The Athlete Climate Academy

Lena Mueller looks at Climate Change Awareness and Sustainable Outdoor Sports. A climber, a PhD Researcher and more! She joins Kilian in this COP26 special. Find out more about Lena's work at: https://lenamueller.com/ More about COP26 at: https://ukcop26.org/ Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian talks to Kate Trujillo of the Honnold Foundation. Solar Energy is changing the game when it comes to cheap accessible energy for all. The Honnold Foundation are using it to tackle energy poverty and push solar to the next level. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Huw talks to Chanelle Mayer-Donato about the hurdle of storing renewables when we pivot to greener energy. It's clear that a break through is coming and we're going to need to be able to store renewables somehow to make them work. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Kilian talks to Adam Campbell. Every Athlete is an expert on the things they personally see and experience. Adam is an athlete who's seen a lot. He shares his stories of our changing climate with Kilian. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Kilian talks to two passionate young athletes about the future of trail running. Will the new athletes compete in races around the globe, will they make the same choices in brand deals and how do they feel about our changing climate? Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Kilian talks to athlete Hillary Gerardi who is Development Manager at CREA Mont-Blanc, the Research Center for Alpine Ecosystems. The mountains are changing and it's important we understand what those changes are, and how those effects will ripple through the mountains. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Huw talks to Director of Kendal Mountain Festival, Steve Scott, about the role Mountain and Film Festivals play in the impact on our environment and greenhouse gas emissions. They've commissioned a study to look at that impact on the planet and the local community. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Kilian talks to Max Romey about his journey as a filmmaker, painter and artist. His most recent projects covering the land and sea scapes of Alaska. He describes the plastic problem as a ticking time bomb. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Huw talks to Rab Outdoor CSR Manager Debbie Read about the impact the outdoor industry has on our planet and how it will need to change in the future to lessen that impact. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Kilian talks to Jim Mann about The Future Forest Company and what Trees Not Tees are doing to give athletes the option to have a tree planted instead of a race t-shirt. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.athleteclimateacademy.com

Huw talks to Nick Muller about air pollution. When we burn fossil fuels we put pollutants in to the atmosphere. But even natural disasters like wild fires will cause local air pollution that can have catastrophic effects. Nick Muller is a Professor of Economics, Engineering, and Public Policy at Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/faculty-and-research/faculty-by-area/profiles/muller-nicholas.html Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Huw talks to Alex More about how the climate crisis will effect our health. Rising temperatures are happening all over the world but more so in developing countries. Climate change is causing stresses on many countries and will have an impact on the health of our planet. Alex More is Professor of Environmental Health SoHP | Harvard Climate Change Institute | University of Maine | LIU. https://twitter.com/natureofalex Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Huw talks to Tracy Fanara about our oceans and the role they play in climate change. How can we expect them to change going forward with their role in weather creation and moving heat around the planet. Tracy Fanara works at NOAA and is a science communicator. Get a tiny glimpse into all her amazing work at https://www.instagram.com/inspectorplanet Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Huw talks to Tom Carroll about how we talk about climate change on social media. A lot of us make content for Instagram, Facebook or YouTube. So how do we talk to people about the damage we're doing to the planet through those mediums? Tom Caroll is a science content creator, take a look at his content on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyi06SeKkiwoAzFVmQtDtfg Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian chats with Pascal Egli about the state of our glaciers. Glaciers are rapidly receding worldwide but what does that mean for people who live near to them and for the people who live far away? Pascal is a trail runner and glaciologist from Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne: https://pascalegli.com/ Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian talks to Moira Hough about soil!! Our planet lives on a few inches of top soil and we need it to survive. As athletes we run across it a lot but do we ever stop to take a closer look? How we manage our soil will be important heading forward. Moira Hough is an Ecosystem Ecologist at the University of Arizona. Find out more and follow her here: https://twitter.com/moirahough Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Huw talks to Imogen Napper about Microplastics. The clothes we create, especially in the outdoor industry, shed microfibres that end up in our waterways and oceans. What do we need to know about these microfibres and how can we stop sending them to the sea. Imogen Napper is a visiting research fellow at the School of Biological and Marine Sciences at Plymouth University. More about her work here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/imogen-napper Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian talks to Eric Maréchal of Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale in Grenoble. Snow Algae is important to understand when thinking about the health of our alpine ecosystems. Our snow is alive just like our oceans. Thinking about them in this way opens our eyes to what lives there. More about Eric Maréchal and his science at https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=Gm-PzC0AAAAJ&hl=fr. Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian talks with Marcel Höche about the state of the Outdoor Industry and it's role in the climate problem. How will it need to change to make sure the pollution and plastic it creates stays to a minimum, and what can athletes do to help. Marcel Höche is a trail runner and mountain lover. Find out more about Marcel by following him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macy_pacy Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Huw talks to Huw Griffiths about the entire Antarctic continent! Both Huw's love Antarctica but one of them knows more. It's seeing a lot of changes with our changing climate so how will our relationship with it change? Find out more about Huw Griffiths by following him on social media: https://twitter.com/griffiths_huw Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy

Kilian talks to Caroline Gleich about her work as a professional athlete and climate activist. Should those of us who use the mountains the most be fighting the hardest for them? Find out more about Caroline's work at and listen to her podcast at: https://carolinegleich.com/podcast/ Learn more with The Athlete Climate Academy at www.anturus.co.uk/athleteclimateacademy