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This week's episode of Green Minds features Julian Kakarott, Founder and CEO of the Hamburg-based startup CarbonStack. CarbonStack uses blockchain technology, remote sensing, environmental modelling and artificial intelligence (AI) to offset carbon emissions through a transparent reforestation scheme. 
 
This episode delves into Julian's journey and motivations for founding CarbonStack. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with afforestation and reforestation projects in Germany, and the role of carbon credits in these initiatives. 
 
For listeners interested in learning more about CarbonStack, a link to the website can be found here. 
 
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Giulia is the Commercial Strategy Director at EFG, a leading competitive gaming and esports company. From being a professional basketball player to Imperial Business School to working for companies such as Formula 1 - she’s had such an inspiring career.  She talks about her different roles, her career trajectory and her experience being a woman in a male dominated industry.  

Co-founder of Happy Fan, John Grabowski, talks about his career in the sports industry and beyond. From starting in one of the biggest sport and entertainment companies - IMG - part of Endeavor, to being the commercial director at move.ai, and now delivering fan data integration solutions to the sports industry with Happy Fan. You can find John on linkedin as “John Grabowski, MBA” and at john@happy.fan 

This week’s episode of Green Minds features Haysam Azhar, who works as an analyst working on blended finance transactions for developing countries at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The CPI is an analysis and advisory organisation with expertise in finance and policy. Its Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has mobilised over $4 billion to address climate change.  
 
In this episode, guest co-host Huzefah and Lorenzo interview Haysam about his personal motivations for working on tackling climate change, how his undergraduate degree spanning seven countries shaped his outlook, his work at the CPI developing blended finance mechanisms in emerging markets, his co-authorship of a playbook on how corporations can design effective climate finance strategies, and his advice for young professionals starting their career in the climate space. 
 
The CPI’s Corporate Climate Finance Playbook can be found here: https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/the-corporate-climate-finance-playbook/#:~:text=In%20partnership%20with%20Salesforce%2C%20CPI,when%20to%20use%20them%2C%20and 
 
More information on Climate Vine can be found here: https://www.climatevine.co/   
 
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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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