Lisa Jacobson
President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and industry representative discussing deployment, finance, and private-sector roles in the energy transition.
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Nov 25, 2025 • 57min
What happened at COP30? The key points on cutting emissions, adapting to a warming world, and raising the finance to pay for it
In a deep dive into COP30 outcomes, guests include Amy Harder, a national energy correspondent at Axios, Lisa Jacobson, president of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Simon Evans, deputy editor at Carbon Brief, and Gianpiero Nacci, managing director at the EBRD. They discuss the contentious fossil fuel negotiations and the focus on climate adaptation. Key topics include a pledge to triple adaptation finance by 2035, the challenges of funding, and China's dual role as a clean-tech leader while expanding coal. What does this mean for future climate action?
Nov 13, 2025 • 48min
The COP30 climate talks are under way In Brazil. What is the point of the conference?
Amy Myers Jaffe, Director of NYU's Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab, discusses the focus of COP30 on practical implementation rather than new international agreements. Joining her are Amy Harder from Axios, who refers to this COP as an 'ebb', and Lisa Jacobson, President of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, emphasizing the private sector's role. They dig into scaling sustainable fuels, tackling industrial emissions, and the importance of aligning business with climate goals for impactful outcomes.
