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Welcome to Climate LinkUP Spotlight Podcasts! Join us as we illuminate the pressing climate challenges impacting communities and explore science-informed solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Our podcasts showcase real-world challenges, opportunities, and actions making a positive difference locally. Tune in to stay informed and inspired! Subscribe now on your preferred podcast provider.

25/11/2024

Resilient Seas: Adapting to a Changing Climate

In this episode, we delve into one of the key themes of the upcoming QUIN Institute inaugural conference, 'Shaping a Sustainable Future'. Professor Rick Stafford from Bournemouth University, Co-facilitator of the Climate LinkUP and QUIN Institute Expert Panel, joins Marcus March-Jensen, Climate LinkUP Global Ambassador, for a focused conversation on adapting to a changing climate through nature-based solutions (NbS). They explore marine NbS and their role in carbon sequestration, hybrid approaches integrating NbS with industry, the evolving regulatory landscape, and incentives driving adoption. Rick shares his expertise on enhancing support for NbS and the critical importance of cross-sector collaboration in implementing these solutions. Tune in for an insightful discussion that bridges climate science with practical action!

17 min
02/04/2023

Collaboration at the nexus of climate, conservation and community

In this episode, Sachiko Graber reflects on her work supporting a more sustainable relationship between communities and landscapes in North America. Sachi, from The Nature Conservancy, joins RMI’s Zach Clayton, co-host of Climate LinkUP’s upcoming webinar on 4 April: 'Nature Positive Solutions for Climate Resilience', to explore whether there’s enough space for people, ecosystems, and renewable energy in rural areas, and the many benefits we achieve when communities do succeed in this work. Join our free webinar on 4 April, to learn more about Sachi's work and listen to the world-class line-up of early career researchers presenting from across the globe. The event program with registration link is on our Climate LinkUP website: https://climatelinkup.com/nature-positive-solutions/

30 min
23/01/2023

'The Future of Green Energy' webinar: Meet the hosts

Meet the hosts of our upcoming global Climate LinkUP event: 'The Future of Green Energy' on Tuesday 24 January. Climate LinkUP with partners invites you to the upcoming webinar hosted by two of our UK Energy Ambassadors: Courtney Quinn and Kieran Heeley, showcasing early career researchers from across the globe working in the green energy arena. This webinar will showcase cutting edge global research from both industry and academia, as the two pathways join to tackle the biggest challenges of our generation. Our interactive Roundtable sessions, will provide an an opportunity for you to get involved by posting questions to inspire topical discussions. Register now below and don’t forget to join the discussions in the Green Energy Hub on the free platform! https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FQKCDShGSrykgEBnqW7otA

6 min
31/10/2022

Leveraging climate finance to accelerate climate change adaptation in Africa

Winnie Chepkemoi is an international development expert with experience in policy practice, social research, and multi-country programs. She has expertise in project development, implementation and stakeholder management. Her vast experience cuts across private and donor supported organizations. Currently, she serves as Climate Change Finance and Readiness Expert at the Green Growth and Climate Change Division of the African Development Bank. In this capacity, she provides policy, capacity building, and technical support to African countries to enable them mobilize resources from the Green Climate Fund. Her current focus is on lusophone countries, including Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Equatorial Guinea.In her previous roles, she led the Multilateral Affairs function at the Embassy of Sweden in Kenya, charged with coordinating and reinforcing the relationship and partnership between the embassy, the United Nations Environmental Programme, European Union, and the UN-Habitat.

16 min
24/10/2022

Climate-resilient agriculture is the pathway to enhancing food security in Africa

Stephen Mwongela Moses is the Founder & CEO at Plusfarm Kenya Ltd, an agritech startup based in Kenya. At Plusfarm Kenya, Stephen helps advance access to technologies to smallholder farmers as well as build resilience and inclusion in agricultural value chains. Some of the current projects include managing commercial farms and training thousands of farmers in Kenya on sustainable agriculture. Stephen Moses with Team have developed Plusfarm Agribusiness Management System (PAMS) – a knowledge-based management software that helps farmers in data-driven decision-making for improving productivity and profitability.

25 min
22/10/2022

How climate change policies shape adaptation and mitigation efforts across Africa

Dr Patrick Byakagaba is a Climate LinkUP Expert Panelist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Management, School of Forestry, Makerere University. He has been a visiting scholar at Brown University, Providence, USA and Texas A&M University, College Station, USA, and is a visiting Lecturer at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania where he teaches on a regional Forest Science PhD Program. Dr Byakagaba has served on policy working groups as an academic, that prepared Uganda’s policy and legal frameworks relevant to climate change notably the Climate Change Policy,2015, Climate Change Act, 2021, Nationally Determined Contribution, 2015 and 2022, and National REDD+ Strategy and Action Plan, 2017. He is a member of Climate Change Action Network of Uganda and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Research and Independent NGOs observers. Dr Byakagaba is the current Chair of Uganda Forestry Working Group.

25 min
19/07/2022

Net Zero: Hong Kong Paris Watch

In this episode we talk to Kevin Li, a Climate LinkUP Expert Panelist, who leads policy research for the Paris Watch Project at the NGO, CarbonCare InnoLab in Hong Kong. The project tracks the annual performance of Hong Kong and other major Asian cities against the cities' climate pledges and Paris agreement goals. Kevin shares his insight into the Paris Watch Project and net zero.

24 min
07/06/2022

Communicating the challenges of climate change

Professor Adam Hart, a Climate LinkUP Expert Panelist, is an award-winning scientist who was given the title of Science Communicator of the Year in 2010 by the Royal Society of Biology. Adam Hart is a Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire, and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. An author and frequent broadcaster, Professor Hart has presented documentaries for the BBC Radio 4 and World Service and is a frequent commentator on science and environmental matter.

20 min

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Welcome to Climate LinkUP Spotlight Podcasts! Join us as we illuminate the pressing climate challenges impacting communities and explore science-informed solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation. Our podcasts showcase real-world challenges, opportunities, and actions making a positive difference locally. Tune in to stay informed and inspired! Subscribe now on your preferred podcast provider.

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Climate LinkUP
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2022 - 2024
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14
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