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June 23, 2021

Ep47: Gina Domanig 'Open to Innovation'

Gina Domanig is the Managing Partner and founder of Emerald Technology Ventures, the first independent cleantech venture capital fund in Europe. Gina currently serves on the boards of the following portfolio companies: GeoDigital International Inc, a geo-spatial intelligence provider for …

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May 5, 2021

Cleaning Up Audioblog - Episode 1: Climate and Finance, Lessons from …

This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a March 2021 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-climate-and-finance-lessons-from-a-time-machine/ We would like to thank BloombergNEF for allowing us to record it.

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April 28, 2021

Ep40: Naoko Ishii 'Global Environment Facilitator'

Naoko Ishii is a professor, executive vice president and Director of the Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo since August 2020. The Center for Global Commons has the mission of putting academia at the forefront of achieving …

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Jan. 20, 2021

Ep27: Beverley Gower-Jones 'Clean Growth Funder'

Beverley Gower-Jones is the leading figure in the cleantech start-up world. She is the Managing Partner at the Clean Growth Fund which invests in the UK's most promising early-stage, clean growth ventures. She’s also the CEO and founder of Carbon …

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Dec. 16, 2020

Ep23: James Cameron 'Trade and Sustainability - the Radical in a Sui…

Last but not least, our concluding episode of 2020 is with James Cameron. No not the director, but he is doing radical things in a suit (this will make more sense once you press play). Find out why Tom Paine …

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Nov. 11, 2020

Ep18: Nancy Pfund 'Women backing Winners'

How can venture capital be used to promote social change and environmental improvement? As a leading venture capitalist of her time and one of the early investors in Tesla, find out the drive behind Nancy Pfund’s incredible career, this week, …

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Oct. 21, 2020

Ep14: Jonathan Maxwell 'Cheaper, Cleaner, More Reliable'

How much energy are data centres using worldwide? Why have lamps been a massive infrastructure revolution? From food waste in olive production in Spain to air pollution, Michael welcomes Jonathan Maxwell into his home for Cleaning Up’s 14th episode! Jonathan …

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Sept. 23, 2020

Ep10: Angela Francis 'A Green Deal without the Yellow Vests'

What does Brexit mean for the climate transition? What will COPs 30 to 50 be about (and why is it trade?) What should environmentalists do instead of giving somebody who's got a pile of problems another one to deal with? …

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