Podcasts about climate kic

We are honoured to bring to Accidental Gods, a recording of three of our generation's leading thinkers in conversation at the Festival of Debate in Sheffield, hosted by Opus. This is an unflinching conversation, but it's absolutely at the cutting edge of imagineering: this lays out where we're at and what we need to do, but it also gives us roadmaps to get there:  It's genuinely Thrutopian, not only in the ideas as laid out, but the emotional literacy of the approach to the wicked problems of our time.  Now we have to make it happen. Kate Raworth is a renegade economist, author of the groundbreaking book, Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st Century Economist and founder of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab which is seeing companies, cities and nations around the world working towards an economy that prioritises flourishing of people and planet ahead of growth for growth's sake.  Kate is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of 00 on behalf of which he cofounded  multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham. He has also co-led research projects such as The Compendium for the Civic Economy, whilst supporting several 00 explorations/experiments including the wikihouse.cc, opendesk.cc.  More recently he  founded Dark Matter Labs - a field laboratory focused building the institutional infrastructures for radicle civic societies, cities, regions and towns. Dark Matter works with institutions around the world, from UNDP (Global), Climate Kic, McConnell (Canada), to the Scottish Gove to Bloxhub (Copenhagen). Indy has taught at various institutions from the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; Architectural Association, University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New School. James Lock is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Opus Independents Ltd, a not-for-profit social enterprise, working in culture, politics and the arts. Opus works to encourage and support participation, systemic activism and creativity with project strands that include Now Then Magazine & App, Festival of Debate. Opus Distribution, the River Dôn Project and Wordlife.  James was on the podcast quite recently - in episode #279 - and we talked about the upcoming Festival of Debate and the fact that, amongst many other outstanding conversations, he'd be talking with Kate and Indy who are easily up their in my pantheon of modern intentional gods.  Afterwards, James and I discussed the possibility of our bringing the recording of that conversation to the podcast - and here we are.  Enjoy!Opus Independents https://www.weareopus.org/Festival of Debate https://festivalofdebate.com/Kate Raworth https://www.kateraworth.com/Doughnut Economics Action Lab https://doughnuteconomics.org/Doughnut Economics book https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Kate-Raworth/Doughnut-Economics--Seven-Ways-to-Think-Like-a-21st-Century-Economist/21739630Indy Johar https://about.me/indy.joharIndy's blog at DML https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.orgDark Matter Labs https://darkmatterlabs.org/Indy on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/indy-johar-b440b010/Indy on Substack https://indyjohar.substack.com/James Lock on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lock-964a8014/Rob Shorter of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab on Accidental Gods #41 https://accidentalgods.life/doughnut-economics-action-lab/Indy on Accidental Gods #205 https://accidentalgods.life/becoming-intentional-gods-claiming-the-future-with-indy-johar-of-the-dark-matter-labs/James on Accidental Gods #279 https://accidentalgods.life/now-then-building-networks-of-citizen-power-with-james-lock-of-opus-in-sheffield/What we offer - Accidental Gods, Dreaming Awake and the Thrutopia Writing Masterclass If you'd like to join us at Accidental Gods, this is the membership. This is where we endeavour to help  you to connect fully with the living web of life. If you'd like to come along to an Ask Manda Anything hour on Sunday 8th June, you do have to be a member (but you can join for £1 and then leave again!)If you'd like to join our next Gathering 'Becoming a Good Ancestor' (you don't have to be a member) it's on 6th July - details are here.If you'd like to train more deeply in the contemporary shamanic work at Dreaming Awake, you'll find us here. If you'd like to explore the recordings from our last Thrutopia Writing Masterclass, the details are here

Anyone who works in social impact knows how important funding is. But what if we could do things differently? What if, instead of starting with what the funder needs, we put communities in control of how funding works?  Join us to explore two innovative examples of organisations reimagining funding, from supporting sex workers' rights to tackling climate change. In this episode: Adrian Brown (Host), Centre for Public ImpactSaumya Shruti (Co-host), Centre for Public ImpactAnkit Gupta, Red Umbrella Fund and Global Fund for WomenWill Wade, Climate-KICTom Pruunsild, Climate-KIC

In this final episode of our short series, host Matt Prewitt speaks with Indy Johar, architect and co-founder of Dark Matter Labs. Together they discuss the topic of ownership through the lens of theories of governance. Indy advocates for decentralized protocols in property governance, emphasizing complex contributions and contextual responsiveness – moving away from control-oriented systems towards ennobling frameworks that empower individuals and foster deeper engagement.RadicalxChange has been working with Indy Johar and Dark Matter Labs, together with Margaret Levi and her team at Stanford, on exploring and reimagining the institutions of ownership.This episode is part of a short series exploring the theme of What and How We Own: Building a Politics of Change.Read more in our newsletter What & How We Own: The Politics of Change | Part III.Links & References: References:The Code of Capital | Princeton University Press by Katharina PistorDaniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction | Lex Fridman Podcast #191Partial Common Ownership | RxC Wiki[The Bellagio Model: an evidence-informed, international framework for population-oriented primary care. First experiences]Hayekian economic policy - ScienceDirectJames Lovelock - WikipediaThe Economics of Care | Elizabeth Hill Bios:Indy Johar (he/him) is an architect, co-founder of 00 (project00.cc), and most recently Dark Matter Labs.Indy, on behalf of 00, has co-founded multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham. He has also co-led research projects such as The Compendium for the Civic Economy, whilst supporting several 00 explorations/experiments including the wikihouse.cc, opendesk.cc. Indy is a non-executive director of WikiHouse Foundation & Bloxhub. Indy was a Good Growth Commissioner for the RSA, RIBA Trustee, and Advisor to Mayor of London on Good Growth, The Liverpool City Region Land Commissioner, The State of New Jersey - The Future of Work Task Force - among others.Most recently he has founded Dark Matter - a field laboratory focused on building the institutional infrastructures for radicle civic societies, cities, regions, and towns.Dark Matter works with institutions around the world, from UNDP (Global), Climate Kic, McConnell (Canada), to the Scottish Gove to Bloxhub (Copenhagen)He has taught and lectured at various institutions including the University of Bath, TU-Berlin; Architectural Association, University College London, Princeton, Harvard, MIT, and New School.He writes often on the https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.orgIndy's Social Links:Indy Johar (@indy_johar) / XIndy Johar - London, United Kingdom, Project00.cc | about.meIndy Johar – MediumMatt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ (@m_t_prewitt) / XAdditional Credits:This episode was recorded and produced by Matt Prewitt.This is a RadicalxChange Production. Connect with RadicalxChange Foundation:RadicalxChange Website@RadxChange | TwitterRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, Narrated, and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Timestamps: 2:41 - The neglected field of disability care 5:09 - Making money as an impact startup 9:30 - Circleg's magic team 15:33 - Managing startup growth 18:20 - Fundraising through the Swisspreneur Syndicate About Nicole Pulido: Nicole Colmenares Pulido is the co-founder and Head of Business Development & Finance at Circleg, a Swiss startup providing affordable and high-quality prosthetics to low and middle income countries across the world. Nicole holds a master's degree in Business and Development Studies from Copenhagen Business School and previously worked for companies like Climate-KIC and PRORSUM AG before starting Circleg in 2021. Circleg addresses a very pressing problem: over 90% of global amputees don't have access to quality prosthetic care, since prosthetic manufacturers tend to focus on high income countries to ensure sizable profit margins. Circleg wants to change this, so they've created an affordable, circular and high-quality prosthetic which they've begun selling within the African continent, with Kenya as their starting market. Although initially they depended on grant money, the team is now ready for VC funding, and is raising CHF 1.5M to power their African expansion. Part of these funds are being raised through the Swisspreneur Syndicate: check out our deal flow page to learn more. Don't forget to give us a follow on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly giveaways or founders' dinners.

Pinar Guvenc is a partner at the award-winning global design studio SOUR, where she leads design innovation strategy. Pinar is also a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design, and she serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a National Design Award-winning nonprofit organization initiated at MIT, with the purpose of making style accessible to people with disabilities. Today on the show, we talk about inclusive design, and making collaboration and co-creation meaningful. Listen to learn about:>> What it really means to collaborate >> Inclusive design and designing for inclusivity >> Teaching the next generation of designers Our GuestPinar Guvenc is a Partner at SOUR — an award-winning global design studio with the mission to address social and urban problems — where she leads design innovation strategy. Prior to SOUR, Pinar co-founded various ventures where she helped set up and grow them through incubation, achieving international recognition and funding from innovation centers and accelerators such as Plug and Play and Climate KIC. Pinar is a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design, MS in Strategic Design and Management program, author and instructor of the "Inclusive Design" course at School of Visual Arts, and the author and facilitator of the workshop series "Strategic Collaborations" at Pratt Center for Community Development. She serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a National Design Award-winning nonprofit organization initiated at MIT, with the purpose of making style accessible to people with disabilities. Pinar is a frequent public speaker and host of the podcast "What's Wrong With": a series of discussions with progress makers and experts to diagnose problems in industries, ideate solutions, and raise awareness among the general public. Show Highlights[02:25] Pinar's design career began in industrial engineering and finance. [02:57] Becoming an “accidental entrepreneur” and discovering design along the way. [04:10] Pinar's frustration with the word “collaboration.” [05:43] Designing collaborations. [06:50] What is collaboration? [07:07] Start with the people, then move to process. [10:17] Processes help us stay focused when things are rushed. [11:02] Recognizing our biases and sharing power when collaborating. [11:37] Fully integrating design into an organization. [12:44] Storytelling is part of the design process. [14:51] Our work leadership style needs a fundamental change. [15:37] Adults need to create and learn, just like children. [16:16] A Miro Moment. [18:06] Knowing what you don't know is an asset. [20:49] How SOUR works inclusivity into the design team and project. [22:12] Pinar gives a shout-out to David Dylan Thomas (DT101 Ep 112). [22:19] Thomas' Red Team-Blue Team exercise. [22:41] SOUR's Co-Creation Panel. [23:51] “Design spies!” and just doing the work of co-creation. [24:55] How Pinar brings inclusivity into her teaching. [25:07] Guest lecturers and keeping it real. [27:11] Inclusivity begins during the research stage. [27:52] Generative AI is great for showing us our prejudices and biases. [31:13] The importance of being better, active listeners. [32:28] As designers, we always need to be mindful of our responsibility for what we're putting out in the world. LinksPinar on LinkedIn Pinar on The New School Parsons SOUR Open Style Lab What's Wrong With podcast A SOUR Perspective on design Bringing Design Closer: Understanding Architecture's role in designing inclusive spaces Book RecommendationsDesign for Cognitive Bias, by David Dylan Thomas Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Cognitive Bias + Ethics + Dreaming the Future of Design with David Dylan Thomas — DT101 E112 Designing Your Team + Teams in Design Education + Coaching Design Teams with Mary Sherwin and David Sherwin — DT101 E49 Designing Facilitation: A System for Creating and Leading Exceptional Events // ALD 006 — DT101 E73

