The Sustainability Agenda

The Sustainability Agenda


Latest Episodes

Episode 141 Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
December 13, 2021

Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality--and she highlights the various ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are selectively coded to protect an

Episode 140 COP26 SPECIAL Deep dive on the outcome of COP26, the structure and future of the COPs with professor Stefan Aykut
December 05, 2021

Deep dive with Professor Stefan Aykut on the outcome of COP26, discussing the structure and future of the COPs

Episode 139 COP26 SPECIAL: Candid interview with former XR spokesperson Rupert Read on the outcomes of COP26
November 28, 2021

Candid COP26 debrief with former XR spokesperson, Rupert Read. In the immediate aftermath of COP26, Rupert Read shares his profound disappointment with the outcome of COP26, shares his views for possi

Episode 138 Interview with James Thornton, CEO of legal powerhouse ClientEarth, on using the law to deal with nature loss and climate change
November 15, 2021

In this hugely inspiring interview, James Thornton, CEO of legal powerhouse ClientEarth, talks about how the firm uses the law to confront nature loss and climate change. This is a powerful testimony

Episode 137 COP26 SPECIAL: Interview with youth activists Sohanur Rahman, Lucy Jordan and John Paul Jose about COP26 –expectations and reality
November 07, 2021

A fascinating discussion with 3 passionate youth activists from the UK, India and Bangladesh, on 7th November 2021, about their expectations for COP26, what is at stake, their experience on the ground

Episode 136 COP26 SPECIAL Frédéric Hache from Green Finance Observatory: a critical analysis of carbon offsets and related market mechanisms
November 03, 2021

Powerful critique of market solutions to climate change-focussing on carbon offsets and biodiversity offsets

Episode 135 COP26 SPECIAL: Professor Mike Hulme talks about his expectations for COP26
October 29, 2021

Fascinating interview with Professor Mike Hulme on his expectations for COP26, the role and importance of the COPs, and the dangers of an overly scientific approach to climate change.

Episode 134: Interview with Dr Genevieve Guenther on how fossil-fuel interests have manipulated language and the media to suppress support for climate action
October 25, 2021

In depth discussion of the powerful ongoing ways in which the fossil fuel industry influences communication about climate change-- preventing us from not only seeing the true problem of climate change

Episode 133: Interview with Professor Daniel Aldrich on resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery
October 14, 2021

Professor Daniel Aldrich discusses resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery

Episode 132: Interview with Professor Katharine Hayhoe on how to have a conversation on the highly politicised and divisive subject of climate change
September 27, 2021

Atmospheric scientist and IPCC author Professor Katharine Hayhoe, a hugely effective communicator about climate change, explains why we need to talk about climate --and advises how to best do it in or

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