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In this podcast we are discussing challenges and opportunities of turning climate awareness to climate action. The episodes from Ready, Steady, Green! aim to inspire everyone to step up and step out in their lives and in their community, to make sustainability sustainable.

Jul 16

Why young people feel excluded from expert climate conversations - Jonathan Nobrega, youth environmental advocate

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan argues that climate discussions need to move from experts to the various diverse communities, questions why so many urban young people feel disconnected from the environmental space, emphasises the need to normalise the talk about the environment and brings examples of making talking about climate trendy. Jonathan Nobrega is an environmental advocate and sustainability educator based in London. He is best known for his work as a Youth Project Coordinator at the London Wildlife Trust, where he focuses on making nature recovery more inclusive for underrepresented and diverse youth. His journey into nature began with the realisation that the sector lacked diversity — it didn’t feel right that the organisations leading nature recovery often felt exclusionary. Motivated by this, he has founded WIld Collective, a youth-led nature society, contributed to academic and non-curricular teaching, and built partnerships between environmental organisations and youth-focused institutions. NOTES 4:10: Sustainability as the second least diverse sector in the UK - in the discussions we should be involving entire communities that get affected by climate change 6:02: WWT - Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust: https://www.wwt.org.uk/ London Wildlife Trust: https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/ Own initiative: Started Wild Collective, my own grassroots movements while I was at University 7:28: Why people from diverse backgrounds feel excluded from environmental discussions 7:48: exploring how Amerindians think about space, in contrast to middle age, white people 9:40: Why the export lens alienates people from getting involved 10:40: dissertation about how young people in London could be better engaged in environmental discussions 13:36: feeling powerless in front of climate change. It seems like a huge mountain to climb and feel so disconnected for so many young people. Also they feel it is not for them 16:05: Society applauds money, power, wealth, while environment and living frugally is not appreciated in the modern age 16:35: Climate anxiety stems from the education 17:00: how social media presenting a false image about oneself leads to detachment of our roots 18:10: having the things of what society expects you whilst being environmentally friendly at the same time, it seems to be a trade-off. 19:00: Launching the Wild Collective at the University of Roehampton for getting students out of the classroom and connect with nature 21:00: the role of big nature organisations in normalising the discussion about nature 22:22: how to combine love of sports with immersion in nature 23:50: the idealistic picture of Platon talking with his students under a giant fig tree 25:18: Hopes related to recently launching the Natural History GCSE and have nature connection within the classroom 25:45: the importance of the University of Roehampton offering interdisciplinary classes in environment and climate change 27:20 The London Wildlife Trust offering diversity traineeship for young people, and the Keeping it Wild Collective for running free events for young people in London to get involved with nature 28:40: reducing the barriers of entry to engagement with nature 29:44: about the importance of diversification within the large environmental organisations 31:10: competition or collaboration between the small and larger environmental organisations? 32:00: Encourage young people that they have the power to make change. One should not be afraid of asking for advice or being a disruptor 33:50: Rapid fire quiz: Oxygene - for an environmental humanities perspective what matters is who has the most oxygen to speak and exercise powerOverconsumption - we are all guilty of that!Oceans - wetland and waters are most powerful! The best way to think about oceans is to engage with them - go, observe and interact39:50: about green careers, making a living in sustainability - massive opportunities exist 40:45: If it is the fastest growing sector, then why is it so difficult to get jobs in green industries? Many of the jobs require a lot of hours, sometime non-paid 42:00: how to find funding opportunities for green jobs? 43:32: how volunteering helps your career - it can help you set you apart from everyone else 46:20 My utopia is to help changing our thinking by looking at the impetus our decisions make If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
Jul 3

How can young people make our oceans trendy? - Kirsty Crawford, community engagement expert at the Marine Conservation Society