Pinar Guvenc is a partner at the award-winning global design studio SOUR, where she leads design innovation strategy. Pinar is also a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design, and she serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a National Design Award-winning nonprofit organization initiated at MIT, with the purpose of making style accessible to people with disabilities. Today on the show, we talk about inclusive design, and making collaboration and co-creation meaningful. Listen to learn about:>> What it really means to collaborate >> Inclusive design and designing for inclusivity >> Teaching the next generation of designers Our GuestPinar Guvenc is a Partner at SOUR — an award-winning global design studio with the mission to address social and urban problems — where she leads design innovation strategy. Prior to SOUR, Pinar co-founded various ventures where she helped set up and grow them through incubation, achieving international recognition and funding from innovation centers and accelerators such as Plug and Play and Climate KIC. Pinar is a member of the faculty at Parsons School of Design, MS in Strategic Design and Management program, author and instructor of the "Inclusive Design" course at School of Visual Arts, and the author and facilitator of the workshop series "Strategic Collaborations" at Pratt Center for Community Development. She serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a National Design Award-winning nonprofit organization initiated at MIT, with the purpose of making style accessible to people with disabilities. Pinar is a frequent public speaker and host of the podcast "What's Wrong With": a series of discussions with progress makers and experts to diagnose problems in industries, ideate solutions, and raise awareness among the general public. Show Highlights[02:25] Pinar's design career began in industrial engineering and finance. [02:57] Becoming an “accidental entrepreneur” and discovering design along the way. [04:10] Pinar's frustration with the word “collaboration.” [05:43] Designing collaborations. [06:50] What is collaboration? [07:07] Start with the people, then move to process. [10:17] Processes help us stay focused when things are rushed. [11:02] Recognizing our biases and sharing power when collaborating. [11:37] Fully integrating design into an organization. [12:44] Storytelling is part of the design process. [14:51] Our work leadership style needs a fundamental change. [15:37] Adults need to create and learn, just like children. [16:16] A Miro Moment. [18:06] Knowing what you don't know is an asset. [20:49] How SOUR works inclusivity into the design team and project. [22:12] Pinar gives a shout-out to David Dylan Thomas (DT101 Ep 112). [22:19] Thomas' Red Team-Blue Team exercise. [22:41] SOUR's Co-Creation Panel. [23:51] “Design spies!” and just doing the work of co-creation. [24:55] How Pinar brings inclusivity into her teaching. [25:07] Guest lecturers and keeping it real. [27:11] Inclusivity begins during the research stage. [27:52] Generative AI is great for showing us our prejudices and biases. [31:13] The importance of being better, active listeners. [32:28] As designers, we always need to be mindful of our responsibility for what we're putting out in the world. LinksPinar on LinkedIn Pinar on The New School Parsons SOUR Open Style Lab What's Wrong With podcast A SOUR Perspective on design Bringing Design Closer: Understanding Architecture's role in designing inclusive spaces Book RecommendationsDesign for Cognitive Bias, by David Dylan Thomas Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Cognitive Bias + Ethics + Dreaming the Future of Design with David Dylan Thomas — DT101 E112 Designing Your Team + Teams in Design Education + Coaching Design Teams with Mary Sherwin and David Sherwin — DT101 E49 Designing Facilitation: A System for Creating and Leading Exceptional Events // ALD 006 — DT101 E73

Anaïs Sagesser is an impact-driven educational entrepreneur, learning designer, teacher and coach. Anaïs co-founded the non-profit Scaling4Good, she co-creates pioneering leadership development programs with the University of St Gallen, and was recently elected as a member for the scientific advisory board for transdisciplinarity at the Swiss Academies of Sciences. She also offers mindfulness and compassion practices in English and German on Insight Timer.  Broadly speaking, Anaïs is dedicated to societal transformation through personal transformation, social equity and systems change.In this interview, Anaïs tells Anne about how a trip abroad at age 15 opened up her perspective as to how a human life could unfold. She also shares the twists and turns that led her to study many different subjects, from business to comparative religious and Islamic studies, before landing herself a job in management consulting. She talks about seeking to serve and contribute to society, and how she went from her consulting role in business engineering and enterprise architecture to her involvement in the climate crisis response, becoming Swiss director and co-leader of Climate-KIC, the largest public-private partnership to foster innovation and entrepreneurship for climate change mitigation and adaptation.Anaïs also shares how she went on to leave Climate-KIC to co-found the non-profit Scaling4Good, which aims to connect impact initiatives and institutions who are trying to do good to enable greater and faster systems change.As Anne and Anaïs are both coaches and mindfulness and yoga teachers, they discuss the modalities of coaching, the search for meaning and purpose and how we all have this innate desire to do something good. Anaïs writes regularly on the topics of values and leadership, and offers her thoughts about the disconnection between individual and collectively held values. Anaïs also shares with Anne her favourite tips to connect with nature, culminating with the question: Who are you that I am also, and who am I that you are too?A deep and insightful interview with a remarkable changemaker. Happy listening! ***Selected links from episode :You can find out more about Anaïs on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaissaegesser/Wikipedia (German) - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_S%C3%A4gesserand meditate with her (again in English and German) on Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/anaissaegesserFind out more about Scaling4Good - https://scaling4good.com/And the course in Regenerative Leadership Anaïs co-leads for the University of St. Gallen - https://es.unisg.ch/en/executive-programme/regenerative-leadership/ and a blog post she wrote about it- https://csi.unisg.ch/en/teaching/regenerative-leadership/Loving Kindness or Mettā meditation (Maitri in Sanskrit) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitr%C4%ABSivananda - https://sivananda.org/Caring Economics by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard with a foreword by his holiness the Dalai Lama - https://www.amazon.com/Caring-Economics-Conversations-Compassion-Scientists/dp/1250064120Tania Singer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania_SingerClimate Kick - https://www.climate-kic.org/Mahadevi Yoga Centre in London - https://mahadevicentre.com/ 

EIT Climate-KIC is Europe's largest climate innovation initiative, responsible for the group's overarching strategy, its financial sustainability, and delivery of its global impact.

This episode features a conversation with Solveig Zophoniasdottir, Head of Learning at the EU's main climate innovation initiative, Climate-KIC. It was recorded in March 2023.Solveig, who's worked to expand and facilitate the learning processes of organisations for over 15 years, focuses on skill building and shifting mindsets to catalyse transformation in the climate space. She's an expert practitioner, working to create change both within and across different cultures, and is passionate about systems change and systems innovation. Amongst other things, Solveig and I discussed the need for systems perspectives in efforts to address the climate crisis, what communicators can learn from this kind of thinking, and the value of embracing uncertainty, complexity, and experimentation.Additional links: The Climate-KIC websiteDave Snowden - How to organise a children's partyThe Cynefin Framework

Hands up who wants Tennant to complete his rewording of ‘We didn't start the fire' for the pod?! Now that you've had the taste of Billy Joel-goes LMSU you didn't know you needed in your lives, your intrepid hosts weigh into the week's developments by zeroing in on the government's release of their electric vehicle strategy. Overhyped? Perhaps, but while there are a lot of familiar things on the menu, there's a new CAFE in town and we don't mean the hipster coffee variety either! That's right, we're looking at the introduction of the first fuel efficiency standards in Australia, with a consultation running until the end of May on the design.This week we dive into the Energy System Transformation section of the just-released IEA country assessment, ‘Australia 2023: Energy Policy Review'. With lots to say about the energy sector's response to climate change, progress on energy efficiency, renewable energy and R&D, this report packs a lot of punch and your intrepid hosts have more than a few hot takes of our own!But wait, there's more: it's a shameless week of self-dealing when it comes to One More Things!Frankie's One More Thing is the launch of Every Building Counts, the Property Council and Green Building Council's joint policy platform for a zero-carbon-ready and resilient built environment. Frankie is a bit chuffed to be launching this report, which also comes hot on the heels of Jim Chalmers' investor roundtable on energy with some significant commitments to energy efficiency ratings for homes. Huzzah!Luke's One More Thing is a new report from the EEC's resident efficiency guru, Rob Murray-Leach, Clean Energy, Clean Demand. A cracking read and roadmap for optimising the role of demand management as the grid gets greener. And because he's a cheeky bugger with a sneaky twofer, he's dared to plug his *gasp* other podcast here! Tragics that we are, we still can't resist a plug for A Very ETI Episode of First Fuel, unpacking the excellent report from Climateworks Centre and Climate KIC just released on pathways to industrial decarbonisation.Tennant's One More Thing is a bastion of integrity with no self-interest in sight. He's flagging a flurry of activity in the US on a series of regulatory ‘sticks' in the form of regulations from the EPA, addressing tightening of vehicle fuel efficiency standards, emissions of power plants and emissions from the gas sector. Quite the contrast from the hurricane of carrots that is the Inflation Reduction Act!  And that's all from us this week Summerupperers! We shall see you next time and until then, please keep tweeting your thoughts to us at @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed and @FrankieMuskovic and if you would like to weave some golden threads through our back catalogue, give us your feelpinions or suggest papers to read we are always here for that - hit us up at mailbag@letmesumup.net.

