Episodes
Ep17: Prof. Ernest J. Moniz 'Innovation and Power'
What would Professor Ernest Moniz, 13th United States Secretary of Energy, say to the 16th Secretary who will be appointed in th…
Ep16: Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella 'Sustainable Energy for All'
How did Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella impact the Sustainable Development Goals? How has he influenced energy's position in development? …
Ep15: Auke Hoekstra 'The Debunker-in-Chief'
How can we use data modelling to predict the future of zero-emission energy? This week, Auke Hoekstra discusses the SparkCity mod…
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 oli…
Ep13: Morgan Bazilian 'Poet of the Low-Carbon Transition'
How to estimate amount of oil produced in Syria by Daesh using satellite photos of night time lights? How, using the same techniq…
Ep12: Ramez Naam 'Seeing the Future'
How did Ramez Naam spot the exponential cost trends in renewables? How should we tailor our messaging to convince different audie…
Ep11: Jon Dee 'From Celebrity to Action'
How to get members of bands such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Rush, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple together to help a country devastated by …
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 environmen…
Ep9: Jigar Shah 'Creating Climate Wealth'
How does one come up with a brand new clean energy business model? Why if energy transition is the 'biggest wealth creation oppor…
Ep8: Roger Dennis 'The Price of Resilience'
What does a futurist do? Does it include dealing with jetpacks? Or is it more about helping organisations to become more resilien…
Ep7: Bertrand Piccard 'A Good and Exciting Life'
According to Wikipedia, Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. This is something of an understatement. Bertrand…
Ep6: Christiana Figueres 'To Paris and Beyond'
What does it take to turn a demoralised organisation around? How to convince 195 states to sign up to the Paris agreement? What d…
Ep5: Kirsty Gogan 'Fighting for Nuclear'
What role (if any) should nuclear play in a low carbon future? Should we build more large-scale light-water reactors despite high…
Ep4: Barbara Buchner 'Counting the Climate Cash'
How much is being invested in climate action around the world? Where and in which sectors are the investments concentrated? How m…
Ep3: Antony Slumbers 'Real Estate in the Crosshairs'
Why human skills matter in an intensely more technological world? Are we going to return to our offices when the pandemic is over…
Ep2: Rachel Kyte "Investing in climate leadership "
What is stopping us from providing affordable and reliable energy for all? What is the role of graduate education in addressing t…
Ep1: Prof. Cameron Hepburn "Building back better"
What makes a green stimulus? What might a better metric for economic performance than GDP look like? Who is the faster cyclist, M…