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Episodes
Data Centers: Where AI builds Its Brain (ft. Sikander Rashid, Global Head of AI Infrastructure at Brookfield)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence may appear weightless, but its backbone is built on vast, energy-hungry data centers. In this episode, host Kokou Agbo-Bloua e...
REPLAY · The Original Sin of Sovereign Debt: Budget deficits & Debt crisis (ft. Anatoli Annenkov) | Sustainability, Central Banks
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
$25 trillion! This is the sum injected into the economy by Governments and Central Banks to protect a significant portion of the global economy during...
Stablecoins: DeFi-ing Traditional Finance with Joseph Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stablecoins, once a niche segment of the cryptocurrency market, are rapidly emerging as a vital bridge between the digital innovation of decentralised...
REPLAY · 'Around the World' of Trade: The Evolution of Globalization (ft. Tim de Knegt, Strategic Finance Manager at the Port of Rotterdam)
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the future of international trade? After Brexit, the War in Ukraine, and the Covid-19 pandemic, are we at the beginning of the end of globalis...
REPLAY · The Nautilus Chronicles: Exploring The Future of Oceans (ft. Nisha Bakker, Director Partnerships at The Ocean Cleanup)
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What has no beginning, end, or middle and touches every continent?If you answered, “the ocean”- Correct!Or the ‘living infinite’, as Jules Ver...
The €14 trillion question: Can Europe finance its own future? (ft Anne-Christine Champion)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Europe, once the driving force of global progress, gave birth to the Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment ideals, innovative scientific discoveries, a...
The Geoengineering Gamble: When Sky Is No Longer the Limit (ft. Hans van der Loo, Co-founder of the Blue Cooling Initiative)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every so often, a bold new climate solution emerges - hailed as the answer to humanity's looming environmental crisis. From carbon capture and storage...
The Dual Power of Advertising: From Ad-diction to Good-vertising (ft. Thomas Kolster, author of Goodvertising)
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think about the last advert you saw. Was it the first or the 100th time you saw it? Today, the average person sees around 5,000 to 10,000 ads a day - ...
The Alchemy of Sales: Earning Client Trust Across Cultures (ft. Yann Garnier, Head of Sales, Global Markets at Societe Generale)
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What qualities make the best salespeople? And what are the secrets behind their ability to sell anything — from a simple pen to a car, a house or ev...
Financing Tomorrow: Banking Across Generations (ft. Slawomir Krupa, CEO of Societe Generale) | History, ESG, Innovation
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did the banking system evolve from a simple bench—the very origin of the word “bank”—into the sophisticated institutions that drive the gl...
REPLAY · Decarbonising Happiness (Part 1): Sustainable Well-being in Modern Society | Economy, ESG, Prosperity
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of the episode. Don't miss Claudia Senik's interview in Part 2.What really drives happiness in the 21st century? The UN designates March 20 as ...
REPLAY · Decarbonising Happiness (Part 2): Interview with Claudia Senik, professor at the Paris School of Economics | ESG, Prosperity
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of the episode. We recommend you listen to Part 1 if you haven't already.What really drives happiness in the 21st century? The UN designates Ma...
REPLAY · A Tale of Two Futures: Exploring climate change pathways
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of 2050 Investors takes you to… well, the year 2050! Will we have achieved our goal of net-zero emissions and taken the necessa...
The Risk Takers: The Art of Risk Management (ft. Hatem Mustapha, Co-Head of Global Markets at Societe Generale) | Portfolio, Volatility
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of risk taker are you? The answer may reveal more than you think.In this episode of 2050 Investors, Kokou Agbo-Bloua takes a closer look at ...
The Original Sin of Sovereign Debt: Budget deficits & Debt crisis (ft. Anatoli Annenkov) | Public Finances, Sustainability
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
$25 trillion ! This is the sum injected into the economy by Governments and Central Banks to protect a significant portion of the global economy durin...
REPLAY · Lose Yourself in Sports (Part 1): How Game Changers changed the Game | Impact and Sustainable Solutions of the Sports Industry
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of the episode. Don't miss Jonny Wilkinson's interview in Part 2.“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow.This opportunity com...
REPLAY · Lose Yourself in Sports (Part 2): Interview with Jonny Wilkinson, England Rugby Legend | Challenging Limits & The Power of Will
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of the episode. We recommend you listen to Part 1 if you haven't already.“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow.This opportu...
The Nuclear Debate: Fears, Facts and “Fission” | Carbon-free Energy, Sustainable Finance
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is nuclear power the key to a carbon-neutral future or an accident waiting to happen? Non-hydro renewables such as wind and solar are predicted to pl...