Rob and Chris present the Circularity.org podcast featuring interesting conversations with inspiring people. In this episode we talk with Pinar Guvenc. Pinar Guvenc is Partner at SOUR - an international, award-winning hybrid design studio with the mission to address social and urban problems - where she leads business and design strategy. Prior to SOUR, Pinar co-founded various ventures where she helped set-up and grow them through incubation, achieving international recognition and funding from innovation centers and accelerators such as Plug and Play and Climate KIC. Pinar is part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design, MS in Strategic Design and Management program, as well as author and facilitator of the workshop series "Strategic Marketing Collaborations" at Pratt Center for Community Development. She serves on the Board of Directors at Open Style Lab, a nonprofit organization initiated at MIT, with the purpose of making style accessible to people with disabilities. Pinar is a frequent public speaker and host of the podcast "What's Wrong With": series of discussions with progress makers and experts to diagnose problems in industries, ideate solutions and raise awareness to the general public. She has a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, and a MSc in Economics and Finance from Southern Illinois University. Find out more about Circularity at Circularity.org

Adaptation and resilience-building solutions are needed urgently around the world. In fact, recent studies suggest that they are needed even more quickly than previously thought. However, despite the clear need for companies developing such solutions, there is a lack of capital available for businesses. In this episode, dig deeper into the need for adaptation and resilience solutions, why there is a gap in finance available and what more can be done to support businesses working in this vital sector. We hear from Dr Amal-Lee Amin, Managing Director and Head of Climate Change at British International Investment, as well as the two winners of the recent Climate-KIC and BII Adaptation and Resilience Challenge and Accelerator Awards. The awards recognise innovative start-ups developing solutions to the climate impact challenges affecting communities in developing countries. The Challenge was won by DropAccess, a Kenyan start-up that produces solar-powered fridges, and we spoke to the company's CEO and Founder, Norah Magero. The Accelerator (given to a company at a more mature stage of development) was won by EF Polymer, which has developed a biodegradable product from biowaste to help reduce farmers' water consumption in India. We spoke to its Co-Founder Puran Singh Rajput. Subscribe to our newsletter here.

What are the challenges Romania faces in the Energy Transition? The Eastern European country has committed itself to phase out coal, and plans a transition to renewables like solar and hydrogen. How are things progressing, and what are the current hurdles? To learn about Romania's energy system, policies, markets and social situation, we talked with Dr. Luciana Miu. She is is the Head of Clean Economy at Energy Policy Group - an independent think-tank located in Bucharest, specializing in energy and climate policy, market analytics and energy strategies. She holds a Master's degree in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Energy Efficiency of Residential Buildings from the Imperial College London. Before joining EPG, Luciana worked for the UK Parliament and for the British Government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), as well as a consultant for Climate-KIC and London City Hall. — The NTNU Energy Transition Podcast aims to function as a knowledge hub that empowers individuals and organizations in Europe and beyond to tackle climate change and move our global society toward carbon neutrality. New episodes every other Thursday. The NTNU Energy Transition Initiative was established to deliver world-leading research on energy transition strategies, to achieve the Paris ambitions in an efficient and realistic way. Every March we organize the NTNU Energy Conference in Trondheim, Norway. You can find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and on our webpage. Please reach out by mail to julius.wesche@ntnu.no.

This episode will look at the Changing landscape of Energy security in :  Segment 1 : Ukraine and the Black Sea Segment 2 : Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea Segment 3 : Africa Bio : Julian Popov is a Fellow of the European Climate Foundation, Chairman of the Building Performance Institute Europe and Former Minister of Environment of Bulgaria. He was the good will Bulgarian Ambassador for energy and climate policy and energy security adviser to the President of Bulgaria. Julian is member of the European Council of Foreign Relations, the Advisory Board of Climate KIC and the boards of several other energy and climate related organisations. He is the founding Vice Chancellor and current Board Member of the New Bulgarian University and cofounder of the Tunisian School of Politics. Julian was voted as one of the 40 most influential voices on European energy policies (N24) and also as one of the 40 most influential voices in the European energy efficiency policies (N25) by EurActiv. His articles on European and energy policy have been published by Financial Times, Project Syndicate, NS Energy Monitor, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, EurActive and others. He is author of two books and co-author of the books « The European Supergrid » and « Energy and Climate Diplomacy ». He lives in London with his family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

This episode will look at the Changing landscape of Energy security in : Segment 1 : Ukraine and the Black Sea Segment 2 : Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea Segment 3 : Africa Bio : Julian Popov is a Fellow of the European Climate Foundation, Chairman of the Building Performance Institute Europe and Former Minister of Environment of Bulgaria. He was the good will Bulgarian Ambassador for energy and climate policy and energy security adviser to the President of Bulgaria. Julian is member of the European Council of Foreign Relations, the Advisory Board of Climate KIC and the boards of several other energy and climate related organisations. He is the founding Vice Chancellor and current Board Member of the New Bulgarian University and cofounder of the Tunisian School of Politics. Julian was voted as one of the 40 most influential voices on European energy policies (N24) and also as one of the 40 most influential voices in the European energy efficiency policies (N25) by EurActiv. His articles on European and energy policy have been published by Financial Times, Project Syndicate, NS Energy Monitor, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, EurActive and others. He is author of two books and co-author of the books « The European Supergrid » and « Energy and Climate Diplomacy ». He lives in London with his family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mediterranean-sustainable/message

Anders Wijkman – an opinion maker, writer and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the European Union.

Understanding that we face a planetary emergency can help countries and citizens around the world overcome our many interlocking crises, says Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president of the Club of Rome during a C2GTalk interview. Bringing international, national and local leaders into inclusive, people-focused governance processes can help our emergence into a new type of civilization. Technology has a role to play—if governed properly—but cannot be relied upon to "save" us. In particular, climate-altering approaches like solar radiation modification (SRM) or large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) need governance in order to manage risks. Science and stories are needed to help citizens understand potential futures, and to find a way forward for people, planet and prosperity. Sandrine Dixson-Declève is currently the co-president of the Club of Rome and divides her time between lecturing, facilitating change in business, and policy models and advisory work. She holds several advisory positions for the European Commission and the United Nations. She sits on the boards of organizations such as BMW, EDP, UCB, Climate KIC, UCL-Bartlett School of Environment, and the IEEP. Dixson-Declève is also a senior associate and faculty member of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), ambassador, for the Energy Transition Commission (ETC) and WEALL. She co-founded the Women Enablers Change Agent Network (WECAN) and has been recognized by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business. This interview was recorded on June 29, 2021 and is available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français. For more, including an edited transcript, please go to C2G's website.

In deze aflevering vertelt Zeno Winkels hoe wij de belangen van kwetsbare groepen huurders op de woningmarkt kunnen behartigen. Hij vertelt over zijn werk bij de Woonbond, een organisatie die opkomt voor de belangen van huurders en huurdersorganisaties. In een reflectie over de verhouding tussen kopen en huren op de woningmarkt laat Winkels zien waarom kopen een vorm van gesubsidieerd wonen is. Zo wordt de gemiddelde koper per dag 200 euro rijker ten opzichte van de huurder. Wij hebben als samenleving een grote uitdaging om nieuwe duurzame gebouwen te realiseren en bestaande gebouwen verder te verduurzamen. Vanuit de Woonbond zet Winkels zich hiervoor in.De manier waarop wij onze wijken inrichten kan tevens bijdragen aan het tegengaan van ongelijkheid in de samenleving. Winkels stelt voor om dynamische volkswijken te ontwikkelen. In deze dynamische wijken wonen diverse sociaal-demografische groepen naast elkaar, waardoor een uitwisseling van ideeën en verhalen makkelijker gaat. Deze manier van denken en bouwen moet een tegenwicht bieden tegen het dominante neoliberale denken, waar het nadruk op het individu wordt gelegd. Niet zelfredzaamheid moet de toon bepalen, maar wij moeten juist in universele voorzieningen investeren. Zeno Winkels is de algemeen directeur van de Woonbond. Hij studeerde agrarische economie in Wageningen en werkte voor onder meer bij TU Delft en Climate-KIC ( een organisatie die zich Europa-breed richt op verduurzaming middels innovatie en ondernemerschap. De woonbond zet zich in voor het belang van huurders en huurdersorganisaties (onder meer: Betaalbare huur, goede woningen in leefbare, veilige wijken, sterke huurdersorganisaties). Het gesprek met Zeno is deel 2 van onze tweeluik over belangenbehartiging op de woningmarkt. Hoe kunnen wij de inrichting van de woningmarkt hervormen op een manier die recht doet aan de belangen van kwetsbare groepen in onze samenleving? Luister ook naar deel 1 (Seizoen 1, aflevering 5), met Ama Boahene . Boahene is voorzitter van de Landelijk Studentenvakbond (LsvB).Voor meer informatie, check: www.progressiefcafe.nl, http://vn.nl/de-onderstroom en word lid.Volg ons: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProgressiefCafe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressiefcafe/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiefCafe  Redactie en montage door Daan HaselagerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daan-haselager-2a1bb3108/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daanhaselager/ 

