Lina Burnelius on Sweden’s forestry model: sustainable or greenwash?
Alasdair speaks to Dr Dan Quiggin, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, and Ember Chief Operating Officer Phil MacDonald, about the implications of using Bioenergy with Capture and Storage or BECCS .
What is BECCS and what does it mean for climate policy?
Alasdair speaks to Dr Dan Quiggin, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, and Ember Chief Operating Officer Phil MacDonald, about the implications of using Bioenergy with Capture and Storage or BECCS .
How are preparations for COP26 going?
The COP26 lead at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), Gareth Redmond-King, talks to Alasdair about the preparations for the next climate talks in November.
Ember’s Phil MacDonald on powering past coal
Chief Operating Officer of energy think tank Ember, Phil MacDonald, talks to Alasdair about the new challenges of decarbonising the global energy sector and what has been achieved so far in Europe in the UK.
Sasha Stashwick on Biden and climate change
Edward and Alasdair speak to Sasha Stashwick, climate expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on how the Biden Administration is gearing up to tackle climate change and issues with the use of biomass for tackling climate goals.
Mike Norton on “transformative change” and science policy
Edward Robinson speaks to Prof Michael Norton, outgoing director of the environment programme at the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC). Mike speaks about the need to understand what ‘transformative change’ actually is, the gap between science and policy urgency on environmental boundaries and on the flawed concept of GDP.
Greenpeace’s Doug Parr on climate change policy
Alasdair MacEwen speaks to Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Head of Policy at Greenpeace UK about how climate policy has changed and what might happen after the pandemic.
