TEDx talk highlights the global geothermal energy opportunity
Dr. Rebecca Pearce of Cascade Institute delivers TEDx talk on geothermal (source: TEDx Talks)
Carlo Cariaga
15 Sep 2025
Dr. Rebecca Pearce of the Cascade Institute delivered a compelling TEDx Talk on the global opportunity for geothermal in helping address the energy crisis.
Dr. Rebecca Pearce, a research fellow from the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in Canada, has just delivered a compelling talk on the great potential of geothermal energy and why it remains underutilized as part of TEDx at Royal Roads University.
In this talk, Pearce breaks down the science behind enhanced geothermal systems and exposes how our short-term thinking prevents us from embracing a technology whose benefits will empower future generations. This compelling presentation challenges audiences to shift their perspective on long-term energy investments and consider geothermal’s transformational potential to be the backbone of the clean energy transition.
“As our energy demand continues to rise, the urgency to bring down fossil fuel emissions as the climate crisis looms ever larger,” said Pearce.
“My TED talk highlights how we still have options to solve this immense global challenge. We’ve turned to the sun, the rivers, the seas, the wind, but there’s also tremendous power beneath our feet. Geothermal holds enormous potential to provide clean, constant, reliable energy to our grid for thousands of generations to come. This is my rallying cry to unleash geothermal power to solve our climate and energy crises.”
“The Cascade Institute focuses on the high-leverage interventions that could solve humanity’s biggest problems, and geothermal power is the perfect example of such an intervention,” said Cascade Institute Executive Director Thomas Homer-Dixon.
“Rebecca’s talk could introduce a much wider audience to geothermal’s potential as an important part of solving the climate crisis.”
Check out the video below for the full TEDx talk of Dr. Rebecca Pearce:
Dr. Rebecca Pearce is the Science Lead for the Cascade Institute’s Ultradeep Geothermal program. In 2024, the group published a roadmap for advancing ultradeep geothermal technologies in Canada.
Source: Cascade Institute