Chaque année, l'association Cleantech Open France identifie et sélectionne des startups prometteuses pour réussir la transition écologique. Cette année, 9 lauréats ont été retenus, que l'on vous propose de découvrir dans cet épisode.Mais avant de commencer, Cleantech Open France c'est quoi ? Et bien rien de plus qu'un programme fondé par le groupe Ecosys permettant d'identifier et d'accompagner des startups et PME innovantes dans tout un tas de domaines, qu'il s'agisse de l'énergie, de la mobilité, de la qualité de l'air, de l'eau, etc. Chaque année, les lauréats bénéficient d'un programme d'accompagnement de 6 à 18 mois financé la Climate KIC, une initiative européenne destinée à favoriser la transition vers un monde sans carbone. Et en 2021, 150 entreprises ont candidaté, dont HappyVore, le leader français des alternatives végétales à la viande. La start-up fondée en 2019 propose des produits similaires aux steaks et saucisses, mais fabriqués à base de végétaux. Autre invention côté alimentation, Circul'egg a mis au point une technique visant à transformer les coquilles d'œufs en de la poudre de carbonate de calcium et de membrane coquillière, deux matières utilisées sur les marchés de l'alimentation et de la cosmétique.…Et parmi les 9 autres lauréats, on retrouve également la startup Blue qui développe une machine transformant le sel, le vinaigre et l'eau du robinet en un produit 4 en 1 : désinfectant multi surface, désodorisant, sans danger et zéro-déchet. Autre entreprise à fort potentiel retenu par le programme : Sylfen. La société spécialiste de l'hydrogène développe pour sa part une solution baptisée Smart Energy Hub, qui facilite l'autoconsommation et le stockage d'énergie renouvelable, notamment dans le secteur du bâtiment. Concernant la pollution, FinX propose de réduire les émissions de GES du transport maritime avec une nageoire permettant une propulsion nautique responsable et silencieuse en remplacement des moteurs thermiques. Dans le domaine de l'industrie, Marklix est un concept visant à révolutionner la conception de pièces détachées en proposant aux constructeurs de créer, sécuriser et distribuer des pièces détachées imprimables en 3D, à la demande et localement.Parlons eau et environnement à présent avec H2OPE, et son concept collecteur de déchet autonome et passif dans les rivières baptisé River Whale. La machine empêche en effet que les détritus n'atteignent l'océan en les collectant en amont dans les cours d'eaux. En termes d'énergie, Eco-Tech Ceram développe une solution baptisée Eco-Stock : un accumulateur de chaleur conçu à partir de céramiques permettant de récupérer et de stocker la chaleur des cheminées industrielles afin de la réutiliser ailleurs. Dans la même veine, Water Horizon propose pour sa part une technologie similaire mais avec des batteries, et qui là est aussi destinée aux particuliers.Voilà pour les 9 lauréats de cette édition 2021 du Clean Tech Open France, qui une nouvelle fois démontre l'immense potentiel d'innovation présent dans notre pays pour verdir un peu plus notre société et entretenir l'espoir qu'un jour la technologie puisse aider à sauver la planète. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Reyes González-Montagut es Ingeniera industrial ICAI de la promoción de 2020. En 2019, tuvo la oportunidad de participar en un programa del eit Climate-KIC, la Comunidad Europea de Innovación y Conocimiento que apoya la transición hacia una economía descarbonizada y sostenible. Este evento le permitió lanzarse al mundo del emprendimiento, convirtiéndose en cofundadora en el proyecto 4MOSST, que dio origen a una pintura para que el musgo crezca en las fachadas de edificios. Esta planta tiene la capacidad de absorber mayor cantidad de CO2 que cualquier otra planta. Una conversación donde hablamos sobre los retos medioambientales que afrontaremos en los próximos años y el papel de la ingeniería en el diseño de soluciones para resolver problemas sociales.

What's the holdup with energy utilities transitioning from coal-fired power to clean energy?This episode brings together diverse energy experts, to provide first-hand insights into the issues faced by energy utilities and the initiatives that aim to address those issues, in order to reduce household energy costs and carbon emissions.Much of the discussion centres around the new RACE (Reliable, Affordable, Clean Energy) for 2030 research centre, which aims to reduce carbon emissions in Australia by 20 mega tonnes by 2030.This episode is an edited version of a panel recorded as part of Curtin University's annual Research Rumble event, which showcases university research and innovation. Professor Greg Morrison, who appeared in The Future Of'sClimate Action episode, acts as guest moderator. What work is RACE doing? [00:58]Why are the panel working towards a decentralised renewable energy system?Tracy Deveugle-Frink's response [05:04]David Edwards's response [05:32]Brian Innes's response [06:01]Rod Hayes's response [06:37]Research opportunities and challenges Western Power and managing the energy transition [07:08]Horizon Power and isolated energy networks [09:11]Distribution Energy Resources [10:01]Costs and risks of energy resources [10:46]Ramifications of flex services [14:37]Learn moreCurtin University: Research Rumble 2021RACE for 2030The Future Of: Climate ActionThe Future Of: Oil and GasConnect with our guestsProfessor Greg Morrison is the RACE for Everyone Program Leader anda Professor of Sustainability within the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP).He has been involved with the European Union's Climate-KIC to mobilise cities to implement climate resilient solutions. He has also initiated and run several large-scale societal infrastructure projects in Western Australia that have focused on clean energy, including a two-year trial in Fremantle that saw households share their excess solar energy.Professor Morrison's staff profileProfessor Morrison's Twitter profileProfessor Morrison's LinkedIn profileCurtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP)Jonathan Jutsen is the CEO of RACE for 2030. Previously, he was the CEO for the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity and a member of the New South Wales Climate Council. Jutsen's LinkedIn profileRACE for 2030Tracy Deveugle-Frink is the Head of Change and Innovation at Western Power, WA's government-owned energy operator that provides electricity to the Perth metropolitan area and the South West. She has experience in innovation and entrepreneurship consulting. Deveugle-Frink's LinkedIn profileWestern PowerDavid Edwards is the Digital Strategy and Innovation Manager at Horizon Power, WA's government-owned energy operator that provides electricity to residents and businesses in regional and remote areas. He has a background in engineering and energy transformation.Edwards's LinkedIn profileHorizon PowerBrian Innes is the Founder and Technical Director of Starling Energy Group, an energy asset management company based in WA. Innes helped set up Starling's Plico Energy Project, a Virtual Power Plant network of solar panels and power systems located in WA's South West region. He has experience advising about renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions. Innes's LinkedIn profileStarling Energy GroupPlico EnergyRod Hayes is the Group Chairman of the Balance Services Group, a Perth-based company that aims to deliver robust energy solutions in regional areas. He is also an Associate Adjunct Professor at CUSP. Hayes has experience managing in the energy and water industries. Hayes's LinkedIn profileBalance Services GroupQuestions or suggestions for future topicsEmail thefutureof@curtin.edu.auSocial media:Twitter Curtin UniversityFacebook Curtin UniversityInstagram Curtin UniversityYoutube Curtin UniversityLinkedIn Curtin UniversityTranscripthttps://thefutureof.simplecast.com/episodes/clean-energy-live/transcript Curtin University supports academic freedom of speech. The views expressed in The Future Of podcast may not reflect those of Curtin University.Music: OKAY by 13ounce Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Music promoted by Audio Library.

In der aktuellen „Talking Digital“ Episode ist Regine Kreitz bei Sachar und Timo zu Gast. Sie ist hauptberuflich Director Marketing and Communications bei „Climate-KIC“, einer Initiative der EU für klimafreundliche Innovationen. Zusätzlich ist sie Präsidentin des Bundesverbandes der Kommunikatoren e. V. (BdKom), welcher den Themenschwerpunkt der heutigen Folge ausmacht. Zunächst spricht Regine mit Sachar und Timo über ihren beruflichen Werdegang, erklärt was hinter dem BdKom steckt und verweist auf deren Namensänderung. In diesem Zusammenhang bittet Sachar Regine noch einmal historisch zurückzublicken und neben dem Wandel des BdKom auch auf die Veränderung der Kommunikationsbranche einzugehen. Darauf folgt eine kurze Erläuterung des „Kom“ Magazins und des Kommunikations-kongress des BdKom. Der Kommunikationskongresses 2021 fand in diesem Jahr Corona geschuldet als Hybrid unter dem Motto „Aufbrechen“ statt. Was genau das bedeutet erklärt Regine, schildert Eindrücke und nennt thematische Schwerpunkte. Doch wie sieht die Zukunftsplanung des Kommunikationskongresses aus? Wieder ausschließlich Präsenz oder bleibt es bei Hybrid? Diese Frage stellte sich Sachar und bekam von Regine ihre ganz persönliche Einschätzung. Ein weiteres Thema, welches Timo und Sachar merklich unter den Nägeln brannte, war die diesjährige Berufsfeldstudie des BdKom. Themenschwerpunkte waren unter anderem Gehalt, Auswirkungen der Coronakrise auf die Kommunikator:innen und Entwicklung der Geschlechterverteilung. Zahlen, Daten, Fakten und interessante Erkenntnisse entfachen eine spannende Diskussion, bei der alle beteiligten ihre Erfahrungen schildern.

