What are the emissions from international wood burning?

Ed speaks to Duncan Brack, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and author of numerous reports into industrial-scale biomass and forestry policy.

How urgent is the need to restore our peatlands?

Bertie talks with veteran climate journalist Edward Struzik about his new book, Swamplands: tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat.

Is Drax the UK’s biggest emitter?

Alasdair talks to Phil MacDonald, Chief Operating Officer of think-tank Ember.

Lina Burnelius on Sweden’s forestry model

In this episode Alasdair MacEwen talks to Lina Burnelius of Protect the Forest Sweden about the Swedish forestry model and the threat that industry poses to biodiversity and the survival of ancient Forests.

What is BECCS and what does it mean for climate policy?

Alasdair speaks to Dr Dan Quiggin, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, about the implications of using bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.

How are preparations for COP26 going?

Gareth Redmond-King talks about the preparations for the next climate talks. He explains the UK’s role as a climate leader, recent odd missteps leading to the talks and his take on existing progress.

Ember’s Phil MacDonald on powering past coal

Chief Operating Officer of energy think tank Ember, Phil MacDonald, talks to Alasdair about the new challenges of decarbonising the global energy sector and what has been achieved so far in Europe in the UK.