Send us Fan Mail Kirsty Crawford argues that conservation of marine life needs to be a collaborative effort, explains how inland waste and litter damage marine ecosystems, shares how children become devoted to sea through nursery rhymes, music, and English literature and how we should let young people lead the fight for cleaner oceans, restored habitats and stopping sewage pollution. Kirsty is the Learning and Community Engagement Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, leading national programmes that connect communities with climate conservation, science, and the arts, focusing on equity and inclusion. Her role includes managing a team of six regional staff, overseeing strategic development, fostering partnerships, and managing budgets to deliver impactful education and outreach initiatives. She is committed to creating inclusive opportunities that empower communities to participate in conservation efforts and foster meaningful connections with the natural world. NOTES 6:20: Oceans absorbing the heat 7:55: Flood gardens and rain gardens 8:55: successful regeneration of Flat European Oysters in the UK, the unsung hero of marine conservation: https://www.mcsuk.org/what-we-do/regeneration/oysters/ 12:20: Planet Earth documentary series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/ 13:10: 80% of all the marine litter starts inland, through streams, canals or flushed through the sewage system, and includes the small micro fabrics that get washed from our washing machines 15:55: 90% of the planet relies on fish as their primary source of protein 16:40: the bi-yearly Good Fish Guide published by the MCS, most recently pointing out cod and mackerel being under pressure and therefore being downgraded: https://www.mcsuk.org/goodfishguide/ 19:50: peatlands and oceans acting for natural carbon capture - but with question marks 22:40: the success story of working with turtles in the Turks and Caicos Islands 22:50: Community Voice Method to promote active participation to become trusted friends 24:20: Rapid fire quiz: Natural resourcesNutrient pollutionNet zero26:40: my first citizen science activity focusing on nitrogen and phosphate in the nearby river 27:35: why Net Zero is a difficult concept to grasp and identify with about Net Zero: https://netzeroclimate.org/what-is-net-zero-2/ 29:40 - Youth Ocean Network for youth aged 13-25: https://www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can-do/youth-ocean-network/ 33:00: dozens of things you people can do to help the oceans - and we help them develop the skills to do these well 35:00: a list of activities young people can do in marine conservation 37:05: Ocean Literacy through seven principles 37:40: national consultation about natural history GCSE in England and Wales, taking place now: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/gcse-natural-history-proposed-subject-content Open until the 23 July! 39:35: the importance of cross curricular learning for children, for example using English literature classes to unlock imagination of young people by reading short stories and essays, instead of reading maths and science 40:15: for 4-5 year olds, rhyme is so important, for example reading The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfAsZdCtHOc 41:20: Maths in the Wild - using data collected on beach cleans 42:20: BBC Symphony Orchestra coming to the classroom to share the sounds and soundscapes of the sea 43:50: ‘Dear Future Ocean’ letter competition: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marine-conservation-society_what-would-you-say-to-our-future-ocean-activity-7478372402033500160-aUMK 47:15 there are children who have lived in a city their whole life, they don’t know what the sea looks like, smells like, tastes like. 48:25: Source to Sea litter quest: https://www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can-do/volunteering/source-to-sea/ If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
Jun 3

Will India's development while decarbonising serve as a model? - Vikram Gandhi, Harvard Professor of Business

Send us Fan Mail Vikram Gandhi argues why private capital is needed to create a sustainable world. He explains why do Harvard students look at sustainability challenges as business opportunities, what the key lessons from India are about developing while decarbonising and gives insights to addressing the climate crisis as a collective action problem. Vikram is a professor at the Harvard Business School. With a background in investment banking he has extensive experience in the international markets and an interest in public policy and philanthropy. At the Harvard Business School he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programmes. He has developed two MBA courses in the MBA – Sustainable Investing and Development While Decarbonizing: India's Path to Net Zero. He advises the public, private and social sectors to bring Institutional, high net worth and development capital to India and Asia. He is actively involved in impact investing as a professor, investor and policy advocate. NOTES 4:20: about Asha Ventures: https://ashaventures.in/people 5:00: what makes one successful in investment banking and then turning them to academia and philanthropy 6:20: without private capital at scale, philanthropy and government spending on their own will not create a sustainable world 8:55: fiduciary capital vs. value based investing 11:40: how to focus on the ESG metrics that really matter 19:30: about the Harvard MBA course: Development while Decarbonising - India's Path to Net Zero 20:00: how does India’s carbon emission is built of power generation, steel and cement production, agriculture, mobility and real estate 21:20: how do you achieve low emission growth 22:00: how India became a renewable energy giant by having 50% of its total energy production capacity of renewable sources 26:13: those companies getting ahead of the curve who realise that sustainability is a business opportunity, not only an obligation enforced on them by government 29:00: much of India’s flourishing start-up ecosystem is around cleantech 32:20: Rapid fire quiz: - Mitigation (vs adaptation) - Microplastics - Market failures 34:00 solving the microplastics crisis requires a public - private partnership approach 34:50: problems occurring of short-termism 36:10: about the tragedy of the horizons problem, and the tragedy of the commons problem 37:30: a significant portion of my students are looking at starting companies that are part of the energy transition, new technologies, or infrastructure building 38:00: about the Inflation Reduction Act of the USA: https://www.energy.gov/edf/inflation-reduction-act-2022 38:30: US companies still going ahead implementing their sustainability plans 41:35: how to address the climate crisis as a collective action problem 44:25: similarly to the tobacco industry, investors, might divest of oil and gas if they see that the actual litigation risk is high If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
May 18