Climate Volatility: From Green Swans to Antifragility | Managing Climate Stress-tests and Financial Risk
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Lincoln once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”. So why do well-known risk managements models fail to predict major ...
Grey Matters and the Economics of Ageing (ft. Wei Yao, Head of Research & Chief Economist for APAC at Societe Generale) | Silver Economy
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese have a saying, 'A peaceful life has nothing to do with the passage of time'. This sound reminder points to the importance of enjoying life...
Carbon Bounty Hunting: From Stardust to the Notorious C.O.2 (ft. Eric Schoumsky) | Carbon Taxes, Credits, and Markets
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Strap on your boots, don your hats, grab your pitchforks and mangroves, because we are going carbon hunting! Although carbon dioxide makes up a measly...
“Fed” Up with Carbon: Central Banks & Climate Change
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should the world's central banks (Fed, ECB, BoE...) launch a coordinated "green quantitative easing" programme to simply print the $3.5 trillion a yea...
The Nautilus Chronicles: Exploring The Future of Oceans (ft. Nisha Bakker, Director Partnerships at The Ocean Cleanup)
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What has no beginning, end, or middle and touches every continent?If you answered, “the ocean”- Correct!Or the ‘living infinite’, as Jules Ver...
Home Sweet Home: Solutions for Climate-Resilient Housing (ft. Ben Richford, real estate finance expert) | urbanisation, sustainable living
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we say, "there’s no place like home"? This iconic phrase appears in "The Wizard of Oz" to remind us of the human need for familiarity, belong...
Lose Yourself in Sports (Part 1): How Game Changers changed the Game | Impact and Sustainable Solutions of the Sports Industry
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of the episode. Don't miss Jonny Wilkinson's interview in Part 2. “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow.This opportunity co...
Lose Yourself in Sports (Part 2): Interview with Jonny Wilkinson, England Rugby Legend | Challenging Limits & The Universal Power of Will
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of the episode. We recommend you listen to Part 1 if you haven't already. “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow.This opport...
A Tale of Two Futures: Exploring climate change pathways
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of 2050 Investors takes you to… well, the year 2050! Will we have achieved our goal of net-zero emissions and taken the necessa...
REPLAY · Insuring Acts of God (ft. Ernst Rauch)
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Economy, planet, markets and you 2050 Investors is going on a summer break! Before we meet again in September, listen to our April 2022 episode on th...
The Red Flower & the Future of Energy (ft. Irene Himona, Oil & Gas equity research analyst at Societe Generale) | Fossil Fuels, Net Zero
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome fellow energy explorers! Do you know why is the energy transition taking so long? And what awaits us when we eventually deplete our energy res...
Fashionomics: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (ft. Anne Critchlow, Retail analyst at Societe Generale) | Fast Fashion, Consumption
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that in 2022, the global apparel market was valued at over US 1.5 trillion dollars and is expected to increase to almost US 2 trillion do...
Biodiversity = Σ [Biology x (Diversity + Inclusion)²] ft. Matthieu Maurin, CEO of Iceberg Data Lab | Preservation, Climate Change
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that over the past 440 million years, there have been five mass extinction events on Earth? Now, according to scientists, the sixth extin...
Decarbonising Happiness: Sustainable Well-being in Modern Society (Part 1)
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of the episode. Don't miss Claudia Senik's interview in Part 2.What really drives happiness in the 21st century? The UN designates March 20 as ...
Decarbonising Happiness: Sustainable Well-being in Modern Society (Part 2) ft. Claudia Senik, Professor at the Paris School of Economics
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of the episode. We recommend you listen to Part 1 if you haven't already. What really drives happiness in the 21st century? The UN designates M...
Who Wants to Live Forever: Healthcare in the Age of Climate Change (ft. ChatGPT) | Medicine, Technology, Longevity
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does climate change affect health? Thanks to the incredible discoveries in medicine and technology, the average global human lifespan has more tha...
Life in plastic, un-fantastic! Rethinking Recycling and Circular Economy (ft. Daan Van Kassel, Fund manager at Polestar Capital)
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How about doing away with plastic? Drifting in the Central North Pacific Ocean is the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, a collection of marine debris...
'Around the World' of Trade: The Evolution of Globalization (ft. Tim de Knegt, Strategic Finance Manager at the Port of Rotterdam)
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the future of international trade? After Brexit, the War in Ukraine, and the Covid-19 pandemic, are we at the beginning of the end of globalis...
