The Shift Podcast

The Shift

The Shift brings you the latest research in the field of energy, climate change and sustainability.

Episodes

  1. Chris Shaw on Communicating Climate Change

    04/07/2016

    Chris Shaw on Communicating Climate Change

    www.theshiftpodcast.org Communicating climate change is very difficult and the only thing certain about it is its uncertainty. So what approach do we take in communicating to the masses, the problems, solutions and hope around climate change. We have Chris Shaw to talk about climate communications. Chris works at climate outreach, formerly COIN, a European level organisation working on climate communications.

    31 min
  2. Dario Kenner on the 1% and their carbon footprints

    03/26/2016

    Dario Kenner on the 1% and their carbon footprints

    When we consider carbon emissions, we often look at it at the scale of nations. Even per capita emissions are discussed as compared across countries. What we miss out on are the range of emissions within countries and more importantly the carbon footprint of the richest people. On this podcast we speak with Dario Kenner who has been focusing his research on the 1% and their carbon emissions.

    26 min
  3. Ben Sovacool on the Great Nordic Energy Transition

    03/22/2016

    Ben Sovacool on the Great Nordic Energy Transition

    How are the Nordic countries spearheading the energy transition? What policies, governance and practices are in place? and what lessons can the rest of us learn from these small but significant countries?

    28 min
  4. Breaking the deadlock of climate justice - Sonja Klinsky

    03/11/2016

    Breaking the deadlock of climate justice - Sonja Klinsky

    The issue of climate justice is highly contentious. Sonja Klinsky is working on a novel approach to dealing with climate justice, borrowing from the lessons in dealing with apartheid in South Africa.

    28 min
  5. Brenda Pollack on Troubles With Fracking

    02/16/2016

    Brenda Pollack on Troubles With Fracking

    So what’s wrong with fracking? Can the UK solve its trilemma, of energy security, affordable energy and low carbon energy without a future for fracking? We have a special guest, Brenda Pollack from the Friends of the Earth to speak to us about this.

    23 min
  6. Paul Balcombe on the future of Natural Gas

    02/06/2016

    Paul Balcombe on the future of Natural Gas

    What is the future of natural gas in the U.K? Does it have a big, important role or is it a bridge fuel with a clear use-by date? Climate change demands that we have answers to some of these questions but do our politicians do? On this podcast we have Paul Balcombe from the Sustainable Gas Institute. You can check out his white paper on the carbon emissions within the natural gas supply chain.

    17 min
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