Are European green policies competing with clean technologies from China? Benedek Jávor, European green politician

Send us Fan Mail Benedek Jávor argues that European green policies need to be more effective. How does the social contract with farmers influence the landscape? Is it sustainable that green policies are developed in Europe while related technologies are all pioneered by China? How can a climate tax be turned fair and generate a just prosperity? Benedek is a Hungarian biologist, environmentalist and green politician. Currently he is Head of the Representation of Budapest to the EU. Between 2014-2019 he was Member of the European Parliament, and the first vice-chair of the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; green coordinator and substitute member of the Committee of Industry, Research and Energy; as well as the Budgetary Control Committee. As MEP he focused on climate-, environmental and energy-policy, anti-corruption policy and Roma inclusion during his term there. Previously he was also member of the Hungarian National Assembly and one of the founding green politicians of the country. Notes: 7:17: European Green Deal: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en 7:56: European Climate Law setting 2050 as the deadline for Europe’s economy and society to become climate neutral: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/european-climate-law_en Also: legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. 9:35: European climate policy and climate diplomacy: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu-energy-and-climate-diplomacy-%E2%80%93-strengthening-sovereignty-and-advancing-global-clean-transition_en 10:10: China climate leadership: https://unfccc.int/news/un-climate-chief-in-beijing-china-s-climate-leadership-is-helping-accelerate-the-global-energy 12:20: China as the biggest emitter of GHGs: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-profile-china/index.html 14:10: China setting the trend globally in electric mobility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHxZM5dOAg8 19:40: the dilemma of choice regarding European agricultural development and the social contract with farmers: https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/cap-my-country/sustainability/socially-sustainable-cap_en 24:20: research study (in Hungarian) about people’s perception of the environment and the green transition: https://mmaa.hu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Zold_Fordulat-tanulmany_A4.pdf Igazságos Zöld Átállás – Jávor Benedek bemutatta a tanulmányt - Zöld Hang 26:45: we need at least two Earths to live at the current levels 33:05: the green transition is the solution to your social and economic concerns 32.30: Austrian minister of Environment, Leonore Gewessler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonore_Gewessler and the redistribution of environment tax revenues in Austria, based on social needs: https://greenfiscalpolicy.org/austria-announces-carbon-tax-offset-by-reduction-in-other-taxes/ vs. 35:25 the planned introduction of the climate tax in France and the gilets jaunts movement: https://hir.harvard.edu/frances-yellow-vest-movement-and-the-global-debate-on-climate-change/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422421000587 36:10: rapid fire quiz: Life style Limits to growth Life cycle assessment37:50: the game changing book of Limits to Growth by Dennis and Daniela Meadows 42:00: the transformation of green politics and the ‘mixed fortunes’ of green parties in Europe: https://eu.boell.org/en/2024/12/19/2024-review-green-parties-face-mixed-fortunes-amid-anti-government-backlash 47:30: boost to green politics leading to social transition and a more just, more fair, more sustainable and more democratic society If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
May 6

