Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 19 – in conversation with Brian Caulfield
Professor Brian Caulfield wants us to do everything, everywhere, all at once.
Transport makes up a huge part of our emissions – around 20-25% in Ireland and the UK, and closer to 40% in the US.
Knocking those numbers down is no easy task. A system as complex and inter-dynamic as our transport network is a big beast: and there are so many competing visions.
Should we get behind a big public transport push – a metro for every city?
Is the answer self-driving EV’s? Or redesigning cities to be car-free?
Should we use big data for efficient car-sharing? Or is the answer behaviour change, under the cosh of mandated charges and zoning laws?
This episode’s guest understands that complexity better than anyone. And his number one policy priority?
Do it all – now!
Introducing Brian Caulfield
This week’s guest is a leader in the field of sustainable transport science. Brian Caulfield is Professor in Transportation, and Head of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, where he works on the frontier of decarbonising transport systems.
As well as academia – with over two hundred papers and €7m in research grants to his name – Brian is also active in the policy world, addressing the Citizen’s Assembly and working as an advisor to the Climate Change Advisory Council of Ireland.
“… we’re doing this for a greater good and we’re trying to make all these changes to make our cities and everything else better and more clean, more healthy…”
“… I think that the key thing that I would say to the listeners is to listen, engage, and proactively engage. And because it’s going to impact upon all of us…”
In this episode:
the science of transportation
emissions, COVID and business-as-usual
transport beyond climate
our low-emission transport future
health, inequality and storytelling
sustainable transport policy: the good, the bad and the ugly
self-driving cars – a solution looking for a problem?
the tricky politics of the car
lessons from Brazil
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Trinity College Dublin page: https://tinyurl.com/ypskqqfl
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Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 18 – in conversation with Costas Markides
Unveiling the Darkest Secret: Navigating Continuous Disruption with Costas Markides
How to Survive and thrive in the age of continuous disruption.
In this engaging episode, Chris Caldwell delves into a thought-provoking discussion with Costas Markides, a seasoned Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, currently holding the Robert P Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership.
Change, Change, Change!
The constant of change.
This single word encapsulates our modern existence – a signal, an invitation, a diagnosis, a directive.
But is change truly constant?
Perhaps this era is uniquely different.
This is the perspective of our guest this week. We’ve entered an era Costas describes as ‘continuous disruption.’
And of all these disruptions that create a sense of permanent urgency, climate change is the greatest.
Luckily, Costas has a few ideas about how to thrive – as well as survive – in this new age.
From winning hearts and minds to segmenting audiences, embracing innovation at scale, and breaking free from stagnant environments – we explore strategies to navigate these challenges effectively.
Throughout such a successful career, it’s no surprise that Costas has won all sorts of awards and honours for his teaching, whilst also publishing half-a-dozen books, from All The Right Moves: A Guide to Crafting a Breakthrough Strategy in 2000 to Organising for the New Normal: Preparing your Company for the Journey of Continuous Disruption in 2021.
” …why is it that some companies responded well to digital disruption and some fail … and one of the major findings is that it’s not necessarily the strategy that they follow and it’s not necessarily the leadership … but it was the attitude …”
This week’s episode:
Section one: continuous disruption
Section two: mobilising people for climate
Section three: segmenting the green message
Section four: the knowing/doing gap
Section five: creativity, innovation, and behavioural barriers to change
Section six: can big firms be radical?
Section seven: innovation at the bottom of the pyramid
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 17 – The Climate Summit 2023 – Embracing The Circular Economy
In this episode, Chris Caldwell, CEO of UNITED RENEWABLES and host of the Conversations on Climate Podcast, moderates a distinguished panel of guests at the 2023 Climate Summit at Trinity College, Dublin.
They discuss all aspects of the circular economy and the calibre of guests leads to a fascinating discussion.
Panelists:
David Callaway
Founder, Callaway Climate Insights
David Callaway is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Callaway Climate Insights. He is the former president of the World Editors Forum, Editor-in-Chief of USA Today and MarketWatch, and CEO of TheStreet Inc.
