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Feb 24, 2021 • 1h 1min

Building the Billion-Customer Energy Company - Ep32: Greg Jackson

LinksOctopus Energyhttps://octopus.energy/Energy needed a digital revolution – and we are it (January 2021)https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/02/energy-needed-a-digital-revolution-and-we-are-itOctopus Energy is the Which? “Recommended Provider” for a record fourth year in a row (January 2021)https://www.techradar.com/sg/news/octopus-energy-is-the-which-recommended-provider-for-a-record-fourth-year-in-a-rowOctopus Energy partners with Tokyo Gas to enter the Asian market (January 2021)https://www.energylivenews.com/2021/01/04/octopus-energy-partners-with-tokyo-gas-to-enter-the-asian-market/AWS helps power UK green electricity pioneer Octopus Energy (January 2021)https://diginomica.com/aws-helps-power-uk-green-electricity-pioneer-octopus-energyIn our lifetimes, cities will smell like the countryside (December, 2020)https://www.cityam.com/in-our-lifetimes-cities-will-smell-like-the-countryside/Who is the diruptive firm aiming to be the ‘Amazon of energy’? (December, 2020)https://www.businessleader.co.uk/who-is-the-energy-firm-aiming-to-be-the-amazon-of-energy/105401/Octopus Energy chief Greg Jackson declares London world leader of green energy tech as it wins “double unicorn” $2bn status (December, 2020)https://www.standard.co.uk/business/octopus-energy-double-unicorn-ovo-greg-jackson-tech-green-windfarm-solar-b459101.htmlEarlier this week I sat down with Greg Jackson, CEO at Octopus Energy to talk about how we can build back greener. (November, 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/posts/boris-johnson_earlier-this-week-i-sat-down-with-greg-jackson-activity-6719623292925296640-90bn/Green Electricity Provider to Create 1,000 New Jobs in U.K. (October, 2020)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-04/green-electricity-provider-to-create-1-000-new-jobs-in-u-kUnder the Spotlight with Greg Jackson, founder and CEO of Octopus Energy (October 2020)https://www.marketingsociety.com/video/under-spotlight-greg-jackson-founder-and-ceo-octopus-energyOctopus Energy launches into US market with startup acquisition (October 2020)https://www.smart-energy.com/regional-news/north-america/octopus-energy-launches-into-us-market-with-startup-acquisition/Zopahttps://www.linkedin.com/company/zopa/Consultant Connecthttps://www.consultantconnect.org.uk/A message from our founder, Octopus Energyhttps://octopus.energy/message-from-our-founder/Meet Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energyhttps://www.move-upstream.org.uk/news_post/meet-greg-jackson-founder-and-ceo-of-octopus-energy/ 
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Feb 17, 2021 • 55min

Climate Change? We'll be in Floods - Ep31: Emma Howard Boyd

Further reading:Government biohttps://www.gov.uk/government/people/emma-howard-boydEnvironment Agency websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agencyEncouraging locally-led climate change adaptation (January 2021)https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/encouraging-locally-led-climate-change-adaptationStorm Christoph (January 2021)https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/jan/20/storm-christoph-hits-the-uk-in-picturesEmma Howard Boyd, Green Summit speech (September 2020)https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/emma-howard-boyd-green-summit-speechThe importance of disclosure in the climate emergency (June 2020)https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-importance-of-disclosure-in-the-climate-emergencyThe Prime Minister visits Didsbury following Storm Christoph (January 2021)https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2021/01/21/the-prime-minister-visits-didsbury-following-storm-christoph/Flood and coastal resilience innovation programme  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/communities-at-risk-of-flooding-urged-to-apply-for-a-share-of-200m-resilience-programmeEmma Howard Boyd - UK Environment Agency - Adaptation Week (December 2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBX\_h8ORpoALetter to The Times from Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency (February 2020)https://www.gov.uk/government/news/letter-to-the-times-from-emma-howard-boyd-chair-of-the-environment-agencyShareActionhttps://shareaction.org/Menhaden Capital PLChttps://www.menhaden.com/Global Centre for Adaptationhttps://gca.org/The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Projecthttps://www.accountingforsustainability.org/en/index.htmlGreen Finance Institutehttps://www.greenfinanceinstitute.co.uk/Thrive Renewableshttps://www.triodos.com/Climate Adaptation Summit 2021https://www.cas2021.com/Race to Zerohttps://racetozero.unfccc.int/race-to-resilience/
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Feb 10, 2021 • 57min