Why increased risk literacy is key to managing climate challenges - Rodrigo Souza, risk management academic

Send us Fan Mail Rodrigo explains how we should manage climate risks, warns that with the current trajectory, a society level climate chaos could happen by 2035? and argues why better risk literacy could help us all plan our future. Rodrigo Souza is a senior lecturer in accounting and risk management at the Business School of the University of Roehampton. He has a significant professional and academic experience risk management, corporate governance, internal controls and internal and external auditing, and related areas including cost and management control accounting. He is especially interested in the implementation of risk management in relation to controllership, audit, corporate governance, environmental management and business planning. Highlights of the episode: 10:23: Irreversible climate change might be happening much sooner than 2050. People, governments, institutions, and individuals must think about climate resilience. 11:53: David Spiegelhalter from Cambridge University, a statistician from the Royal Society, talks about risk literacy: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1191181 12:53 report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries about the IPCC report and about climate change fundamentally affecting human life taking place as early as 2035: https://actuaries.org.uk/media/gebdhxzi/climate-emergency-final-report.pdf https://actuaries.org.uk/media/isvotyer/parasol-lost.pdf 14:45: climate change as an interconnected risk 17:30: about availability bias 21:20: about the importance of changing the rhetoric and the framing of climate change 22:34: it is essential to move from observation mode to action mode 23:00 rapid fire quiz with letter 'K': Key Performance Indicators, KPIsKyoto Protocol, and in general, global agreementsNote: 24:10: Larry Fink pronouncement earier this year: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/04/14/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-blackrock-ceo-larry-fink.html 24:20: adding another ‘E’, Economic, before ESG, Environmental, Social and Governance 24:35 People, planet and profit vs people, planet and prosperity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnu_xGel2xg https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeroenkraaijenbrink/2019/12/10/what-the-3ps-of-the-triple-bottom-line-really-mean/ 29:18: So, for instance, for the first time in history, neuroscientists have verified that the IQ of people is decreasing with AI: https://thequantumrecord.com/philosophy-of-technology/global-iq-decline-rise-of-ai-assisted-thinking/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6xz12j6pzo 30:11: AI as a global challenge to climate change 30:49: Oxford professor, Juliane Reinecke, about the desirable worlds: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2e91cff1-bda2-43fa-86dc-b1e6d48c48b4/files/s2514nn59z 37:14: why it is important to become risk literate in the everyday life 39:02: further research and paralels to earlier crises: https://www.aicpa-cima.com/resources/download/building-and-enhancing-organisational-resilience-before-and-after-covid-19 If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
Apr 26

Building Climate Resilience in UK Firms - invitation to join the workshop on the 29 April

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the latest episode of Ready, Steady, Green. This time we share a short snippet, to extend invitation to an event that is happening the last week of April in London, at the University of Roehampton. On the 29 April, 10.00-4.00pm London time, the hybrid workshop on ‘Climate Resilience in UK Firms’ invites finance managers, management accountants and risk managers to discuss critical and topical issues related to climate change. In this teaser episode we discuss what challenges does the climate crisis bring to companies and why the development of a Climate Resilience Toolkit is essential for them to prosper. I am joined in the studio by Rodrigo Souza, a senior lecturer in finance at the Business School of the University of Roehampton who is one of the co-organisors of the event. For the detailed programme and to register: https://climate-resilience.uk/ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-resilience-and-emerging-risks-turning-threats-into-opportunities-tickets-1985270060192 If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
Apr 9

Why can renewable energy inherently lead to energy injustice? Chitzi Ogbumgbada, environmental law specialist

