

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!
Episodes
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Aug 26, 2020 • 48min
To Paris and Beyond - Ep6: Christiana Figueres
Further reading: Christiana’s bio on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana\_FigueresMichael’s November 2011 Businessweek Column: “Ya Basta: Stop the UN Climate Charade” http://www.liebreich.com/214-2/Michael’s December 2015 BloombergNEF blog: “We’ll always have Paris” https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-well-always-have-paris/ Outrage and Optimism https://globaloptimism.com/podcast/The Future we Choose (on Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Future-We-Choose-Climate-Crisis/dp/1838770828

Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 1min
Fighting for Nuclear - Ep5: Kirsty Gogan
Further reading:Kirsty’s bio on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-gogan-alexander-8153095/Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Boardhttps://www.nirab.org.uk/Cost and performance requirements for flexible advanced nuclear plants in US power marketshttps://www.lucidcatalyst.com/arpa-e-report-nuclear-costsIEA Technology Perspectives 2020https://www.iea.org/topics/energy-technology-perspectivesFT Open Letter on EU sustainable finance for nuclear energy and climatehttp://energyforhumanity.org/en/news-events/news/news/ft-open-letter-eu-sustainable-finance-nuclear-energy-climate/

Aug 12, 2020 • 1h 2min
Counting the Climate Cash - Ep4: Barbara Buchner
Barbara’s bio https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/people/barbara-buchner/Barbara on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara\_BuchnerGlobal Landscape of Climate Finance 2019 https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/global-landscape-of-climate-finance-2019/Global Innovation Lab for Climate Financehttps://www.climatefinancelab.org/Understanding the Landscape: Tracking Finance for Electricity and Clean Cooking Access in High-Impact Countrieshttps://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/understanding-landscape-tracking-finance-electricity-clean-cooking-access-high-impact-countries/Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/the-collaborations/cities-climate-finance-leadership-alliance/ Bailouts for a better world https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/2020/04/01/bailouts-for-a-better-world/

Aug 5, 2020 • 1h 1min
Real Estate in the Crosshairs - Ep3: Antony Slumbers
Furrther reading:Antony's bio:https://www.antonyslumbers.com/aboutSpace as a Service: The Trillion Dollar Hashtaghttps://www.antonyslumbers.com/theblog/2019/1/30/space-as-a-service-the-trillion-dollar-hashtagRetail Real Estate after the Apocalypsehttps://www.antonyslumbers.com/theblog/2020/5/4/retail-real-estate-after-the-apocalypseWork, The Workplace and Covid-19https://www.antonyslumbers.com/theblog/2020/4/20/work-the-workplace-and-covid-19

Jul 29, 2020 • 1h 15min
Investing in Climate Leadership - Ep2: Rachel Kyte
Further reading:Rachel’s biohttps://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/rachel-kyteThe Fletcher School of International Affairs at Tuftshttps://fletcher.tufts.edu/Fletcher’s School Dean Kyte’s statement on inclusion and racial justicehttps://fletcher.tufts.edu/news-events/news/statement-dean-rachel-kyteSustainable Energy For All (SE4All)https://www.seforall.org/State of the Global Mini-grids Market Report 2020 (report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and BloombergNEF)https://minigrids.org/market-report-2020/Climate action does not require economic sacrifice (2015 World Bank blog by Rachel Kyte)https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/climate-action-does-not-require-economic-sacrifice

Jul 22, 2020 • 1h 1min
Building Back Better - Ep1: Prof. Cameron Hepburn
What makes a green stimulus? What might a better metric for economic performance than GDP look like? Who is the faster cyclist, Michael Liebreich or Cameron Hepburn, Dean of the Smith School at Oxford? Don’t miss the very first episode of Cleaning Up!