Richard Ali
Director Corporate Affairs, Strategy, and Stakeholder Relations at Tetra Pak
Richard is the Director of Corporate Affairs, Strategy, and Stakeholder Relations at Tetra Pak. Prior to Tetra Pak, Richard held leadership positions in the private, public, and association sectors. He has strategic and hands-on experience covering sustainability, strategy development, communications, policy, and advocacy. He is practiced in continuous improvement, good governance, and risk mitigation.
He currently represents the European packaging sector in the European Union’s European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism (EFSCM) and was a member of the steering committee, which established 4evergreen, wood-fiber’s circularity platform.
Richard is a graduate and post-graduate of the University of Reading and is an alumnus of The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme.
Jackie King
Executive Director, Ibec Global
Jackie King is an international business leader with over two decades building high-performing teams and transforming organisations for the future. An expert in managing risk for organizations with international exposure, Jackie has worked with executives, their boards, and public-sector officials in every sector of the global economy to protect and enhance reputation and deliver results for business and communities.
Jackie currently leads Brussels-based Ibec Global, Europe’s leading English-speaking, globally networked business organisation, and the international business division of Ibec – Ireland’s largest and most influential business advocacy and representative organisation.
Before joining Ibec, Jackie spent three years as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce – Canada’s largest and most activated business network. Prior to the Canadian Chamber, Jackie spent 19 years with international public relations and public affairs consultancy Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K), where in Canada she rose through the ranks from intern to national executive leadership as Senior Vice President and General Manager.
Jackie has served on several boards in Canada and Ireland, most recently joining the boards of Chapter Zero Ireland and I-Form. Passionate about giving back, Jackie has volunteered for numerous organisations including youth sports teams, homeless shelters, women’s charities, charities for under privileged kids and teens, and cancer charities.
Jane Stout
Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action, Trinity College Dublin
Jane is Professor of Ecology in the School of Natural Sciences, and is the Vice-President for Biodiversity and Climate Action at Trinity College Dublin.
Her expertise is in the fields of ecology and biodiversity, and in connecting human and natural ecosystems, particularly through urban and agricultural land management, and the Natural Capital approach.
Jane is an internationally renowned expert on pollinator and pollination ecology, and a prominent voice for biodiversity and its value. She co-founded the successful conservation initiative, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, and the not-for-profit company, Natural Capital Ireland.
THIS EPISODE of Conversations on Climate Podcast Series was produced by United Renewables in association with The Climate Summit, Trinity College, Dublin.
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 16 – In conversation with Professor Rupert Merson
How to Develop a Business Strategy for Your Business.
Rupert Merson is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. He has been teaching growth, governance, and turnarounds at LBS for twenty-five years, and has written several books across a wide range of subjects.
Outside of the London Business School, he was an accountant, Director, and eventually Partner at BDO Stoy Hayward until 2009, when he set up his own successful advisory shop specialising in helping family firms around the world.
The theme of this episode resides “deep in the human psyche.” It’s about what matters most. And it has clues for sustainability too.
What can family firms teach us about a long-term approach to business?
How can we best mediate intergenerational conflict?
And what works to preserve unique purpose and values in times of transition?
This week’s episode includes:
Section one: The importance of intellectual diversity
Section two: growing pains and changing attitudes
Section three: clarity, purpose, and communication for growth
Section four: Why do we start businesses?
Section five: Family firms: modelling climate conflict and transition
Section six: Teaching the corporate turnaround
“… there’s Eisenhower’s line, isn’t there? … that plans are useless, but planning is important … For me, that’s the thing that’s most meaningful … it doesn’t mean it’s been a waste of time doing the planning because your plan will be wrong.”
“… planning is an act of lifting your head up and thinking about the future. If you do lift your head up and think about the future, doesn’t mean it’s going to work out well for you. But I venture to suggest is a lot more likely to end that well for you than if you take the view that because plans are always going to be wrong, the act of planning is not worth doing in the first place.”
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 15 – In conversation with Professor Jane Stoutt
In this episode of the Conversations on Climate Podcast Professor Jane Stout talks to Chris Caldwell about biodiversity, natural capital accounting, and bridging the economy-ecology divide.
