We are off air for the month of January, while we prepare for our upcoming new series on genetic technologies. While we are off air, we are delighted to be able to share with you this bonus episode, recorded at as part of the online launch of our annual report in November 2020. This episode features host Dr Rob Doubleday, who sat down with the Bennett Institute of Public Policy's Professor Diane Coyle to discuss productivity in the UK.  CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast will be returning with a new series on 5 February 2021.

Could climate change or deforestation cause the next pandemic? In the final episode of our series on Science, Policy and a Green Recovery, host Dr Rob Doubleday and guest host Kate McNeil explore the links between planetary health and human health. Throughout the episode, they hear about how human activity is placing pressure on the natural world and how that can influence the risks posed by zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. They also address how unsustainable human activities and climate change are contributing threats to human health from non-communicable diseases and as a consequence of natural disasters. Throughout the episode, our hosts are joined by LSHTM's Professor Chris Drakeley, the Lancet Planetary Health's Editor-in-Chief Alistair Brown, the University of Liverpool's Professor Matthew Baylis, and the Yale School of Public Health's Professor Robert Dubrow.  -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie, JamboME, Zywx, and smacks999.

In the penultimate episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday and guest co-host Alice Millington sat down with Dame Fiona Reynolds, Emmanuel College Master and former Director-General of the National Trust, and Dr Chris Sandbrook, Director of the MPhil in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge to discuss the role of nature and conservation on the pathway to a green recovery. This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

What role can our built environment play in helping us get a green recovery? How can we sustainably manage our national housing stock and the retrofitting of buildings? What role can digital technology and digital twinning play in helping us sustainably manage our infrastructure and cities?  In the eighth episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, we're joined by sustainable construction expert Dr Alice Moncaster of the Open University and Director of the University of Cambridge's Centre for Smart Infrastructure Dr Jennifer Schooling.  This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

In the seventh episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, our host Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by University of Cambridge's cosmologist Professor Lord Martin Rees and chemist Professor Clare Grey. Throughout the episode, we hear from Lord Rees about how the UK can take on a leadership role in fostering innovation while building collaborations with other countries. We also hear from Professor Grey about her work on energy storage, the future of batteries, and her work with the Faraday Institute. This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

In the sixth episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, our host Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by University of Cambridge's Professor Sir Richard Friend, Director Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability and two early career researchers based at Cambridge University, Winton scholar Jesse Allardice and the Department of Engineering's Karla Cervantes Barron. Throughout the episode, we explore the science behind energy transitions, learn about the science behind solar panels, and explore the potential future role for the UK as we transition to a focus on renewable energy sources. This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

On Monday, 9 November, the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum - an initiative of Cambridge Zero and the Centre for Science and Policy - will release its report on a Blueprint for a Green Future. In advance of the report's launch, CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast host Dr Rob Doubleday spoke with some of the report's authors about the report, their research, and their thoughts on a pathway to a green recovery. This live virtual event was recorded as part of the Cambridge Climate Change Festival.  Throughout this recording you'll hear from: • Dr Robert Doubleday, Executive Director, Centre for Science and Policy (Chair) • Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Director, Cambridge Zero • Dr Anna Barford, Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellow in Pathways to a Circular Economy, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership • Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge • Cordula Epple, Senior Programme Officer, Climate Change and Biodiversity, UN WCMC • Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics • Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School • Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction • Dimitri Zenghelis, Special Advisor: The Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy For more information about the report, please visit https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/ -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. Our series on Science, Policy & a Green Recovery is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

In the fourth episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, our host Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by University of Cambridge political scientist Dr Cristina Peñasco and Columbia University's Adjunct Professor International and Public Affairs Christian Deseglise, who is also HSBC's Head of Sustainable Finance. They discuss topics including financing sustainable infrastructure, how covid-19 has changed the sustainable finance sector, the role of international institutions and global cooperation in getting to net zero, investment in green R&D, and the role of local government procurement in a green transition.  This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

In the third episode of our series on science, policy and a green recovery, our host Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by the University of Cambridge's Professor Michael Pollitt to hear insights into the economics of energy transitions.  This series is produced in partnership with Cambridge Zero. -- CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is hosted by CSaP Executive Director Dr Rob Doubleday, and is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Kate McNeil. If you have questions you would like us to address in a future week, please email enquiries@csap.cam.ac.uk. Music and sound effects used in this season of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast are courtesy of FreeSound.org. This episode features sound effects from PannChie and smacks999.

University of Cambridge economists Dr Kamiar Mohaddes and Dr Nina Seega discuss the macroeconomic shock from the COVID-19 pandemic, the current trajectory of recovery investments, and how policymakers can respond to the need to invest to meet climate change commitments. They explore forecasted impacts of the pandemic on the global economy, challenges and opportunities for investing in a green economy, the economic costs of climate change, and messages for policymakers on prioritizing a green recovery.