The End of Abundance | Shifting Mindsets: Sustainability, Economics, and the Future of Markets | Scarcity of natural resources
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do the recent statements by President Macron and the debacle of Liz Truss' mini budget sound the end of abundance? It seems like we should prepare f...
Singing 'for' the Rain: Investigating Water Scarcity (ft. Jo Harrison, Dir:Asset Management at United Utilities Group PLC)
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Earth running out of fresh water? The summer of 2022 has seen significant droughts across the world, with serious ripple effects from energy sh...
Calling Hydrogen to the Stand: A Debate on Sustainable Energy (ft. Allan Baker, Global Head of Power at Societe Generale)
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is hydrogen gray until proven green? When looking into the energy transition and options for clean sources of energy, hydrogen is often listed as one ...
Carbon-Free Calories: Decoding the Future Plate (ft. David Hayes, Analyst at Societe Generale) | Food, Finance, and Sustainability
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What will tomorrow's plate look like? By 2050, we will have to feed close to 10 billion people – 2 billion more than today – while committing to n...
War and Peace: Impacts of Ukraine Conflict on Global Markets | Financial landscapes, Geopolitics, Energy transition
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What impact has the war in Ukraine had on the economy? From Covid-19 pandemic to an inflation outbreak, from recession to stagflation fears and finall...
Insuring Acts of God: Climate Change Impacts on the Insurance Industry (ft. Ernst Rauch, Munich Re’s Chief Climate and Geoscientist)
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In insurance lingo, an “Act of God” is an event outside of human control or activity, such as natural disasters. With the growing frequency of suc...
Smart Cities: Evolution or Creation? A Helsinki Case Study into the future of Urban Development (ft. Mayor Juhana Vartiainen)
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can cities adapt to global warming? A recent UN report expects 68% of the world population to live in cities by 2050, compared to about 55% today....
Greenflation: Inflation’s New Variant (ft. Klaus Baader, Global Chief Economist at Societe Generale) | Finance, Markets, Green Transition
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new variant of inflation has emerged: green inflation, or Greenflation. Beginning with a reflection on recent economic trends and inflationary press...
Mobility with Impact: From Ancient Roads to Hyperloops, a look at the Future of Transportation (ft. John Saffrett, Deputy CEO of ALD)
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How will the world of transportation evolve by 2050? Will autonomous cars powered by AI and hyperloops with pods reaching speeds of 1000 km/h replace ...
2021 is dead, long live 2022! A Journey into Consumption, Emissions, and Future Solutions | Carbon footprint, Sustainability
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2022! We are one year closer to 2050, the year where we are supposed to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions if we want to limit the dreadful...
Surviving Job Darwinism: Adaptability in Today's Job Market (ft. Sir Christopher Pissarides, 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics)
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the impact of technological change on employment? When it comes to skills and jobs, adaptability quotient (AQ) can have a massive impact on yo...
I think, therefore AI: Impacts on Society, Finance, and Markets (ft. Martin Ford, Futurist and Author) | Technological innovation, Work
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As artificial intelligence (AI) advances exponentially, questions arise: will AI liberate humanity or render us obsolete and steal our jobs? Can it ta...
The Frog & Climate Change: The Road to Net Zero (ft. Ed Daniels, Strategy, Sustainability and Corporate Relations Director at Shell)
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we react to climate change? With the IPCC’s startling sixth assessment report on the effects of global warming and the recent extreme weather...
The Recovery is You: Scars, Resilience and the Societal Impact of COVID-19 (ft. Frédéric Oudéa) | Pandemic, Behavioral Finance
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From physical and psychological scars to the transformation of work dynamics, this episode investigates the profound societal implications of the COVI...
Green vs. Greed: The Rise of Responsible Investing (ft. Isabelle Millat, Head of Impact Based Finance at Societe Generale CIB)
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can greed be harnessed for the greater good, or is the current enthusiasm for sustainability merely a facade for self-interest? As the Fed signals a s...
Known Unknowns of Inflation: Probing the Uncertainties and Economic Impacts (ft. Albert Edwards) | Monetary policy, Sustainability
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation, a buzzword echoing across headlines and boardrooms alike, has seized the attention of investors, policymakers and central banks worldwide. ...
The Roaring 2020s: Economic Boom or Bust? A Finance Investigation (ft. Charles de Boissezon)
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of “2050 Investors”, Kokou Agbo-Bloua asks: Are we entering the Roaring Twenty 20s? With the OECD recently raising its GDP g...
Welcome to 2050 Investors
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Economy, planet, markets and you As we emerge from a global pandemic and we embrace a renewed interest in sustainable finance, the economy and market...