

Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change
Michael Liebreich, Bryony Worthington
Once a week, Michael Liebreich and Bryony Worthington have a conversation with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance or sustainable development. Informative, inspiring and fun!
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Nov 4, 2020 • 1h 29min
Sustainable Energy for All - Ep16: Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella
Further reading:Dr Yumkella’s Wikipedia entryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandeh\_Yumkella Sustainable Energy for Allhttps://www.seforall.org/ UNIDOhttps://www.unido.org/ Rio+20https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20 Death by Dirty Cookinghttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/clean-cooking-solutions-household-air-pollution-africa-by-kandeh-k-yumkella-2019-11Energy, Employment and Migration in Africahttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/africa-migration-employment-youth-agriculture-renewable-energy-by-kandeh-k-yumkella-2019-09?barrier=accesspaylog Sierra Leone’s Annus Horribilis 2019 https://cocorioko.net/ngc-leader-kandeh-yumkella-tells-president-bio-that-2019-was-sierra-leones-horrible-year/ The Power of the Prizehttps://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rewarding-innovation-to-secure-sustainable-energy-for-all-by-kandeh-k--yumkella?barrier=accesspaylog Power to the People (Kandeh Yumkella and Carlos Slim)https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/power-to-the-people Project Bohttps://www.projectbo.org/The Energy Nexus Network - TENNhttps://twitter.com/TENN\_SL?s=20

Oct 28, 2020 • 1h 6min
The Debunker-in-Chief - Ep15: Auke Hoekstra
Further reading:Auke’s profile on the Eindhoven University of Technology’s websitehttps://research.tue.nl/en/persons/auke-e-hoekstraAuke’s bio & personal motivation – NEON research projecthttps://neonresearch.nl/academics/auke-hoekstra/Auke’s Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/aukehoekstra/Comparing the lifetime green house gas emissions of electric cars with the emissions of cars using gasoline or diesel (2020)https://www.avere.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/englisch\_Studie-EAuto-versus-Verbrenner\_CO2.pdfBollox: eTrucks aren’t too heavy for European roads (14 September 2020)https://innovationorigins.com/bollox-etrucks-arent-too-heavy-for-european-roads/Electric Auke: Recognition from Volkswagen is a milestone (2 September 2020)https://innovationorigins.com/electric-auke-recognition-from-volkswagen-is-a-milestone/Evaluation of the state-of-the-art of full-electric medium and heavy-duty trucks (October 2018)https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332780799\_Evaluation\_of\_the\_state-of-the-art\_of\_full-electric\_medium\_and\_heavy-duty\_trucks‘Electric trucks: economically and environmentally desirable but misunderstood’ (2017)https://www.elaad.nl/uploads/files/Auke\_Hoekstra\_-\_Electric\_trucks\_economically\_and\_environmentally\_desirable\_but\_misunderstood.pdf

Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 1min
Cheaper, Cleaner, More Reliable - Ep14: Jonathan Maxwell
Further reading:Jonathan’s official bio:https://www.sdclgroup.com/blog/our-team/jonathan-maxwell/Build Back Better: How utilities can get their own estates in order (27 July 2020)https://utilityweek.co.uk/build-back-better-how-utilities-can-get-their-own-estates-in-order-on-emissionss/Be efficient, cool and smart: tackling climate change in a post-COVID world (15 June 2020)https://www.seeitplc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SEEIT-Be-efficient-cool-and-smart-23-June-2020.pdfWhat impact will lower oil prices have on clean energy? (27 May 2020)https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/feature/4015627/impact-lower-oil-prices-clean-energyAn introduction to SDCL with CEO, Jonathan Maxwell (20 April 2020)https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0A170rn/EEApr2020/html/index.html?page=30&origin=readerJonathan’s interview with Proactive Investors (8 March 2019)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C--N5s5HzjM

Oct 14, 2020 • 1h 9min
Poet of the Low-Carbon Transition - Ep13: Morgan Bazilian
Further reading:Morgan’s bio at the Colorado School of Mineshttps://econbus.mines.edu/project/bazilian-morgan/Morgan Bazilian on Wikitiahttps://wikitia.com/wiki/Morgan\_BazilianAnalytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security (A tribute to the work of Dr. Shimon Awerbuch)https://www.amazon.com/Analytical-Methods-Energy-Diversity-Security/dp/0080568874Eulogy for American exceptionalism (7 July 2020)https://www.e-ir.info/2020/07/07/opinion-eulogy-for-american-exceptionalism/Re-Structuring American Foreign Policy Post-Trump (6 August 2020)https://www.e-ir.info/2020/08/06/re-structuring-american-foreign-policy-post-trump/COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable (12 March 2020)https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/03/12/covid-19-is-a-reminder-that-interconnectivity-is-unavoidable/How do we design an inclusive energy transition? (March 2019)https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/how-do-we-design-an-inclusive-energy-transition/The way the world produces and consumes energy is changing. How can we meet the needs of the future? (March 2017)https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/the-way-the-world-produces-and-consumes-energy-is-changing-how-can-we-can-we-meet-the-needs-of-the-future/New Policies Needed to Advance Space Mininghttps://issues.org/new-policies-needed-to-advance-space-mining/Papers on which Morgan and Michael are co-authors:Re-considering the economics of photovoltaic power (Renewable Energy 2013)Morgan Bazilian, Ijeoma Onyeji, Michael Liebreich, Ian MacGill, Jennifer Chase, Jigar Shah, Dolf Gielen, Doug Arent, Doug Landfear, Shi Zhengronghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148112007641Open source software and crowdsourcing for energy analysis (Energy Policy 2012)Morgan Bazilian, Andrew Rice, Juliana Rotich, Mark Howell, Joseph DeCarolis, Stuart Macmillan, Cameron Brooks, Florian Bauer, Michael Liebreichhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421512005423Accelerating the Global Transformation to 21st Century Power Systems (The Electricity Journal 2013)Bazilian, M., Miller, M., Detchon, R., Liebreich, M., Blyth, W., Futch, M., Modi, V., Jones, L., Barkett, B., Howells, M., MacGill, I., Kammen, D.M., Mai, T., Wittenstein, M., Aggarwal, S., O'Malley, M., Carvallo, J.P., Welsch, M., Pugh, G., Weston, R., Arent, D.J.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040619013001474Examples of Morgan’s creative writingMy Little Boy is Sitting on Flowershttps://www.drunkmonkeys.us/fiction/2015/8/18/flash-fiction-my-little-boy-is-sitting-on-flowers-by-morgan-bazilianQuarantinehttps://florafiction.com/2020/07/22/quarantine-by-morgan-bazilian/

