The Land & Climate Podcast

Chief Operating Officer of energy think tank Ember , Phil MacDonald, talks to Alasdair about the new challenges of decarbonising the global energy sector and what has been achieved so far in Europe in the UK.   He explains how the gradual phasing out of coal use has switched the focus to other fossil fuels and how the UK's need to show climate leadership for the next COP may be creating unnec...

Edward and Alasdair speak to Sasha Stashwick , climate expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on how the Biden Administration is  gearing up to tackle climate change and  issues with the use of biomass for tackling climate goals. Send us Fan Mail Find all our latest investigations, features and interviews at www.landclimate.org

Edward speaks to Prof Michael Norton , outgoing  director of the environment programme at the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) . Mike speaks about the need to understand what 'transformative change' actually is, the gap between science and policy urgency on environmental boundaries and on the flawed concept of GDP.  Send us Fan Mail Find all our latest investigations,...

Alasdair speaks to Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Head of Policy at Greenpeace UK about how British climate policy has changed and what might happen after the pandemic.  Doug also speaks about greenhouse gas removal technologies, what 'negative emissions' are and the risks of rising 'institutional greenwash' in climate policy and business.  Send us Fan Mail Find all our latest...