Timestamps: 1:08 - Studying computer science and meteorology 8:49 - What does transparency mean? 28:11 - Finding perseverance 36:55 - Acquiring clients 58:00 - Thinking over a business strategy About Oliver Marchand Oliver Marchand is Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Research and Models at MSCI Inc., a worldwide provider of support tools and services for investment needs. Marchand finished his PhD in Computer Science and Meteorology from ETH Zürich in 2003. In 2005, he took a role as Head of IT at Fisch Asset Management. His small team managed to build the entire portfolio management system for FAM, and his decade-long stay provided many valuable lessons for building a company, like negotiation skills, IT security skills and transparency — according to Oliver, “there’s really no other way to do business”! These tools were soon put to good use. After leaving FAM, Oliver joined forces to found Carbon Delta, a financial technology B2B service evaluating the ecological footprint and possible environmental impacts of companies. Building a social impact company, especially by bootstrapping, was no easy feat. The product was also met with intense skepticism by the investing community of Germany and Switzerland. As an alternative, browsing in America for interested investors and employees meant heavy relocation costs that were just too much for the young company. Climate change is definitely a hot topic these days, and understandably so. According to Marchand, 50% of the economy desperately needs to decarbonize, and it was precisely this feeling of urgency that made Carbon Delta push forward to overcome their funding struggles. In the first year, their biggest support came from Climate-KIC’s Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Booster Flagship Programme. This valuable help eventually led the company to reach amazing milestones: some of their victories include the Europe’s Best Climate Venture 2016 award and the European Fintech Award 2017 for Risk, Intelligence and Security. Other major players supporting Oliver’s project include the ZKB and a team of encouraging SICTIC investors — our previous podcast guest Thomas Dübendorfer, president of SICTIC and expert angel investor, is also on the list! Carbon Delta was acquired by MSCI Inc. in October 2019, and Oliver couldn’t be happier with his startup’s buyer. Fighting for a cleaner planet still presents many challenges, but Oliver hopes his work at MSCI may continue to have a transforming power in the sustainability of the financial industry.

In Episode 33, we meet the team of On Cloud Wine, Eline van Remortel, Soham Datta, and Jose Carlos Lozano Garcia who met each other on the 2020 VinhoVin Lisbon-Paris Climate-KIC Journey. On Cloud Wine is a platform designed to promote greater sustainablity in the wine industry, by connecting small wine producers to universities and the tourism industry. They noticed that small historical wine areas are currently disconnected from economic growth, already suffering from depopulation, and are at high risk of climate change. By connecting wine producers to universities to co-create sustainable techniques, On Cloud Wine hopes to create new economic opportunities and draw in tourism. So far, they have won an EIT PGM Grant, made it to the finals of the Circular Economy Challenge 2020, and conducted various workshops with the Climate-KIC network and the Swedish Institute Network for Future Global Leaders. They are certainly ones to watch!

In Episode 31, we are joined by alumni from the Dublona 2020 Climate-KIC Journey, Andrea Rey and Eszter Krisan, as they discuss their interests and experiences in the field of climate action, as well as the personal projects they have been able to begin as a result of the summer school. Living in Budapest, Eszter's climate passions lie in urban systems and how they adapt to climate change. This interest inspired her Climate-KIC project Green Grip, which seeks to add green (leafy) panels to the sides of post-Soviet buildings to make them more liveable for local residents. Meanwhile, Andrea's climate journey was inspired while growing up in Peru. Surrounded by “natural treasures,” she was shocked by how badly they were being managed. After a BA in Geography and Environmental Studies, she decided to pursue her passions at Wageningen University, where she is currently studying an MA specialising in Ecological and Agroecoligcal Systems. This is a fun episode, which highlights the value cross-sectoral collaboration, humility and open communication bring to climate action. Have a listen!

Episode 110: Zach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachariasmalik/) works as a Researcher across the Sustainable Finance programme at E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism, https://www.e3g.org), focusing on how International Financial Institutions, in particular Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), can accelerate the transition towards a climate-safe world. As part of this, Zach supports aligning MDBs with the Paris Agreement. Prior to joining E3G, Zach worked as a Consultant at the World Bank, focusing on urban development projects across the East Asia and Pacific region. Zach has also been a Researcher at the Japan-based research institute IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies), and a Consultant at Climate-KIC, EU's largest public private partnership addressing climate change. Outside of his role at E3G, Zach freelances at Vivid Economics, a strategic economics consultancy, and Climate Bonds Initiative an international organisation working solely to mobilise the largest capital market of all, the $100 trillion bond market, for climate change solutions. Recently, Zach was contracted by UN Environment and UNDP. Zach holds a BSc in Policy Science (now GED) and minor in Sustainability (now EES) from LUC (class of 2016 1/2) and a MSc in Management and Corporate Sustainability from Cranfield University. He has lived in several countries including Egypt, Australia, Switzerland, France, and South Korea. Zach is currently based in London. Links: Zach's first JT appearance: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/08-zach-malik-had-five-jobs Development Projects Observed https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2017/07/review-development-projects-observed/ Podast on financing development in Africa https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2020-12-09/why-africa-borrowed-billions-of-dollars-from-china-podcast

If you are an entrepreneur or a business owner you know how important it is to make your business sustainable, in every way. Not only when it comes to making a positive impact and doing something which moves us in the right direction, but also related to making an income that you can live from. In addition to that - if you are going to be able to put in the work that is needed, it is absolutely essential that you like what you are doing.This is more or less the essence of Stories for the future - how to live a good life and have an interesting job while also taking care of our planet.That is why I think my conversation with Danielle Anderson from Step & Stone was the perfect start to this season. Also - since I have called this season Connecting Changes, I could not have found a more appropriate guest: Danielle has lived in four different countries, travelled to 75, and she has been through some major transitions in her own life and career. In this episode we talk a lot about changes and all the steps involved in going through them. Danielle shares experiences from different stages of her life and career, why she left a very lucrative career path in JP Morgan, her work with the organization Climate-KIC and green businesses, and how it has lead to where she is today: running her own company Step & Stone from Nairobi in Kenya. And not the least, we talk about how it is ok to change our minds and pivot in a new direction. Because we are always evolving and we can't expect everything to remain the same through our lives. As I mention in the episode, Danielle sends out the only newsletter I always read, and I highly recommend checking it out! You can find everything about her and her company at https://stepandstone.co.uk/.Starting in February Danielle has a brand new program on her site called Simplicity. This is a 10 week accelerator program for entrepreneurs who are trying to make a living doing what they love, without giving up everything else in life. If you are a business owner like that and want to get focused, confident and get customers, you can check out the program here. And have a look at this page with a lot of really valuable resources for entrepreneurs: https://stepandstone.co.uk/resources/Highly recommended! You can also follow Danielle on Instagram. For all resources and everything mentioned in the episode, go to Storiesforthefuture.noThere you can also sign up to receive my newsletter and to get noticed every time I release another episode.InstagramLinkedInFacebook

Dr Renard Siew, Climate Change Advisor, Centre For Governance and Political Studies Kuala Lumpur and ideaXme Climate Change ambassador, interviews Frans Nauta, founder ClimateLaunchpad www.climatelaunchpad.org and Climate-KIC Accelerator. Climate-KIC Accelerator is the world's largest support program for clean-tech startups. Over its 8 years of operation it supported more than 1.500 startups, that raised over 1,5 B€ in follow on funding. ClimateLaunchpad, discussed in this interview is the world's largest green business ideas competition. It operates in 60 countries and has supported more than 3.000 teams. EIT Climate-KIC: As deputy director Entrepreneurship of EIT Climate-KIC Frans was responsible for the development of the entrepreneurship centres at the Climate-KIC co-locations and regional centres across the EU and the implementation of the Climate-KIC Accelerator Program. He worked as visiting scholar at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and at Cyclotron Road, the tech startup accelerator program of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Frans Nauta's Earlier Career: Before his work with startups, Frans was secretary for Innovation for the Dutch Prime Minister, a professor of Innovation at HAN University in the Netherlands and the founder of Knowledge Land, the leading Dutch think tank on boosting the knowledge economy. He has been teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship since 2007 as lecturer at Utrecht University. Frans has been trained at the Harvard Business School in the teaching case methodology and currently teaches entrepreneurship and innovation in executive education programs at UC Berkeley Extension, the Climate-KIC Business School and in the Masters Program of Utrecht University. Follow on Twitter @fnauta @renardsiew @ideaxm Find the transcript of this interview at www.radioideaxme.com shortly. ideaXme is a global podcast, creator series and mentor programme. You can find us across the internet – on all major audio platforms, on YouTube, Vimeo and here www.radioideaxme.com.

