Can palm oil be ethical and sustainable in Indonesia?
Lauren talks to Tania Li, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, about the sustainability of the oil that’s in 50% of supermarket food products – and the issues with labour and land rights in Indonesia’s palm oil industry.
Has environmental policy contributed to the crisis in Sri Lanka?
Bertie speaks to Melani Gunathilaka, a Sri Lankan climate activist who has become a leading voice in the Gotagogama protests.
Is a utopian future still possible with climate breakdown?
Bertie talks to Drew Pendergrass, coauthor of Half Earth Socialism, recently published by Verso books.
How has climate change affected Lebanon?
Lauren talks to Assaad Razzouk about the recent elections in Lebanon and systemic problems with climate finance.
Is the finance industry on track for net zero?
Daniel Klier is CEO of ESG Book, and was previously HSBC’s first Head of Sustainability, and Chair of the Bank of England Climate Risk Working Group.
Human rights, climate change, and the Philippines – with Yeb Saño
Bertie talked to the Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, Yeb Saño, about the conclusion of a 7 year inquiry into human rights and climate change in the Philippines.
How are assumptions around science and migration undermining climate policy?
Award winning author and journalist Sonia Shah talks to Alasdair about her book, The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move.
How to tackle methane in a meat-eating world?
Our guests Anatoli Smirnov and Sabina Assan are researchers at Ember, international data analysts for clean energy solutions in the power sector.
What are the issues threatening oceans in the Pacific?
Bertie talks to Dame Meg Taylor DBE about plastic pollution, nuclear waste, illegal and unsustainable fishing, and loss and damage.
CCS: what are the right (and wrong) ways to do carbon capture and storage?
Bertie talks about the issues and benefits of different CCS technologies with Dr. Howard Herzog, a world expert on carbon capture, having studied it at MIT’s Energy Initiative for over 30 years.