Ecopragmatism and Policy Innovation - Ep30: Claire Perry O'Neill

LinksWorld Business Council for Sustainable Developmenthttps://www.wbcsd.org/  COP26https://ukcop26.org/  The Green 30 for 2020https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-green-30/#:~:text=The%20pioneers%2C%20leaders%2C%20and%20ideas,to%20solve%20the%20climate%20crisis.&text=The%20climate%20crisis%20seems%20to,floods%20inundate%20our%20news%20feeds. Royal Geographic Societyhttps://www.rgs.org/  Ikigai Capitalhttps://www.ikigai-capital.co.uk/  The Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)https://poweringpastcoal.org/about/who-we-are  ‘Wing it with a few press releases’: Claire Perry O'Neill slams UK Govt’s ‘cavalier attitude’ to COP26 (December 2020)https://www.energyvoice.com/renewables-energy-transition/283168/claire-o-neill-uk-government-cavalier-cop26/  New Year’s Resolutions for the Planet (December 2020)https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/29/climate/new-years-resolutions-climate.html  UK Government announces a sovereign green bond (November 2020)https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.co.uk/uk-government-announces-a-sovereign-green-bond/  Ex-energy minister Claire Perry O'Neill joins sustainability consultancy (October 2020)https://www.powerengineeringint.com/emissions-environment/ex-energy-minister-claire-oneill-joins-sustainability-consultancy/Climate change: Former minister O’Neill blasts government "inaction" (September 2020)https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54085182  A Conversation with The Rt Hon Claire Perry O'Neill (February 2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hhsJUgqCZA  COP 26: Everybody's In | Sunjoy Joshi | Claire Perry O'Neill (January 2020)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix-b1tZoWPA  Green Finance Taskforce (March 2018)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accelerating-green-finance-green-finance-taskforce-report  UK and Canada lead global alliance against coal (November 2017)https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42014244UK Clean Growth Strategy (October 2017)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy  Edie – Sustainable Leaders Forumhttps://event.edie.net/forum/
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Feb 3, 2021 • 1h 15min

Nobel Hero talks Net Zero - Ep29: Steven Chu

Further reading:Official bio  https://physics.stanford.edu/people/steven-chu  US Government Biography  https://www.energy.gov/contributors/dr-steven-chu  AAAS  https://www.aaas.org/  Nobel Prize  https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1997/chu/facts/  National Academy of Sciences  http://www.nasonline.org/  The American Philosophical Society  https://www.amphilsoc.org/  SunShot Initiative  https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/sunshot-initiative  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  https://www.lbl.gov/  Ex-Energy Secretary Says Fixing Climate Change Is Tough, There's No Vaccine (December 2020)  https://www.wxxinews.org/post/ex-energy-secretary-says-fixing-climate-change-tough-theres-no-vaccine  Steven Chu Compares Energy Department Loan Program To An Unsedated Colonoscopy (June 2020)  https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/06/25/steven-chu-compares-energy-department-loans-to-a-colonoscopy/?sh=14e082ae76e1  Steven Chu: Long-Term Energy Storage Solution Has Been Here All Along (June 2020)  https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/06/24/steven-chu-long-term-energy-storage-solution-has-been-here-all-along/?sh=144159056607
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Jan 27, 2021 • 54min