London hosts Lee-Ann Perkins and Katie Agar from Sustainable Ventures are a Climate-KIC partner of the Dublona Journey. They both moved to London several years ago and share their stories of how they came to work around sustainability. Lee-Anns eyes were opened when she was working to provide warm housing for vulnerable people and Katie's journey began in the fashion industry, where she developed an interest in circular economy. Did you know that the UK has the least energy efficient housing in Europe? We are talking about how working with people that are eager to make a difference brings together ideas from different perspectives. The Journey is about surrounding yourself with many inspiring people with a similar passion and mission. How to bring out ones best and make collaboration successful, and about starting up young businesses and start-ups. That's what we talk about with Lee-Ann and Katie. Sustainable Ventures: https://www.sustainableventures.co.uk/ Recommended sustainability tool: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept

Anna Stünzi is the president of Foraus, the Swiss think tank dedicated to foreign policy and a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research... But that's not all. At barely 30, the young woman is also the founder of a solar energy start up, and a member of the board of Gemeinsam Znacht, an association that looks after the integration of migrants.If I had to define Anna in one word, I would say "committed". Two themes in particular are dear to her: environment and migration. In this discussion, Anna explains why her work in the private sector and in associations has always been an excellent way to feed her academic research, and vice versa. We talk about her mission as the president of the Foraus and I question her about the concrete impact of think tanks on public policies. Together we also talk about the status of women in the male-dominated world of academic research and how universities should adapt to the modern world. Anna, who also dances one hour everyday, shares with me her secrets for remaining productive and managing so many activities at the same time. As you will have understood, Anna is definitely inspiring and enriching, that kind of personality you don't meet every day. So plug in your headphones: its time for the new episode of Brillantes! Time Codes 03:48 The inspiring women around Anna04:59 Dancing as a passion06:06 A happy childhood close to Zurich, Getting engaged for the environment 07:47 Sensitised to environmental issues from at young age… and while travelling 10:11 Studying psychology and economy12:26 What working and association experiences bring to research 13:27 The importance of organisation: Anna’s tips 14:58 Being able to change plans and adapt to new situations 16:53 Environment, the topic of our generation 20:20 Working on Solar Impulse with The Swiss Clean Tech Association 23:53 Becoming a young entrepreneur in solar energy 27:19 Understand the basis of the Swiss energy mix The President of the Foraus 30:36 Defining what is a think tank 32:16 Foraus: a grassroots and inclusive think tank 34:43 Policy Kitchen: a collaborative platform 35:50 The most important topics for Switzerland 38:44 Understanding the concrete impact of Foraus on Swiss public policies42:40 How research at Foraus and university complement each other 43:48 The role and mission of the President of Foraus 46:10 When Foraus publications are influencing politics 47:13 Being a woman in academia 52:24 Anna’s question to Sarah Sringman, Rector of the ETH54:09 Anna’s action at Gemeinsam Znacht57:32 Final questions Links and references To follow Anna: Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-st%C3%BCnzi-93391b8b/To follow Foraus, the Swiss forum on Foreign Policy Website: www.foraus.chLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/foraus---forum-aussenpolitik/Instagram: www.instagram.com/foraus/?hl=frFacebook: www.facebook.com/forausthinktankTwitter: https://twitter.com/foraus Foraus publications that Anna talks about in the podcast: Publications of the Europe thematic group: https://www.foraus.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200930_Der-bilaterale-Weg_WEB.pdf and https://www.foraus.ch/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FlaM_versionWEB.pdfPublication about the role of cities in international policymaking, taken up by Geneva: https://www.foraus.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/foraus-Mega-Cities.pdfLast publication: “The Arctic, closer than you think” : https://www.foraus.ch/publications/switzerland-and-the-arctic-closer-than-you-think/Other organisations in which Anna is involvedGemeinsam Znacht: https://www.gemeinsamznacht.chHer company, GOE solar: www.goe.ch/Women Anna is mentioning during the episode : Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate-Kic: www.climate-kic.org/Lea Hungerbühler, Rechtsberaterin, Präsidentin at Asylex: www.asylex.ch/?donateNikki Böhler, Founder of Mindfulmoney: www.mindfulmoney.ch/Help me grow up Brillantes! If you liked the episode, please share it with as many people as possible, rate it with 5 stars and subscribe to the podcast on your listening platform. This help will be extremely precious to me Find all the links to listen to the episodes here: www.flow.page/brillantesFollow Brillantes on social networks:Instagram: www.instagram.com/brillantes.media/Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/brillantesFacebook : www.facebook.com/brillantes.mediaAnd her host and founder, Jeanne du Sartel:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeannedusartel/Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeannedusartel/Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanneduSartelPhoto: credits to Anne Gabriel-Jürgens (http://gabriel-juergens.net ) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Picasso coach Deborah Rim Moiso is all over, literally. Interdisciplinary and holistic is within her character, which you will hear out from her very diverse interests and experiences. A summer job in Ireland and reading The Transition Handbook by Ron Hopkins woke her up imagining the future. Within the Pioneer Programme and her placement at the Transition Network Deborah found the space to guide people to find their own voice, which is one that naturally connects to planet earth. The Climate-KIC programmes most importantly stimulate dialogues with people with differing backgrounds and opinions; this way you adress your own fierce of polarisation. She highly recommends the book Active Hope as it sees power as something to do rather than something to have and discusses how small steps to action can give us power. Also, Deborah is inviting Journey participants to help out with the harvest on her farm in Italy once Covid restrictions have been lifted. The more the merrier she said ;) Tune in to find out about her personal challenge and what you can do to not to contribute to polarization in communities. The Transition Handbook by Ron Hopkins: http://www.greenbooks.co.uk/the-transition-handbook The Transition Network: https://transitionnetwork.org/ Active Hope - How to face the mess we're in without going crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone: https://www.activehope.info/ The Climate-KIC Pioneer Programme is for young professionals. You spend the first part of the programme in your own country with coaches, and then continue on to spending six weeks in a foreign city to work for another organisation. Climate-KIC covers all expenses. Read more about it here https://pioneers.climate-kic.org/

In Episode 26 of First Fuel, we bring you a panel discussion from the launch of the third edition of the Energy Efficiency Council's annual energy briefing for Australian businesses, Navigating a dynamic energy landscape. Luke is joined by Bridgette Carter, Manager of Energy Sourcing & Utilisation at BlueScope Steel, Justin Merrell, Group Environment Director at Lion, Christina Tonkin, Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Institutional Banking at ANZ and Tony Wood, Energy Program Director at the Grattan Institute to discuss how businesses can manage risks and capture opportunities around energy and carbon in the midst of COVID-19. Mentioned in this episode: Navigating a dynamic energy landscape: A briefing for Australian businesses (Energy Efficiency Council) www.energybriefing.org.au Navigating a dynamic energy landscape: A briefing for Australian manufacturers (Energy Efficiency Council) https://www.energybriefing.org.au/sector-spotlights Lion becomes Australia's first large-scale carbon neutral brewer https://www.lionco.com/media-centre/lion-is-first-carbon-neutral-brewer Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative (Climateworks Australia & Climate-KIC) https://energytransitionsinitiative.org Start with steel: A practical plan to support carbon workers and cut emissions (Grattan Institute) https://grattan.edu.au/report/start-with-steel/ Connect with our guests: Find Christina at https://twitter.com/tonkinchristina Find Tony at https://twitter.com/tony_r_wood Connect with us: Find Luke at https://twitter.com/lukemenzel Find out more about the Energy Efficiency Council at www.eec.org.au Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EECouncil Email us at firstfuel@eec.org.au To find out how you can listen to an upcoming episode of First Fuel live, visit www.eec.org.au/podcasts

Lund-Copenhagen coaches Eleanor Saunders and Balazs Kurucz are both coaches and facilitators. Eleanor has been working with the Climate-KIC community for ten years already and sees it as a circular system in itself: Acquiring skills and giving it on to next generation. This way "the Journey should be this ever-changing entity that helps people into this new incredibly difficult and dynamic space". We are also talking about bird perpectives on Europe's farmlands as well as about small scale nature inspiration and beauty.

In this episode, Climate-KIC coach and globetrotter Laura Janssen talks about her motivation to join the Journey as a coach, how the Journey contributes to sustainable development and about how the young generation can get involved in climate action. Laura believes that "we should use this incredible amount of knowledge, collective brain power and united skills to serve those urgent challenges that we are facing today." Tune in to dive in some of her global experiences and how it has inspired her. You can calculate your own ecological footprint here: http://www.footprintcalculator.org/

Welcome to our first interview! Today we have Climate-KIC Journey coaches Heiko Specking and Nierika Hamaekers from the Northern Lights Journey on board with us. We talk about what the Journey is, their motivation to get engaged in it and the power of the Climate-KIC community. They describe the Journey as "a place where extremely knowledgeable and passionate people come together to inspire each other, to connect and collaborate." Listen to this episode and find out how you can best make an impact yourself.

