Solving for Climate

Unusual heat sources like the London Underground and data centres are being used to heat and cool cities - they’re called, quite simply, heat networks. The director of one of the largest district heat networks in the UK explores how this could be a major decarbonising solution for population dense places around the world.

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Charlotte Large, Director of Clean Energy & Heat Networks at Westminster City Council

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer
Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer
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The co-founder of Colossal Biosciences makes the climate case for bringing back extinct species like the woolly mammoth and the dodo. Colossal say de-extinction through gene editing techniques could have positive impacts for conservation and improving biodiversity. But the environment has changed completely since mammoths roamed the earth, so we’ll examine how realistic those climate claims are.

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Podcast transcripts available on Substack

Ben Lamm, co-founder Colossal Biosciences

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer
Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
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Senior fellow at New Delhi based think-tank CSEP, Rahul Tongia, does a deep dive on India. It’s one of the world’s biggest emitters, but it’s also on the frontline of climate change; more than 80 percent of people live in places that are at risk of climate-induced disasters. Rahul explores whether their progress is fast enough, and whose responsibility it is to pay for those changes.

Season five of Solving for Climate is sponsored by Xlinks xlinks.co

Podcast transcripts available on Substack

Rahul Tongia, Senior fellow at CSEP

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers'
Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
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The scientist behind the famous warming stripes gives practical advice on how to talk about climate change in a way that actually brings about change. The climate stripes themselves will be remembered in history as a pivotal point in climate debate. Professor Ed Hawkins chats about what inspired the warming stripes, and the craziest reaction they’ve received.

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Podcast transcripts available on Substack

Professor Ed Hawkins, Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
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In this episode we put our resident data scientist in the hot seat, and discuss a range of topics across her new book, Clearing the Air. From AI’s energy appetite to the future of your household bills, and why electric vehicles leave Hannah feeling hopeful - her sharp, evidence driven answers will make you reconsider the headlines.

Season five of Solving for Climate is sponsored by Xlinks xlinks.co

Podcast transcripts available on Substack

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers'
Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/

Co-hosts

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie
Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers'
Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com

Maddie Drury, Series Producer
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.