Episodes
Ep32: Greg Jackson 'Building the Billion-Customer Energy Company'
Joining Cleaning Up today is start-up legend, Greg Jackson. Greg is CEO and founder of Octopus Energy whose mission is to bring ‘…
Ep31: Emma Howard Boyd 'Climate Change? We'll be in Floods.'
Emma Howard Boyd is one of the leading voices in the UK’s Environment scene. As the Chair of the Environment Agency, she is at th…
Ep30: Claire Perry O'Neill 'Ecopragmatism and Policy Innovation'
Having first met in Business School in Harvard, Claire Perry O'Neill and Michael Liebreich go back a long way. However, he has ne…
Ep29: Steven Chu 'Nobel Hero talks Net Zero'
This week, we welcome Steven Chu, Professor of Physics and Physiology at Stanford University, and the 1997 co-recipient of the 19…
Ep28: Fatih Birol 'Setting the World's Energy Agenda'
Named one of the most influential people in the energy sector by the Forbes magazine and the energy personality of the year by th…
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 …
Ep26: Minister Zac Goldsmith 'Environmental leadership in a post-Brex…
More than any other single person, Zac Goldsmith - or The Right Honourable Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park as he is properly know…
Ep25: Bryony Worthington 'Putting the Act into climate action'
How do we get climate at the forefront of politics? How can we good data influence the climate transition? In the first episode o…
Ep24: Holiday Special - A Look Back at Season One
2020 has been a strange and difficult year. In the midst of the global pandemic, Michael decided to reach out to some familiar fa…
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 …
Ep22: Robin Chase ‘Mobility, Cities and Social Entrepreneurship’
What is the future of urban transportation in the world’s cities? Will autonomous cars revolutionize our lives? Meet the woman be…
Ep21: Claude Turmes ‘Clean Energy Coalition-builder'
What happens behind the scenes of the EU Parliament? One of the leading figures in European politics, Claude Turmes, the Minister…
Ep20: Richenda Van Leeuwen 'A Life of Energy Access and Inclusion'
As a 10 year old girl, Richenda Van Leeuwen saw a solar panel at the Centre of Alternative Technology on a rainy day in Wales. Th…
Ep19: Mike Bennetts 'Leadership from the Heart of the Problem'
From CEO of Z Energy to founding the Climate Leaders Coalition, Mike Bennetts has had an immense impact on New Zealand’s position…
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 ti…
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…