Climate Solutions

A story about the ugly duckling of clean energyGlossary: energy efficiency, retrofitting, nearly zero-energy buildingsSources:Climate solutions: The fast way to save energy, Louise White and Reinhard Six, European Investment Bank, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story about the electric puzzleGlossary: e-mobility, sustainable transportSources:Climate Solutions: Road to Utopia, Neil Valentine, Merijn Martens and Birgitte Keulen, European Investment Bank, 2019Climate Solutions: When climate action means better roads, Diego Ferrer, Birgitte Keulen and Meryn Martens, European Investment Bank, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story of how cities tackle climate changeGlossary: climate adaptation, climate mitigation, green infrastructure, Green-Blue infrastructure, nature-based solutions, Natural Capital Finance FacilitySources:Climate solutions: The city as a sponge, Leonor Berriochoa Alberola and Giulia Macagno, European Investment Bank, 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story about the greatest market failure ever seenGlossary: climate crisis, carbon budget, climate action, climate finance, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, environmental finance, natural capital, renewable energy, blendingSources:A Dictionary of Finance, podcast, European Investment Bank, 2018>€1 trillion for <1.5°C, European Investment Bank, 2020This is the global economic cost of air pollution, Niall McCarthy, World Economic Forum, 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story of how we changed the rules of the gameGlossary: environmental, social and governance (ESG), sustainable finance, Sullivan Principles, socially responsible investing, triple bottom line, impact investingSources:A Dictionary of Finance, podcast, European Investment Bank, 2018Investopedia.comwikipedia.orgESG Definition, Principles And Examples, YouMatter, 2019Milton Friedman Was Wrong About Corporate Social Responsibility, John Friedman, The Huffington Post, 2013Happy Workers, Richer Companies? Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 2014: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story of how green became the new black, and how quarters became centuriesGlossary: sustainability, green finance, sustainable finance, Sustainable Development Goals, greenwashingSources:Defining "green" in the context of green finance, European Commission, 2017A Dictionary of Finance, podcast, European Investment Bank, 2018Investopedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A story of how we saved the planet, and how we need to do it againGlossary: green finance, Montreal Protocol, ozone depletion, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, Kyoto Protocol, Conference of Parties (COP), Paris Agreement, European Green Deal, climate neutrality, carbon offsetting, climate change, carbon trading, carbon pricingSources:Defining "green" in the context of green finance, European Commission, 2017European Green Deal, European Commission, 2019Stratospheric Sink for Chlorofluoromethanes: Chlorine Atom-Catalysed Destruction of Ozone. Mario Molina and FS Rowland, Nature, 1974The World Solved the Ozone Problem. It Can Solve Climate Change. The Editorial Board, New York Times, 2019Has the Kyoto protocol made any difference to carbon emissions? Duncan Clark, The Guardian, 2012climate.nasa.gov, NASA (Goddard Institute for Space Studies)unep.org, Unite Nations Environment Programmewikipedia.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Climate Solutions is the award-winning podcast from the European Investment Bank. We know that stopping climate change is going to be very expensive. We’ll need to build more wind and solar farms. We’ll need to renovate buildings and electrify cars. We’ll need new technologies we haven’t even thought of yet. This is why we need green finance. And it’s why you should subscribe to the new season of Climate solutions: A dictionary of green finance.New episodes starting from Thursday, April 22nd (Earth Day)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s what happens when two of your three podcast guests are French. You find yourself talking about sociology and philosophy. This episode starts off with hard facts about climate change and ends up with ideas that will have you thinking long after you’ve finished listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If there were a contemporary equivalent of the Beach Boys, they’d be singing about their monthly bus tickets and offering to take their girlfriends for a ride on an electric bike. Total global emissions come from a few main areas of human activity—energy, industry, agriculture…and transport. Our experts look at how mobility will get greener to stop climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.