We cannot afford to allow the huge sums that have now been committed to economic recovery in the wake of the first wave of covid-19 to be spent on propping up harmful carbon intensive economies, unsustainable growth models and damaging inequalities. We need to ensure that this massive fiscal investment accelerates Europe and the world towards decarbonisation; that it invests in regeneration of the environment, and builds infrastructure and systems that are resilient to ensure that the next generations have a liveable and secure world to inherit. A green recovery is the only acceptable path. The question is: ‘How?' How can recovery funding be distributed and managed so as to ensure ongoing structural change and systems transformation after the covid-19 crisis? How can we ensure that we do not simply reconstruct dysfunctional approaches to energy, industry, agriculture, and urban living? Speakers: Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, Climate-KIC. Kirsten's career spans academia, consulting, banking, insurance, strategy, design, innovation and leadership, across three continents. She joined Climate-KIC in February 2017 from an Australian financial services conglomerate, Suncorp. She is committed to shaping and placing innovation to catalyse profound systemic change. Her vision for Climate-KIC is to co-create a multi-sided marketplace for transformation and the generation of innovation options to achieve a zero-carbon economy and a climate resilient society. In her role at Suncorp, Kirsten founded and led a bespoke division focused on managing and responding to strategic risk through innovation, transforming core business and industry models from within. Prior to roles in Second Road, KPMG and Suncorp in Australia, Kirsten led the Generali Group Innovation Academy for Assicurazioni Generali in Italy, pioneering proprietary thinking in the areas of Strategic Risk management, strategic innovation, strategic leadership development and cultural change. Kirsten holds a Ph.D. in cultural history. Interested in watching our webinars live, or taking part in the production of our research? Join our community at: https://bit.ly/3sXPpb5

We are joined by Anders Wijkman, Honorary President of the Club of Rome and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC. In today’s episode, Anders reflects on our progress towards a circular economy and the role that cities play in the transition to a circular society. You will learn about Climate-KIC, hear about Anders’ experience with environmental policy in the European Parliament, and find out more about his upcoming keynote for the inaugura (digital) conference of the International Society for the Circular Economy (IS4CE) (July 6-7, 2020). Resources and links discussed in this episode can be found at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.Getting in the Loop + International Society for the Circular Economy Team Up!This month we’ve partnered with the International Society for the Circular Economy so you can meet some of the keynote speakers ahead of their inaugural conference. To learn more and register for the digital event, please visit https://www.is4ce.org/en/society-for-the-circular-economy . Mark your calendars for July 6-7, 2020!ABOUT TODAY’S GUESTAnders Wijkman is an opinion maker and author. He is Honorary President of the Club of Rome, senior advisor to The Stockholm Environment Institute and chairman of the Swedish Association of Recycling Industries. As of March 2017 Anders is chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the EU.Anders has served as a Member of the European Parliament, as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP, as Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross, as Secretary General of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and as Director General of SAREC (the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries).

In this episode with Cliona Howie del Rio, Head of Circular Economy at Climate-KIC, we discuss advantages, disadvantages and challenges of the circular economy, how exactly does Climate-KIC support governments, companies and start-ups on their journey towards sustainability, what does a good low carbon transition strategy consists of, and how the current crisis should highlight the circular economy and alter the economic canvas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sustainabilityexplored/message

This episode of You've Been Warmed features Chris Adams - one of the directors of the Green Web Foundation, an organizer for ClimateAction.Tech and founder of a small consultancy called Greening.DigitalAs an avid techie, Chris is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to web technology and its implications for climate change. Because everything we use in our digital infrastructure is based on data centers - of which a lot run on energy derived from fossil fuels - it's important to understand how we can replace the source of that energy with renewables. It's obviously an extremely complex topic to talk about, which is why Chris' pragmatic and informed approach was so educational. He took me through the various decisions that any company makes when deciding on hosting (and the inherent trade-offs that come with that), as well as what percentages of online domains currently run on renewable energy (and how that has evolved over the past year). There was an interesting discussion regarding web hosting providers and how the oligopoly formed by Microsoft, Google and Amazon is extremely difficult to tackle.We then dove into a fascinating topic that involved how companies treat their emissions reductions for Scopes 1,2 and 3, how precisely they calculate those emissions and what kind of 'accounting' tricks they might pull to paint a different picture. We contrasted the approach that Stripe has taken vs that of Amazon and we ended up discussing greenwashing and how Corporate Social Responsibility is dealt with in various companies across the world.Finally, Chris delivered a great summary on ClimateAction.Tech - a community I highly encourage all of my listeners to join as it has a lot of value & interesting people to connect with.Let's dive straight in - let me know if you enjoy this one!CHRIS' RELEVANT LINKSChris' Twitter - https://twitter.com/mrchrisadamsGreen Web Foundation - https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/ClimateAction.Tech - https://climateaction.tech/Greening Digital - https://greening.digital/TIMECODES3:50 - Chris' Background & Involvement In The Climate Space5:00 - Why Do We Need To Make The Web 'Greener'?8:00 - How Can Companies Reduce Emissions From Their Digital Operations?14:53 - The Google, Microsoft & Amazon Web Hosting Oligopoly22:05 - Stripe vs Amazon + Scope 1,2 & 3 Emissions32:00 - Greenwashing & CSR Within Companies36:05 - The ClimateAction.Tech Community & Its Value42:15  - Science vs Business vs Politics vs SocietyLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe Energy Transition Show - https://xenetwork.org/ets/Map Camp Conference - https://www.map-camp.com/Digital Ocean -https://www.digitalocean.com/Increment Magazine Stripe Article - https://increment.com/energy-environment/stripes-carbon-neutral-journey/AMEE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoiding_Mass_Extinctions_EngineTomorrow's Electricity Map - https://www.tmrow.com/HBR Piece About CSR - https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-truth-about-csrUngleich - ungleich.chData Center Light - https://datacenterlight.ch/Heated.World - https://heated.world/Creatives For Climate - https://www.linkedin.com/company/creatives-for-climate/Climate Outreach -https://climateoutreach.org/Climate Kic - https://www.climate-kic.org/

I first met Pete Armstrong as he was pitching at the Ecosummit event in Berlin in 2018 and last year. The scale of the impact possible in transforming our heating and water storage systems in our homes blew my mind. I’ve always been so involved in the ‘electrification of everything’, so I’ve watched since with interest. Mixergy were also mentioned in a recent podcast episode with Robert Trezona of IP Group, one of their early (and follow on) investors. So I thought I’d invite Dr Pete Armstrong to join us. About our guest Dr Pete Armstrong is CEO and co-founder of Mixergy, an Oxford University spin-out company which has brought to market a unique hot water tank. Pete completed his PhD on intelligent hot water tanks at Oxford Uni with fellow student and co-founder Ren Kang, before going on to win a Technical Innovation award within the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon electric car competition, and a prize in a Climate KiC venture competition, which was the genesis of Mixergy in 2014. Mixergy has since received investment from IP Group, Oxford Science Innovation, Centrica Innovations and Foresight Williams to grow and develop the business. About Mixergy Mixergy has developed an intelligent hot water tank, which is unlike others on the market. The Mixergy tank operates on an integrated Internet of Things platform and is designed to selectively heat smaller portions of water. As a fleet, Mixergy aims to offer a Demand Side Response (DSR) service to the National Grid, absorbing excess power load and time shifting demand to help balance the grid. This “Internet of Tanks” vision will help to facilitate the generation and utilisation of more renewables nationwide to support a greener future. The Mixergy tank is also a benefit to consumers, saving up to 40% on hot water bills through sophisticated machine learning. GUEST LINKS Mixergy Website- www.mixergy.co.uk Mixergy on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mixergy-ltd/ Mixergy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MixergyLtd EPISODE LINKS Cleantech Mixergy Raises £3.6M - https://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/cleantech-mixergy-raises-36m Mixergy on Fully Charged - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Z4JCoPAGc Mixergy at Ecosummit 2019 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AL_wDpTVEc Chaos: Making a New Science – James Gleick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos:_Making_a_New_Science Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/weekincleantech Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thisweekincleantech/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhunt2013/

More details available at Future Distributed. This week’s show comes from Denmark. I sat down with Bjarke Kovshøj, the Climathon City Manager for Climate-KIC about the role of cities in tackling climate change. In this episode, we’ll be answering some big question like: How on earth do we tackle the global climate crisis? What role do our cities play in tackling the crisis? And What can the average do to take action and show they care? Links: Climathon: Cities. Hacking. Solutions. Bjarke Kovshøj (LinkedIn)Will Needham (LinkedIn)Make sure you head over to FutureDistributed.org for all the latest content, remember to tell your friends and colleagues that this show is available to listen to for FREE in any app that supports podcasts. If you like what you heard today, make sure you like and subscribe and follow my daily journey on Instagram (@thefuturedistributed). And finally, have you ever heard the phrase ‘the Future is Here, it’s just not evenly Distributed Yet’ - well let’s do something about that.

Heute berichtet Host Nicolaj Grabert wieder live und ungeschnitten von dem Forum Alpbach in Österreich, wo sich die führenden Köpfe des Klimaschutz treffen und über die Lösungen sprechen, die uns vor einer 1.5 Grad wärmeren Welt schützen sollen. Unser heutiger Held des Klimaschutz ist Johannes Naimer-Stach. Schon früh hat er bemerkt, dass er einer Beschäftigung nachgehen muss, die ihn erfüllt. Nachdem er einige Stationen unter anderem als Broker für Emissionshandel und als Mitarbeiter beim WWF, wo er einige Jahre gearbeitet durchlaufen hat, ist er heute als Country Manager in Österreich für Climate-KIC (https://www.climate-kic.org/countries/austria/) und selbständiger Klimaschutz Consultant bei 288Grad (http://www.288grad.com/). Schalte ein und erfahre: * Was Climate-KIC ist und welche Strategie sie verfolgen die Startups und Organisationen zu unterstützen, die sich für den Klimaschutz einsetzen * Warum er glaubt: „ungefähr 80% der Lösungen sind bekannt, werden aber schlichtweg nicht gemacht.“ * Warum er glaubt, dass der Emissionshandel keinen positiven Einfluss auf den Klimawandel nimmt * Warum WEGSCHAUEN, für ihn KEINE LÖSUNG IST Beteilige dich gerne wie immer mit deinen Fragen auf Instagram, unter: https://www.instagram.com/mother_earths_heroes/

For over the past two decades scientist Klaus Lackner has dedicated himself to finding potential ways of taking CO2 back out of the atmosphere, all in a bid to help the world avoid the worst consequences of climate change. In this episode, we learn about Klaus's journey, explore the science of CO2 removal, and learn if pulling CO2 back out of the air might just hold the key to us solving climate change. This is the first of four episodes in a series that we'll be releasing, which all deal with the subject of carbon dioxide removal. These episodes will be coming out on Wednesdays for the next several weeks. This series of episode was made possible with funding from EIT Climate-KIC. Climate-KIC is a European knowledge and innovation community, working towards a prosperous, inclusive, climate-resilient society founded on a circular, zero-carbon economy. Find out more at www.climate-kic.org ​

Episode 8: Zach Malik (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachariasmalik/) is a 23-year-old British-Pakistani. While his home-based is London, he has had the privilege to live in England, Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, and France. Zach graduated from LUC in Feb 2016 with a BSc in Policy Science (now GED) and minor in Sustainability (now EES). He is currently completing his master's in Management and Corporate Sustainability at Cranfield University. Prior to starting his master's, Zach has worked with Arcadis, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, UN Environment, Climate-KIC, and Worldfavor. Beyond building a career, Zach is developing a charity called G-Corps - a global initiative to unite, up-skill, and unleash the power of young people to help them become changemakers. Zach also acts as a Young Ambassador for Oxfam GB and Unicef UK, representing both organsations at the local and global level. This episode's motto: "You can get more done if you work multiple jobs."

