Generation One UCL

In the final episode of this series of Generation One, we take a look at cities and climate action. With many elections happening around the world, what are cities actually doing to adapt to climate change, mitigate climate impact on populations, and reduce emissions?  
Our hosts discuss urban adaptation and transformation with UCL Professor Lauren Andres (Director of Research at the Bartlett School of Planning) and Mark Watts, the Executive Director of C40 Cities, a global network of mayors taking urgent climate action.  
 
C40 Cities website: https://www.c40.org/ 
The Bartlett School of Planning: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning/bartlett-school-planning 
For the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast 
 
Date of episode recording: 11th April 2024 
Duration: 33.46 minutes Language of episode: English  Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  Guests:  
Professor Lauren Andres, UCL 
Mark Watts, C40 Cities 
Producer: Adam Batstone  

Happy Earth Day! This episode’s focus is on entrepreneurial climate action: what are businesses – particularly the AI sector – doing to combat the climate crisis and help reach net zero?
Helping our hosts Mark and Simon answer these questions are Sims Witherspoon (current UCL student studying for MSC in climate change and Climate and Sustainability Lead at Google DeepMind), Buffy Price (COO and Co-Founder of Carbon Re, an AI startup which aims to accelerate decarbonisation), and Zoe Cokeliss Barsley (Director of Sustainability at Oxford University Press) and UCL alumna (MSc Conservation 2003)
Carbon Re carbonre.com/Oxford University Press Responsible Publishing report oup.foleon.com/responsible-publi…-2022-23/2022-23/
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Date of episode recording: 14th February, 23rd February and 1st March 2024Duration: 32.15 minutesLanguage of episode: English Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee Guests:Sims Witherspoon, Google DeepMindBuffy Price, Carbon ReZoe Cokeliss Barsley, Oxford University PressProducer: Adam Batstone

What are individuals doing to fight climate change and how important is the role of local activism? This episode will be focusing on individual climate action, with our guests chatting to our hosts about the role of activism in initiating change. Featuring Louise Harris (songwriter and Just Stop Oil activist), Versha Jones, (Climate Reality Project - Volunteer National Coordinator, UK) Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at the Green Alliance) and Kris de Meyer (Senior Research Fellow in Climate Communications University College London, Dept of Earth Sciences).  
 
‘We Tried’ song by Louise Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2XV20G85Tg 
The Climate Reality Project https://www.climaterealityproject.org/ 
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Date of episode recording: 14th February and 8th March Duration: 39.20 minutes  Language of episode: English  Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  Guests:  
Louise Harris, Just Stop Oil  
Versha Jones, The Climate Reality Project  
Annabel Rice, Green Alliance 
Kris de Meyer, Department of Earth Sciences, UCL 
Producer: Adam Batstone  

In this episode, we’re moving beyond the UK to explore global climate policy in the wake of COP28. Hosts Mark and Simon are joined by Pierre Cannet, the Global Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Client Earth, to discuss how the law can be used to create change.
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Date of episode recording: 16th February 2024Duration: 27.12 minutesLanguage of episode: English Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee Guests: Pierre Cannet, Global Head of Public Affairs and Policy at Client EarthProducer: Adam Batstone

Introducing episode 3 of season four! Our hosts Mark and Simon continue this series with a discussion on the fallout from COP28 for the UK, and what needs to be done on a national, governmental and local level. 
Joining them are our guests Ian Townsend (ONS Divisional Director of Environment), Robbie Macpherson, (APPG lead at Uplift), Annabel Rice (Political Advisor at Green Alliance) and Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority, Shirley Rodrigues, to talk national feeling and climate policy. 
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References 
ONS release calendar: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releasecalendar/ 
Key ONS environmental releases: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts Important issues facing the UK (5.1-5.13), http://bit.ly/ONSimpactCOL
Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain Statistical bulletins: 
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/publicopinionsandsocialtrendsgreatbritain/previousReleases 
Business insights and impact on the economy bulletins: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/previousReleases 
 
Date of episode recording: 14th and 23rd February 2024  Duration: 27 mins, 14 secs  Language of episode: English  Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee  Guests:  
Ian Townsend, ONS, Divisional Director of Environment  
Annabel Rice, Political Adviser at Green Alliance and UCL alum (Environment, Politics and Society 2021)  
Robbie MacPherson, Political and Climate Change APPG Lead, Uplift 
Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor, Environment and Energy at Greater London Authority  
Producer: Adam Batstone

COP28 in Dubai is over and Mark and Simon are back in the studio to debrief. What on earth happened and is it good enough? They discuss the loss and damage fund, the challenges with the COP process and ultimately whether the outcome is enough. Joining them live from COP are Dr Guy Jackson (University of Northumbria), Nada Berrada (Education Development Centre), Mary McHarg (UCL Union Affairs Officer) and Kerrlene Wills (United Nations Foundation). 
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-climate-podcast