Episodes
Ep 59: Alain Ebobissé 'Meeting Africa's Infrastructure Needs'
Alain Ebobissé is a specialist in the financing and development of infrastructure and CEO of Africa50. Prior to joining the orga…
Ep 58: John Redfern 'Cracking the Geothermal Code'
John Redfern is an investor, advisor and serial entrepreneur in the data analytics, oil service and energy tech verticals. John s…
Ep 57: Julie Klinger 'Rare Earths, Real Insight'
Julie Klinger is an Assistant Professor of Geographer at the University of Delaware and also affiliated with the university's new…
Ep 56: The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor William Russell 'Greening the City o…
William Russel was elected as Alderman for the Ward of Bread Street in 2013 and served as Sheriff of the City of London in 2016-1…
Ep55: Elizabeth Wathuti 'Planting the Seeds of Inspiration'
Elizabeth Wathuti is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures yo…
Ep 54: Laurence Tubiana 'The Éminence Grise of the Paris Agreement'
Laurence Tubiana is CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF). In addition, she is the Chair of the Board of Governors at the …
Ep53: Eamon Ryan 'Ireland's Jolly Green Giant'
Eamon Ryan is the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Transport in the Irish government and le…
Ep52: Tony Abbott 'Green Trade or Green Trade-Off'
Tony Abbott was the Australian PM between 2013 and 2015, the leader of the Liberal Party between 2009 and 2015 and an MP for Warr…
Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 4: Separating Hype from Hydrogen – Part…
This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a October 2020 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebr…
Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 3: Separating Hype from Hydrogen – Part…
This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a October 2020 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/lieb…
Cleaning Up Audioblog Episode 2: Climate Action – It’s The Trade, Stu…
This episode of Cleaning Up is based on a June 2021 blog written by Michael for BloombergNEF https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebre…
Ep51: Yousef Alshammari 'Saudi Arabia's net zero conundrum'
Dr. Yousef Alshammari, is the CEO and Head of Oil Research at CMarkits. He is a former Research Fellow in energy economics at OPE…
Ep50: Lord John Browne 'Beyond Net Zero'
Lord Browne is a Senior Advisor at General Atlantic on climate and Net Zero, providing strategic support and advice to the firm’s…
Ep49: Johan Rockström 'Pushing Planetary Boundaries'
Johan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor in Earth System Science at t…
Ep48: Nick Stern 'Planetary Crisis? Call an Economist!'
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute …
Ep47: Gina Domanig 'Open to Innovation'
Gina Domanig is the Managing Partner and founder of Emerald Technology Ventures, the first independent cleantech venture capital …
Ep46: Angelina Galiteva 'California's Clean Energy Dream'
Angelina Galiteva has been appointed Chair of the California Independent System Operator’s Board of Governors in 2020, after a de…
Ep45: Catherine McKenna 'Powering Canada Past Coal'
Catherine McKenna is a Canadian Liberal politician serving as the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities since 2019. Before t…
Ep44: James Thornton 'Enforcing the Laws of Nature'
James Thornton is the CEO and founder of ClientEarth, a leading environmental law organisation in Europe. Since its establishment…
Ep43: Nigel Topping 'Racing to Zero'
Nigel Topping was appointed UK High Level Champion for Climate Action in January 2020. His role involves bringing together differ…
Ep42: Thomas Nowak 'Pumping Heat'
Thomas Nowak is the Secretary General of the European Heat Pump Association - he’s an expert on heating and electricity. Thomas …
Ep41: Sharan Burrow 'Just Transition or Just Talk?'
Sharan Burrow has been the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation since 2010. In her role she represent…
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/liebre…
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 sin…