How has climate change affected Lebanon? With Assaad Razzouk
Lauren talks to Assaad Razzouk, host of the Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast and British Lebanese clean energy entrepreneur. They talk about the recent elections in Lebanon, systemic problems with climate finance, and the ways a clean energy transition could help struggling economies.
Is the finance industry on track for net zero?
Daniel Klier is CEO of ESG Book, and was previously HSBC’s first Head of Sustainability, and Chair of the Bank of England Climate Risk Working Group. Alasdair spoke to him about how banks are confronting climate mitigation, and what needs to be done for banks and the finance industry to meet net zero targets.
Human rights, climate change, and the Philippines – with Yeb Saño
Bertie talked to the Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Yeb Saño, about the conclusion of a 7 year inquiry into human rights and climate change in the Philippines.
How are assumptions around science and migration undermining climate policy? With Sonia Shah
Award winning author and journalist Sonia Shah talks to Alasdair about her book, The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move. She talks about what we can learn about human migration from wildlife, why climate migration should be seen as an adaptation strategy rather than a coming crisis, and the dangers of elitism in scholarly science.
How to tackle methane in a meat-eating world?
Did you know that methane is more than 25 times more potent than CO2 in terms of trapping heat in the atmosphere? In this episode we look at reducing methane emissions without mandating veganism. Our guests Anatoli Smirnov and Sabina Assan are researchers at Ember, international data analysts for clean energy solutions in the power sector.
What are the issues threatening oceans in the Pacific? With Dame Meg Taylor DBE
The day before 80 countries meet in Palau to discuss ocean governance, Bertie talked to Dame Meg Taylor DBE about the changes the Pacific Elders’ Voice are campaigning for, including pollution of plastics and nuclear waste, illegal and unsustainable fishing, and loss and damage.
CCS: what are the right (and wrong) ways to do carbon capture and storage?
Bertie talks about the issues and benefits of different CCS technologies with Dr. Howard Herzog, a world expert on carbon capture, having studied it at MIT’s Energy Initiative for over 30 years.
Roxane Andersen explains why peatlands are the “superheroes” of carbon storage
Bertie talked to renowned peat expert Professor Roxane Andersen about the Flow Country in Scotland, her research on restoration, monitoring, and peatland fires, and more generally about why peatlands are so important for climate mitigation.
Is climate modelling undermined by economics and ideology?
Alasdair MacEwen talks to Associate Professor Wim Carton of Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies about offset markets, carbon removal technologies, and IPCC modelling.
How Europe funds illegal Russian logging, and why timber sanctions matter – with Earthsight’s Sam Lawson
With the invasion of Ukraine ongoing, ELCI’s Assistant Editor Bertie Harrison-Broninski talks to Sam Lawson, Director of investigative NGO Earthsight, following a public letter from 120 NGOs calling for a boycott on Russian and Belarusian wood.