Oct 7, 2020 • 1h 2min
Seeing the Future - Ep12: Ramez Naam
Further readingRamez Naam’s websitehttps://rameznaam.com/Ramez Naam’s author page on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Ramez-Naam/e/B001IOH84SSmaller Cheaper Faster (2011)https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/smaller-cheaper-faster-does-moores-law-apply-to-solar-cells/Ramez Naam: capitalism is not the enemy of climate (2015)https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jun/30/ramez-naam-capitalism-climate-change-ideas-marketsSolar’s future is insanely cheaphttps://rameznaam.com/2020/05/14/solars-future-is-insanely-cheap-2020/Scenarios for a solar singularity (Liebreich, December 2018)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scenarios-solar-singularity-michael-liebreich

Sep 30, 2020 • 1h 4min
From Celebrity to Action - Ep11: Jon Dee
Further reading:Jon Dee’s websitehttps://jondee.com/Planet Ark https://planetark.org/DoSomethinghttps://dosomethingnearyou.com.au/about-us/Rock Aid Armenia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock\_Aid\_ArmeniaPlanet Ark founders cut ties with 'lost' organisationhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-31/planet-ark-founders-cut-ties-with-lost-organisation/4167146RE100 Australiahttps://www.there100.org/australia

Sep 23, 2020 • 55min
A Green Deal Without the Yellow Vests - Ep10: Angela Francis
Further reading:“Saving the planet without making it everyone's top priority | Angela Francis | TEDxLondonWomen”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk7zXHE4kzA“We can’t afford deals that destroy our planet”https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trade-we-cant-afford-deals-destroy-our-planet-angela-francis/?trackingId=4in7zt7uVbCG5Ah2jWqGtQ%3D%3D“Push and pull is needed to green our economy”https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2019/10/25/push-and-pull-is-needed-to-green-our-economy/#more-12793“How to make green tech work for blue collar workers across the country”https://greenallianceblog.org.uk/2018/09/25/how-to-make-green-tech-work-for-blue-collar-workers-across-the-country/“Why British environmentalists should vote for Brexit” (by ML)https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/24/why-british-environmentalists-should-vote-for-brexit

Sep 16, 2020 • 1h 7min
Creating Climate Wealth - Ep9: Jigar Shah
Further reading:Jigar’s Wikipedia entryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigar\_ShahRepublican Congressman to Oil and Gas Industry: ‘No More Subsidies’ - Jigar Shah argues for an end to fossil fuel subsidies—and a phase-out of clean energy subsidies.https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/republican-congressman-to-oil-and-gas-industry-no-more-subsidiesGenerate Capitalhttps://generatecapital.com/Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy (on Amazon)https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Climate-Wealth-Unlocking-Economy/dp/0989353109The Energy Gang podcasthttps://www.greentechmedia.com/podcast/the-energy-gang

Sep 9, 2020 • 1h 5min
The Price of Resilience - Ep8: Roger Dennis
Further reading:Roger Dennis’s websitehttp://www.rogerdennis.com/Roger Dennis on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerdennis/Lessons From the West African Ebola Outbreak in Relation to New Zealand's Supply Chain Resilience (2015)https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337228461\_Lessons\_From\_the\_West\_African\_Ebola\_Outbreak\_in\_Relation\_to\_New\_Zealand's\_Supply\_Chain\_ResilienceSensing City launch announcementhttps://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/callaghan-backs-christchurch-sensing-citySensing City post-mortem: Smart cities encounter roadblockshttps://www.newsroom.co.nz/we-built-smart-cities-on-rock-and-rollFuture Agendawww.futureagenda.org

Sep 2, 2020 • 1h 8min
A Good and Exciting Life - Ep7: Bertrand Piccard
Further reading:Bertrand Piccard’s websitehttps://bertrandpiccard.com/homeThe story of the Solar Impulse round-the-world electric flighthttps://aroundtheworld.solarimpulse.com/adventureHow to raise $170m for a crazy ideahttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-raise-170-million-crazy-idea-bertrand-piccard/Solar Impulse Foundation/World Alliance for Efficient Solutionshttps://solarimpulse.com/The Greatest Adventure, book on the balloon circumnavigation by pilots Piccard and Joneshttps://www.amazon.com/greatest-adventure-balloonists-round-world/dp/0747271283/ref=sr\_1\_1