April 07, 2016

Chris Shaw on communicating climate change

April 07, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

Communicating climate change is very difficult and the only thing certain about it is its uncertainty. So what approach do we take in communicating to the masses, the problems, solutions and hope around climate change.

We have Chris Shaw to talk about climate communications. Chris works at climate outreach, formerly COIN, a European level organisation working on climate communications. He has ten years' experience of researching climate policy and climate communications. His new book, ‘The Two Degrees Dangerous Limit for Climate Change: Public Understanding and Decision Making’ (Routledge) was published in October 2015.

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March 26, 2016

Dario Kenner on the 1% and their carbon footprints

March 26, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

When we consider carbon emissions, we often look at it at the scale of nations. Even per capita emissions are discussed as compared across countries. What we miss out on are the range of emissions within countries and more importantly the carbon footprint of the richest people. On this podcast we speak with Dario Kenner who has been focusing his research on the 1% and their carbon emissions.

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March 22, 2016

Benjamin Sovacool on the great Nordic energy transition(s)

March 22, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

How are the Nordic countries spearheading the energy transition? What policies, governance and practices are in place? and what lessons can the rest of us learn from these small but significant countries?

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March 11, 2016

Breaking the deadlock of climate justice - Sonja Klinsky

March 11, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

The issue of climate justice is highly contentious. It remains a serious bone of contention that nations, both at the international and domestic level will continue to grapple with in the coming months and years. Sonja Klinsky is working on a novel approach to dealing with climate justice, borrowing from the lessons in dealing with apartheid in South Africa.

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February 16, 2016

Brenda Pollack on the troubles with Fracking

February 16, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

So what’s wrong with fracking? Can the UK solve its trilemma, of energy security, affordable energy and low carbon energy without a future for fracking? We have a special guest, Brenda Pollack from the Friends of the Earth to speak to us about this. (This podcast was recorded in late 2015).

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February 06, 2016

Paul Balcombe on the future of Natural Gas in the U.K

February 06, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

What is the future of natural gas in the U.K? Does it have a big, important role or is it a bridge fuel with a clear use-by date? Climate change demands that we have answers to some of these questions but do our politicians do?

On this podcast we have Paul Balcombe from the Sustainable Gas Institute. You can check out his white paper on the carbon emissions within the natural gas supply chain.

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February 01, 2016

What lessons do historical energy transitions have for us today?

February 01, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

How did we transition from candles to kerosene? or kerosene to electricity? What and when were the conditions ripe for energy transitions of our past? and what lessons do they have for us in the 21st century as we make a transition from high carbon intensity fossil fuels to renewable energy.

On this podcast we have Roger Fouquet from the Grantham Institute at the London School of Economics. He's looked at energy transitions very closely and I speak with him about how the next transition may happen.

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January 29, 2016

How to make sense of UK's regressive Renewable Energy policy?

January 29, 2016/ Chaitanya Kumar

Cutting back on renewable energy, fracking away to glory, hesitating on carbon capture and storage; to an outsider like me, UK's energy policy seems completely misaligned with its responsibility on climate change and environmental protection. So why is that?

Results of a public survey released by DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) in August 2015 revealed that 75% of British public supports renewable energy but they just don't know it.

We have Matthew Lockwood from the University of Exeter to try and demystify UK's energy policy landscape.

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