Send us Fan Mail Chitzi Ogbumgbada argues why governments should ensure energy security, how the African communitarian approach addresses renewable energy injustices, and why the individual actions of countries will never bring us even close to the goals of the Paris agreement. Chitzi is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter. His PhD thesis developed an African communitarian approach to global energy justice and demonstrated how this approach could be operationalised through international climate law and international human rights law to address renewable energy injustices. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of international energy and environmental law and are mainly concerned with how legal obligations interact with issues like climate change, energy security, and clean energy, conceptualised through the energy justice framework developed along African philosophy. 5:13: UK Climate Change Act: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/contents 9:15: about consultation with the community to secure extracting of critical minerals in Cornwall 10:15: about the Niger delta and how neglecting led to vice and violence 14:00 free market versus welfarism 17:30: about the distribution of renewable energy benefits across international communities 19:20: COP28, Dubai: the first Global Stocktake: https://unfccc.int/topics/global-stocktake 22:20: why it is so difficult to phase out fossil fuels 27:00: about options that save the planet and are gentle on the wallet 29:20: Rapid Fire game with words starting with ‘I’, the 9th letter of the alphabet IPCCIndustrialisationInaction31:50: there should not be any conflict between industrialisation and conservation 32:55: it is our actions that have caused us climate change and it is our inaction that stops us addressing this issue 34:50: about the African communitarian approach to energy justice 35:40: about the leading professors of the political philosophy of African communitarian approach Professor Thaddeus Metz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thaddeusmetz/ Professor Kwame Gyekye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Gyekye The essence of African comm: relationalism: how we relate to others 44:30: incorporating energy justice in the law school curriculum If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment
Mar 25

Why does your organisation's climate credibility matter? Simon King, senior partner at Edenseven

Send us Fan Mail Simon King argues how one can make sustainability the competitive edge of their organisation, why climate credibility matters for young people, if sustainability is primarily a management or a technological issue and why local authorities cannot afford to follow net zero. Simon is a senior partner in Edenseven, a management consultancy firm that helps companies of all sizes achieve their sustainability goals and work towards net zero emissions. Edenseven provides sustainability solutions across a diverse range of industries in both the public and private sectors, for example focusing on buildings, electricity, supply chain, and transport. They develop effective strategies informed by data to ensure quantifiable results that deliver carbon reduction, cost savings, compliance with regulations, and enhanced credibility with stakeholders. Highlights 7:50: About the 3 scopes of carbon emissions 12:25: about Science Based Targets Initiatives (SBTI) 17:40: how should we overcome the bareer that local authorities cannot afford becoming Net Zero 29:20: 78% of millennials, and it's even higher on Gen. Z will consider the climate credibility of the organisation they apply to work for 31:00: University of Roehampton launching both an MSc Business Analytics and a BSc Business Data Analytics programme 40:10: why nature based solutions need to be part of the toolkit 42:00: controversies around carbon offsets 43:10: Rapid Fire with letter 'H', the 8th letter of the alphabet: Heat pumpsHeat wavesHydrocarbons46:00: the wet bulb temperature and the human body 52:02: the biggest thing every individual can do is advocating for change 55:45: the analogy of mandatory seat belts and banning indoor smoking should encourage governments to mandate climate actions as well 58: 41: how carbon border adjustment (CBA) coudl contribute to people paying the full price of products and stop exporting carbon emissions to poorer countries If you liked the episode, make sure to follow Ready, Steady, Green! on your favourite podcast channel, share the episode with your friends and invite others to listen. You can catch up with our earlier episodes and tell who would you like to hear next. Help us get the message through: We must act on sustainability now! This was Gabor Sarlos, with Ready, Steady, Green! podcasting: Ready, Steady, Green news and views: LinkedIn action: COPmitment

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Gabor Sarlos
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2025 - 2026
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Why young people feel excluded from expert climate conversations - Jonathan Nobrega, youth environmental advocate

How can young people make our oceans trendy? - Kirsty Crawford, community engagement expert at the Marine Conservation Society

Will India's development while decarbonising serve as a model? - Vikram Gandhi, Harvard Professor of Business

Are European green policies competing with clean technologies from China? Benedek Jávor, European green politician

Why increased risk literacy is key to managing climate challenges - Rodrigo Souza, risk management academic

Building Climate Resilience in UK Firms - invitation to join the workshop on the 29 April

Why can renewable energy inherently lead to energy injustice? Chitzi Ogbumgbada, environmental law specialist

Why does your organisation's climate credibility matter? Simon King, senior partner at Edenseven

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