introducing climate and energy topics to people who would never watch a dedicated environmental channel. The animation format makes complex data visually intuitive, and their research process (dedicated fact-checking team, published source documents) sets a quality standard that most channels cannot meet.
How to engage
Subscribe to YouTube. Each video links to a full source document with academic citations, making them useful for education and reference. Kurzgesagt merchandise and calendar sales fund the channel's production.
Start here
Watch their video on nuclear energy, which provides a balanced, data-driven analysis of nuclear power's role in decarbonization that avoids both pro-nuclear hype and anti-nuclear fear.