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In this week’s Green Minds episode, Jim sits down with Wen-Yu Weng, a consultant at PA Consulting specializing in clean energy, climate, and  sustainability. Together, they navigate the outlook for energy in 2024 and discuss career prospects in the green energy space. 
 
Key Highlights: 
Offshore wind development in the UK after AR6 and in the US. 
What we think about Nuclear in the energy transition 
Implications of involvement of oil producing countries in COPs 
Navigating a career in the green energy space 
Fun question: what is the place of Bitcoin in the energy transition 
 
For listeners who want to reach out to Wen-Yu, you can find her at  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenyuweng/ 
 
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This week’s episode of Green Minds features Annie Shepperd OBE, whose decorated CV includes Chair of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), former Chief Executive of Salix Finance, and former Chief Executive of Walsall Council and the London Borough of Southwark. 
 
In this episode, guest co-host Laurence and Lorenzo interview Annie about the role of local government in achieving net zero, Salix Finance’s role in delivering energy efficiency and clean heat in the UK, how to create leaders in the fight against climate change, and CIWEM’s work to ensure clean drinking water. 
 
CIWEM’s report, A Fresh Water Future, is available to read here: https://www.ciwem.org/policy-reports/fresh-water-future  
 
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This week’s episode of Green Minds features Jana Skokan, Co-founder and director of frogeex, a worldwide network for Sustainable Building and Living.  
 
Eva interviews Jana about climate-smart architecture and urban planning, the potential of technological and nature-based solutions, and the co-benefits and success factors of green cities.  
 
For listeners interested in learning more about climate-smart architecture and frogeex's work, here is a link to their website. 
 
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Tune in for the final episode of the Green Minds Around the World series, where the MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance cohort shares insights on the countries they call home.  
 For this last episode, Marie-Céline sat down with Kushboo, Gabriella, Chong, and Syakira to delve into climate policy challenges and outlooks in India, the US, China, and Malaysia. You’ll hear about China’s current five-year plan, the upcoming elections in India and the United States, and Malaysia’s recent cabinet overhaul.   
If you have any suggestions for guests or topics you would like us to explore, feel free to email us at podcast.greenminds@gmail.com 

Paul has been building startups since the age of 18 when he started his studies at the European Sports University in Cologne. Since then, he has helped scale brands across various fields including nutrition, e-commerce, fitness, and health to six and seven figures in revenue.   Today he talks about building start-ups, emerging trends in the health and fitness industries, and growing communities.

In this week’s episode of Green Minds, we continue our Around the World series in which we interview students studying the MSc in Climate Change, Management & Finance on climate change in the countries they call home.  
In this episode, Jim sits down with Hadia, Sara, and Gillian to hear about the energy mix and trends in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Mexico. Our guests also talk through the challenges faced by oil producing countries in the face of climate change.  
For listeners who are interested in finding out more about WISE and P+II can be found in the link below: 
https://www.instagram.com/positiveinvestmentimperial 
https://www.instagram.com/wise.program/ 
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