Setting the World's Energy Agenda - Ep28: Fatih Birol

Further reading:Official Bio:https://www.iea.org/authors/dr-fatih-birolOfficial Website:https://www.iea.org/Sustainable Recovery Plan (June 2020)https://www.iea.org/reports/sustainable-recovery5 reasons we should be optimistic about the world’s clean energy future (September 2020)https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/covid-19-green-energy-solar-wind-electric/We must act now to stop the Covid crisis from undermining Africa’s energy future (November 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-must-act-now-stop-covid-crisis-from-undermining-africas-birol/Renewable power is defying the Covid crisis. Here’s how its growth can accelerate even more (November 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewable-power-defying-covid-crisis-heres-how-its-growth-fatih-birol/How Southeast Asia’s dynamic economies can power ahead with their clean energy transitions (October 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-southeast-asias-dynamic-economies-can-power-ahead-fatih-birol/The Covid crisis underscores the critical choices we face for our energy future (October 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-crisis-underscores-critical-choices-we-face-our-fatih-birol/3 Questions: Fatih Birol on post-Covid trajectories in energy and climate (October 2020)https://news.mit.edu/2020/fatih-birol-covid-energy-trends-1022 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol on What is Starting to Bring Oil Markets Back to Balance (May 2020)https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200515005091/en/IEA-Executive-Director-Fatih-Birol-on-What-is-Starting-to-Bring-Oil-Markets-Back-to-Balance-Early-Signs-of-Recovery-in-Global-Energy-Demand-and-Why-Predictions-for-the-Demise-of-U.S.-Shale-are-%E2%80%9CPremature%E2%80%9D 
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Jan 20, 2021 • 50min

Clean Growth Funder - Ep27: Beverley Gower-Jones

Further reading:Official Bio https://www.carbonlimitingtechnologies.com/our-people/ Beverley’s LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverley-gower-jones-fei-a800032Clean Growth Fund https://www.cleangrowthfund.com/Carbon Limiting Technologies https://www.carbonlimitingtechnologies.com/Clean Growth Fund backs flexible energy ‘auction house’ Piclo (December 2020) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clean-growth-fund-backs-flexible-energy-auction-house-piclo-hhsgv3sdtThe road to net-zero – the importance of investing in sustainability (September 2020) https://www.ukbaa.org.uk/the-road-to-net-zero-the-importance-of-investing-in-sustainability/CGF Managing Partner Beverley Gower Jones (July 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKEnYFxeqD8Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones (June 2020) https://www.businessgreen.com/interview/4017170/zoom-net-zero-carbon-limiting-technologies-beverley-gower-jonesInterview with Beverley Gower-Jones (June 2020) https://www.cleangrowthfund.com/interview-with-beverley-gower-jones/
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Jan 13, 2021 • 55min

Environmental Leadership in a Post-Brexit World - Ep26: Minister Zac Goldsmith

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Jan 6, 2021 • 57min

Putting the "Act" Into Climate Action - Ep25: Bryony Worthington

Official Biohttps://members.parliament.uk/member/4235/contactWikipedia entry:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryony\_Worthington,\_Baroness\_Worthington Ember https://ember-climate.org/ Why we really do need nuclear power (June 2015)https://theecologist.org/2015/jun/09/why-we-really-do-need-nuclear-power100 UK Leading Environmentalists (Who Happen To Be Women) (November 2020) https://www.forbes.com/sites/solitairetownsend/2020/11/16/100-uk-leading-environmentalists-who-happen-to-be-women/?sh=2a7c93ac2451 UK to Enshrine Carbon Neutrality by 2050 in Ambitious National Law Statement from Baroness Bryony Worthington, Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund Europe (June 2019) https://www.edf.org/media/uk-enshrine-carbon-neutrality-2050-ambitious-national-lawThe Climate Change Act at 10: Baroness Bryony Worthington on the best thing she ever did (November 2018) https://www.businessgreen.com/interview/3066965/q-a-with-baroness-bryony-worthington-reflecting-on-a-decade-of-the-climate-change-actFracking: Think again, campaigner urges environmentalists (September 2015) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34191713
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Dec 23, 2020 • 28min

Holiday Special: A Look Back at Season One - Ep24

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Dec 16, 2020 • 57min

Trade and Sustainability - the Radical in a Suit - Ep23: James Cameron

Further reading: Official Website: https://www.james-cameron.co.uk/The Precautionary Principle: A Fundamental Principle of Law and Policy for the Protection of the Global Environment (1991)https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr/vol14/iss1/2/Carbon Disclosure Project https://www.cdp.net/enPollination https://pollinationgroup.com/ODIhttps://www.odi.org/ London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC)https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/organisations-we-work/london-sustainable-development-commissionWebinar: Climate Change and Carbon as an Emerging Asset Class (17 Sep 2020)https://www.james-cameron.co.uk/big-ideas/carbon-cap-webinar-climate-change-and-carbon-as-an-emerging-asset-classClimate Negotiations and Policy (November 2018)https://www.james-cameron.co.uk/big-ideas/yale-podcast-climate-negotiations-and-policy

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