In the first episode of This New Climate, host Will Bugler introduces EIT Climate-KIC and explores how they are stimulating innovation in the face of a challenge as great as climate change. The episode unpicks how EIT Climate-KIC is working to foster change at the systems level, in an effort to bring about transformative change. Listen to this episode and learn why climate instability demands new ways of thinking about innovation, and how EIT Climate-KIC is trying to support scalable solutions to the most pressing climate challenges. www.acclimatise.uk.com/thisnewclimate @ThisNewClimate

Introducing This New Climate, a show highlights the inventions and innovations that are being developed to try and tackle the greatest challenge that human kind has ever faced: Climate Change. This New Climate investigates some of the toughest problems as we enter a new era of climate instability and tells the stories of the projects and people who are grappling with them. This first six-episode series is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's Climate KIC programme and explores projects and programmes that are at the cutting edge of innovation in water, agriculture, insurance, urban development and supply chains. Brought to you by Acclimatise and hosted by Will Bugler.

With the deadline for the Reinventing Cities submissions extended to 31st May, we catch up with Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate KIC in the Netherlands and Stefano Boeri the Milan architect successfully pioneering vertical city forests in Italy.

 This BZE Radio episode was broadcast on Monday 1st May 2017 The 2017 Energy Productivity Summit at the maritime Museum in Sydney in April 2017 drew a number of international experts. Here are just some who joined BZE Radio for a chat: thank you to Benoit Lebot (IPEEC) , Monica Frassoni, Mary Ritter and Reynald Gallis. The theme is perfectly captured by the chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity, Jon Jutsen:  “What’s the point of spending billions of taxpayers dollars to add new supply when most of what is produced now is lost?” – Jon Jutsen, chairman of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity a2se.org.au and 2xep.org.auThank you to the Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) for hosting us and a great conference.Benoit Lebot is a civil engineer and directs the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency. He speaks about the exquisite efficiencies which propelled the first solar international flight. As a leader on climate change policies in developing countries he reports on signs of co-operation and hope. Monica Frassoni has had a career in the European parliament where she now represents the Greens. She is president of the European Alliance to Save Energy and speaks to us about the great number of jobs to be had retrofitting buildings and creating efficient transport links. Monica has been listed by some as one of the top global thinkers – interesting to know that for her the key is determination. Mary Ritter is the International Ambassador for Climate KIC. The Knowledge Innovation Community sponsors start ups like the Elephant Podcast, Tardo and Coolar. Business and local governments have access through Climate KIC to innovative thinkers and university researchers. Reynald Gallis is Vice President for ecosystems and marketing at THINXSTRA. He explains the next wave in the Internet of things being rolled out by SIGFOX. Its cheaper wireless monitors will create efficiencies in agriculture, traffic control, water monitoring and hundreds of other applications.  There will be many applications in developing countries.  MONDAY BZE Radio Mon 5-6pm & FRIDAY BZE Science and Tech Solutions Fri 8.30am-9am TUNE in http://3cr.org.au/streaming  LIVE CATCH Podcasts @ http://bze.org.au/podcasts TWEET it in : @beyondzeronews and #bzelive FB conversation: https://www.facebook.com/beyondzeroemissions/     

The countdown to Christmas has begun, and this week edie brings you a cracker of a podcast episode, featuring exclusive interviews with car sharing service Zipcar, advisory firm the Carbon Trust and green innovation group Climate-KIC.

Oorja's biomass and solar-powered micro-grids provide affordable and reliable electricity to off-grid communities in rural India. In India, 450 million people lack access to reliable energy. This has several repercussions including a lack of economic development, poor health outcomes, gender inequity, poor education and more. Without reliable electricity, villagers rely on fossil-fuels such as kerosene and diesel. They spend up to 20% of household income on these dirty sources of power. At the same time, people in rural India produce 200 million tons of crop waste per year. This waste is usually burned in the field, producing greenhouse gasses. Clementine Chambon and Amit Saraogi met in a Climate-KIC workshop in 2015. They developed the business model for Oorja during that workshop. Since then they have worked with and interviewed hundreds of people, fully developing their business idea. Oorja builds and maintains decentralized hybrid solar and biomass-powered micro-grids, producing reliable clean energy across the Indian countryside. Oorja is the project developer and they use a community-ownership model. This provides livelihood opportunities and economic stimulation. Social Entrepreneurship Quotes from Clementine Chambon and Amit Saraogi “We’re aiming to provide reliable and affordable power to places that currently don’t have access to electricity.” Clementine Chambon “We’re aiming to compete with diesel.” Clementine Chambon “I’ve always had interest in climate change and clean energy solutions.” Clementine Chambon “We identified that waste energy and rural electrification were our common points of interest.” Clementine Chambon “The benefits of this growth and globalization were not really trickling down.” Amit Saraogi “I was a banker, but I knew this was not the right path for me.” Amit Saraogi “I believe good policy that is well-implemented is the need of the hour.” Amit Saraogi “I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.” Amit Saraogi Social Entrepreneurship Resources: Oorja: http://www.oorjasolutions.org Oorja on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oorjasolutions Oorja on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oorjasolutions Oorja on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oorjasolutions Climate-KIC: http://www.climate-kic.org/for-students/summer-school

Wat maakt een gebouw energieopwekkend? Dat heeft niet alleen te maken met het opwekken van stroom, maar gaat veel verder. Het gaat erom of een gebouw goed is voor zijn omgeving en voor de mensen die er gebruik van maken. Is het een gezond gebouw dat sociale interactie bevordert? Is het slim, duurzaam en circulair? Al die factoren tellen mee bij het bepalen van het meest energieopwekkende gemeentehuis van Nederland. De laatste twee finalisten zijn Groningen en Peel & Maas. In de uitzending wordt de winnaar bekendgemaakt! Cohere en Climate-KICCohere begon als startup met een slimme oplossing voor het opladen van de elektrische auto. Inmiddels levert het een compleet smart grid voor je woonhuis. Mede dankzij het Accelerator-programma van Climate-KIC. Z8De duurzaamste partyboot van Nederland vaart in de Biesbosch: de Z8 van De Zilvermeeuw. We gingen naar Drimmelen voor een reportage. BNR Duurzaam, iedere maandag om 15.30 uur met Harm Edens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Als je duurzaamheid voorop stelt in je bedrijfsvoering, gaat het na verloop van tijd vanzelf in de genen van je medewerkers zitten. Dat zien ze bij Koninklijke Ahrend. De kantoorinrichter is al 25 jaar bezig met dit thema en medewerkers moeten vaak eerder afgeremd worden in hun nieuwe groene ideeën, dan gestimuleerd. Arnold Struik is Concept & Design Director bij Ahrend en komt naar de studio. Ruim drie jaar na het instorten van de fabriekshal in Bangladesh, waarbij meer dan 1100 textielwerkers om het leven kwamen, is er nog steeds veel mis met de werkomstandigheden daar. Unicef is een programma gestart om daar iets aan te doen. Mark Wijne is kinderrechtendeskundige bij Unicef Nederland en is net terug uit Bangladesh. Nederlandse start-ups met goede duurzame ideeën doen het internationaal goed. Twee Nederlanse innovaties kwamen onlangs als winnaars uit de bus bij de European innovation and technology Awards in Boedapest. Hans Westerhof is manager van het accelerator-programma van Climate-KIC, Florian Schneider is co-founder van Nerdalize, dat in de prijzen viel. Luister elke maandag om 15.30 uur naar BNR Duurzaam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The economy hasn't exactly done a great job of taking care of our planet's climate. And one might say that business models oriented towards profit while ignoring externalities are part of the problem, not the solution. But can companies that have sustainability at the core of their businesses, and yet are run for profit, be part of the solution? Enter Climate-KIC, a large European public-private partnership that helps grow start-ups whose products are focused on sustainability. We first sit down with Mary Ritter, co-founder and former CEO of Climate-KIC, to discuss the role sustainable businesses can play in saving the climate. And in the second half, we talk to Climate-KIC's Director of Education Ebrahim Mohamed about what is wrong with the way economic models are taught to business students, and how changing economic education may help change the future.

An electric helicopter, carbon capture and storage and energy saving software. Just three projects, helping to deliver a zero carbon future in Europe. Climate-KIC connects private and public sectors, delivering the research, education and innovation behind these, and many more, clean tech start-ups. For more information go to www.climate-kic.org