How Could We? A Podcast by EIT Climate-KIC

In this season of the podcast, we’re asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems. Host Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined this week by farmer Sheila Darmos from the southern Peloponnese in Greece. Sheila inherited one of Greece's first organic farms - The Southern Lights Farm - and completely reinvented it. Anne-Sophie is also joined...

In this season of the podcast, we’re asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems. Host Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined this week by Michelle Donnelly, a farmer from the Mulroy Meadow Farm in Donegal, Ireland. Michelle and her husband Cathal moved to Donegal in 2020 to pursue their dream of running a regenerative farm, which currently...

Welcome to a new season of the podcast, where we’re asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems. In this food-focused season, we’re looking at a range of topics, including soil health, regenerative agriculture practices, integrated landscape management, the importance of justice and equity in this transition, enabling policies and th...

Welcome to a new season of the podcast, where we’ll be asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems. With our food-focused guests, we'll explore how food shapes our planet, our health, our culture and what systemic shifts across soil, diets, and landscapes could unlock regenerative futures. We’re looking at a range of topics, incl...

Recorded live at the SB62 June Climate meeting in Bonn - a key conference in the lead up to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP30 in Brazil - this week’s episode sees host Anne-Sophie Garrigou interview more experts at the heart of negotiations to hear what we can expect from Brazil's COP30 presidency and the challenges that lie ahead.  Firstly, clim...

Welcome to a new season of How Could We?, recorded live at the SB62 June Climate meeting in Bonn, a key conference in the lead up to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP30 in Brazil. This week, host Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews a scientist ( Bart van den Hurk , IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair), a negotiator ( Genaro Matías Godoy González , Chile's A...

Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ⁠⁠ChangeNOW summit⁠⁠ in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact. This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience - and for this week's episode, ⁠⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠ is joined by François Gemmene , a researcher and IPCC lead author. Franç...

Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ⁠ChangeNOW summit⁠ in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact. This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience and for this week's episode, ⁠Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined by Joshua Amponsem , Co-Director of the Youth Climate Justice Fund and F...

Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact. This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Eytan Levi , Co-Founder of Roofscapes . Focused on adapting existing roofs and buildings to a changing climate, Roofscapes uses timber platforms to make...

Welcome to a new season of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact. This week Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marion Waller , Executive Director of the Pavillon de L'Arsenal in Paris. The Pavillon de L’Arsenal is a centre for architecture and urban planning, as wel...

It’s the final episode of our leadership-focused series, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour . The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil . This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou is interviewing Rana Adib , Executive Director of REN21 . A policy network and a multistakehol...

Welcome to the second episode of our latest season, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour . The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil . This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Gosia Rychlik , Branch Manager at The Climate Reality Project who is based in Poland. In...

Welcome to a new season of How Could We? - recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour , organised by The Climate Reality Project , which aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil . This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marina Gil Velasco , Project Lead at Climate KIC for the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy . Marina exp...

In this new episode of How Could We? , recorded in front of the LDC’s delegation office during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Binyam Gebreyes , diplomacy lead at IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), where he supports the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group. Binyam's role ensures that LDC priorities and needs are amplified throughout the...

In this new episode of How Could We? recorded in the streets of Baku during COP29, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviewed Rich Wilson , CEO of the Iswe Foundation , about the state of our democracies today and the role of citizen assemblies in making our democracies stronger. In this episode, Rich says that we are at a pivotal moment for democracies today. Despite growing public demand for action, our g...

In this new episode of How Could We?, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Megan Rowling , editor of Climate Home News , to discuss the main objectives and challenges of COP29. With years of experience covering international climate negotiations, Megan unpacks what’s at stake at this year's conference in Azerbaijan. From the urgent need for a new climate finance goal to support developing countries...

In this episode of How Could We?, returning guest Daniel Zimmer from ⁠Climate KIC⁠ joins us just after returning from COP16, the UN’s Biodiversity Summit hosted by Colombia. In this conversation, we explore the challenges faced by indigenous communities, who manage 80% of the world’s biodiversity but are increasingly threatened by deforestation and land degradation. Daniel shares insights on the p...

In this episode of How Could We?, Sebastián Bustamente from Climate KIC joins us from Cali, Colombia, where COP16, the UN’s Biodiversity Summit, is underway. This episode is all about biodiversity, and we discuss the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as well as the challenges of turning those ambitious commitments into implementation. Sebastián shares insights into his wo...

In this special #ClimateWeekNYC episode, we chat with Veena Balakrishnan , Co-Founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy , to explore how her organisation equips young people with essential skills and tools to engage in climate negotiations. Veena shares insights on nurturing the next generation of educated, confident, and proactive negotiators driving meaningful change in the fight against the clim...

In this episode, we sit down with Anthony Zacharzewski , President of the Democratic Society , and talk about his journey from working in the UK government to leading efforts that empower citizens in decision-making. Anthony explains horizontal democracy and its role in strengthening civic trust, particularly as democratic institutions face increasing pressure. We also discuss the NetZeroCities pr...

In this special episode recorded at #ClimateWeekNYC, we sit down with  Eleni Myrivili , the first Chief Heat Officer in Europe and a board member of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change . Myrivili shares her expertise on how cities and regions can better adapt to the climate crisis, especially extreme heat. She also explains the importance of Pathways2Resilience , a project led by Climat...

In this special episode recorded during #ClimateWeekNYC, we sit down with Eva Gladek , CEO of Metabolic , one of the 15 organisations of the Systemic Climate Action Collaborative co-founded by Climate KIC. Eva talks about the climate finance gap, often called the "Missing Trillions." She explains that trillions of dollars are needed annually to support fundamental climate mitigation and...

Welcome to the final episode of season 5 of How Could We?. This series explored cities' transformation and discussed why cities play such a key role in tackling climate change. This week, our guests are Diane Holdorf , Executive Vice President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development . Our CEO, Kirsten Dunlop , also returns as a guest for the second time this season. In this e...

Welcome to season 5 of How Could We?. This series will be exploring cities' transformation and discussing why cities play such a key role in tackling climate change. Our guests for this episode are Sissel Knutsen Hegdal , mayor of Norwegian city Stavanger and Thomas Osdoba , EIT Climate-KIC Senior Cities Advisor and Director of the NetZeroCities Programme . In this episode, we discuss how Stav...

Welcome to season 5 of How Could We?. This series will be exploring cities' transformation and discussing why cities play such a key role in tackling climate change. Our guests for this episode are Marianne Lemberger , Programme Manager from EIT Food & Christophe Gadenne from Gardens4Good . Marianne's work at EIT Food focuses on creating a more sustainable, inclusive and healthier food...