So many of the tenets of modern economics from commodification and simplification to substitution and maximisation seem to run counter to foundational truths of ecology such as holism, complexity, and the incommensurability of value.
As we face both the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction (in large part due to the excesses of capitalism) we have to wonder if there is a way back.
Can economics and ecology work together again?
This episode’s guest believes so. Jane Stout Professor of Botany and VP of Biodiversity and Climate Action at Trinity College Dublin – is a deep domain expert in the academic field of ecology and biodiversity, with over 120 papers and €4 million in research funding to her name.
She is also a leading figure in influencing nature and climate policy in her home country, particularly by engaging economically as co-founder of Natural Capital Ireland.
“… you think about your petri dish of soil or your spoonful of soil from the ground … there’s connections in that little ecosystem, but there are connections across the whole world and everything’s connected.”
“… the ecological viewpoint of connectivity about humans being part of nature, about the physical environment and the living environment being intricately intertwined, has, of course, shaped everything I do and everything that I think about.”
“… I think being an ecologist gives you a fantastic perspective. It’s kind of overwhelming, but it does give you that perspective about the fundamental importance of nature in our lives and that connectivity.”
“…and I like to think of sustainability as as as the sort of the wedding cake idea of the environment: the biosphere, the living world underpinning our societies which underpin our economies.”
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 14 – In conversation with Dr. Marcel Olbert
To take us through the global tax earthquake we welcome Marcel Olbert, Assistant Professor of Accounting at London Business School. Marcel is a rising star in the world of sustainable finance academia – and the youngest professor we’ve had on the podcast so far!
An expert in global taxation, disclosure and transparency, and carbon policy design, Marcel is rapidly making his mark publishing fascinating papers on everything from the sustainability of Private Equity to the challenge of regulating tax havens. Be prepared for new angles, unexpected findings, and more than a few unintended consequences!
” …private equity investors still set out to increase returns. And I think the idea is to incorporate ESG performance as part of the financial value creation process … ESG should not be one part or side strategy, but you should fully embrace it …”
SEASON 2 INFORMATION
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club.
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 13 – In conversation with Abel Martins Alexandre
Goodbye, Legacy Capital! It’s Time For A Change.
Join us as we dive deep with Abel Martins Alexandre, the esteemed Managing Director at Lloyds Bank and a renowned authority in the metals sector.
Boasting over a decade of industry experience, Abel offers a profound grasp of the intricate challenges the sector faces, from sustainability imperatives to the hurdles of energy transition. In our 13th episode of season 2, we delve into these topics and more, gleaning from Abel’s expertise on the shifting terrain of ESG standards and the paramountcy of open accountability.
Key Conversation Highlights:
ESG in Finance: We kick off with a look at the progression of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values in the financial and banking realms, spotlighting the disparity between ESG rhetoric and tangible climate action.
Metals and Mining: We underscore the pivotal role of metals and mining in the fight against climate change, offering insights into supply quandaries, geological constraints, market fluxes, and the historical backdrop of commodity supercycles.
ESG and Sustainability: Our dialogue delves into the repercussions of ESG criteria on mining ventures and the intricate act of upholding rigorous ESG benchmarks while catering to escalating demand. The topic of seabed mining and its potential ramifications also comes into play.
Bridging the Supply Gap: We explore prospective strategies to mitigate the supply shortfall in crucial minerals, touching on aspects like governmental influence on resource corporations, carbon valuation, the prospective sway of Big Tech, and the geopolitical facets of mineral trading.
Sustainable Mining Initiatives: We shed light on endeavours to render mining more eco-friendly, addressing concerns like carbon reduction, environmental stewardship, and governance obstacles, including corruption.
Policy, Resilience, and Risk Management: We dissect the notion of resilience within the energy transition framework, introducing tools for resilience valuation, the imperative for state-backed policies championing resilience, and the significance of political stewardship.
Mastering Resilience: We wrap up with invaluable guidance on how individuals can foster resilience throughout their professional journey.
Stay tuned for these insights and much more!
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 12 – In conversation with Professor Randall Peterson
Professor Randall Peterson is a leading expert on leadership and organisational behaviour, with a unique perspective gained from his background in agriculture and educational psychology.
