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Five Degrees of Change is the new energy and environment podcast series from the Business Post. Host Daniel Murray will explore how we can all make the necessary changes to reduce our impact on the environment at this critical time. He’ll be asking some of the most influential experts in politics, business and academia to propose three big environmental policy changes they would make if they had the opportunity, and to let us in on two small personal changes they have made to contribute to a cleaner, greener environment.

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Five Degrees of Change is the new energy and environment podcast series from the Business Post. Host Daniel Murray will explore how we can all make the necessary changes to reduce our impact on the environment at this critical time. He’ll be asking some of the most influential experts in politics, business and academia to propose three big environmental policy changes they would make if they had the opportunity, and to let us in on two small personal changes they have made to contribute to a cleaner, greener environment.

    Tomás Sercovich, chief executive of Business in the Community Ireland

    Tomás Sercovich, chief executive of Business in the Community Ireland

    Tomás Sercovich is chief executive of Business in the Community Ireland, a business association providing advice and leadership on sustainability and corporate social responsibility. 
     
    For his policy changes, Sercovich chose to ensure more diverse boards, to refocus valuation in companies on non-financial outcomes, and to future-fit business models for opportunities in sustainability. 
     
    For his personal changes, he spoke about choosing to work in corporate sustainability, and how he is making more sustainable choices in his life. 

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Margie McCarthy, Director of Research and Policy Insights at the SEAI

    Margie McCarthy, Director of Research and Policy Insights at the SEAI

    Margie McCarthy is Director of Research and Policy Insights at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Through her work, McCarthy is at the forefront of Ireland's sustainable energy revolution and has a passion not only for solving its technical challenges, but for overcoming the social obstacles to the scale of change needed. 
    For her policy changes, McCarthy chose to create a vision for Ireland in 2050, to accelerate the roll out of district heating, and to wind down fossil fuel subsidies. 
    For her personal changes, McCarthy chose to buy no new dresses in 2024, and to tune in to opposing opinions. 

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority

    Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority

    Anne Graham is chief execitive of the National Transport Authority. She is tasked with leading the tranformation of Ireland's public and active transport systems, so that people can be encouraged out of their cars and onto bikes, buses and trains. 
     
    For her policy changes, she chose to ensure the planning system is equipped to deliver transport infrastructure, to ensure compact development for more sustainable communities, and to move transport to multi-year funding. 
     
    For her personal changes, she spoke about using public transport, using her bike, and plans to retrofit her home. 

    • 47 min
    Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action

    Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action

    Wopke Hoekstra is the European Commissioner for Climate Action, having served as deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, as well as minister for foreign affairs and minister for finance. 
     
    For his policy changes, Hoekstra chose to enhance climate diplomacy, to build more carbon markets around the world, and to bridge climate action with economic competitiveness.
     
    For his personal changes, he discussed recycling more and managing his own energy footprint. 

    • 43 min
    Claire DuPont, research professor of European and international governance at Ghent University

    Claire DuPont, research professor of European and international governance at Ghent University

    Claire DuPont is a research professor of European and international governance at Ghent University, with a deep knowledge of the political economy of climate action. 
     
    For her policy changes, she chose to better integrate the humanities and social sciences into the policy process, to invest in infrastructure and public services for climate resilience and climate justice, and to do proper climate risk assessments. 
     
    For her personal changes, she spoke about trying to eat a plant based diet and doing more civic and community engagement. 

    • 57 min
    Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Policy at Trinity College Dublin

    Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Policy at Trinity College Dublin

    Alan Matthews is a retired professor of agricultural policy and economics at Trinity College Dublin. One of Ireland's leading experts in farm economics and sustainability, Matthews chose for his policy changes to tackle the climate problem in agriculture through measurement and a land based emissions trading scheme, to reform the Common Agricultural Policy for sustainability, and to help consumers make for sustainable choices. For his personal changes, he spoke about cooking more vegetarian meals, and getting involved in influencing policy. 

    • 1 hr 21 min

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