In this week’s video, he shares insights on the role of corporate boards in addressing environmental and social challenges. He also discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the boardroom and the need for organisations to adapt to a rapidly changing world. With his engaging and accessible style. Professor Peterson offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on these important topics and more.
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So, let’s talk climate . . . Conversations on Climate podcast presents Season 2 where we help to elevate minds to empower action.
The Conversations on Climate Podcast is brought to you by United Renewables in partnership with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. Uniting the Brightest Minds from Academia and Industry, we navigate the uncharted waters of climate change from strategists who play with game theory, to diplomats of corporations, and pioneers of algae-powered innovations.
The magnitude of our challenge surpasses any individual and requires unity. Tune in to hear visionaries, scholars, decision-makers, and business titans ignite a mosaic of concepts and remedies on global issues that transcend boundaries. 🎧 Season 2 is your ticket to deep insights on how to mitigate climate as a business professional, hosted by the remarkable Chris Caldwell and powered by UNITED RENEWABLES, in collaboration with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL’s dynamic ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 11 – In conversation with Matt Winning
Climate Change: Using Humour to Spread the Word with Matt Winning, economist and comedian.
Step into a world where climate change economics meet uproarious humour in this exhilarating episode of Conversations on Climate Podcast! Meet the brilliant mind behind the fusion, economist and comedian extraordinaire – Matt Winning!
With a dash of wit and a sprinkle of comedic charm, he unravels the intricate tapestry of climate change economics like never before. Get ready to explore the quirky, the absurd, and the downright puzzling aspects of our planet’s economic dynamics. From impeccably dressed dogs to mind-boggling economic paradoxes, prepare to have your conventional wisdom turned upside down!
As a distinguished senior research fellow at the prestigious Bartlett School of the Environment, Energy, and Resources, Matt Winning brings a unique blend of academic prowess and side-splitting humour to the fore. His mission? To shed light on the perplexing intersection of climate and economics, all while keeping you in stitches. After watching this episode your worldview will never be the same again!
So, let’s talk climate . . . Conversations on Climate podcast presents Season 2 where we help to elevate minds to empower action.
The Conversations on Climate Podcast is brought to you by United Renewables in partnership with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. Uniting the Brightest Minds from Academia and Industry, we navigate the uncharted waters of climate change from strategists who play with game theory, to diplomats of corporations, and pioneers of algae-powered innovations. The magnitude of our challenge surpasses any individual and requires unity.
Season 2 is your ticket to deep insights on how to mitigate climate as a business professional, hosted by the remarkable Chris Caldwell and powered by UNITED RENEWABLES, in collaboration with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL’s dynamic ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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Comments Off on Season 2: Episode 10 – In conversation with Rajesh Chandy
Delve into the Uncharted Climate Narrative of the Global South with Rajesh Chandy and discover the Untold Story of Innovation and Growth!
Whilst tech titans and policymakers mold the mainstream discourse, Rajesh unveils a hidden truth, the heart of the solutions lies in the developing world. Brace yourself for Episode 10, a revelation of the genius within microentrepreneurs and the unstoppable force that propels innovation. Ignite your curiosity as we venture into the realm of climate entrepreneurship, the art of shaping a better world through marketing, and the remarkable Journeys of the change drivers in the Global South.
Prepare for an enlightening exchange with Rajesh Chandy, the vanguard of marketing, entrepreneurship, and business evolution. Conversations on Climate podcast presents Season 2 where we help to elevate minds to empower action.
The Conversations on CLimate Podcast is brought to you by United Renewables in partnership with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. Uniting the Brightest Minds from Academia and Industry, we navigate the uncharted waters of climate change from strategists who play with game theory, to diplomats of corporations, and pioneers of algae-powered innovations.
The magnitude of our challenge surpasses any individual and requires unity.
Season 2 is your ticket to deep insights on how to mitigate climate as a business professional, hosted by the remarkable Chris Caldwell and powered by UNITED RENEWABLES, in collaboration with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL’s dynamic ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
Tune in to hear visionaries, scholars, decision-makers, and business titans ignite a mosaic of concepts and remedies on global issues that transcend boundaries.
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