ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze
Episodes
IS US CONGRESS A GLOBAL CLIMATE SECURITY THREAT? Interview with Lieutenant General Norman Seip (Ret)
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Visit https://patreon.com/genncc or https://genn.cc In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak with Lieutenant General Norman Seip, the President of the Ame...
Episode 2 - DR Greg Jones, Climate Science And Wine
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get episodes early by supporting via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc full transcript at https://Genn.cc Nick Breeze, Dr Greg V Jones In the second...
Exposing London's Dirty Business | Fossil Free London
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Fossil Free London activist Nuri Syed Corser about their focussed activism targeting the biggest polluters op...
Sustainability And Wine In Alentejo, S Portugal - Episode 1, an introduction
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Part of the Climate Genn podcast, I am publishing concurrently with my normal interviews, a series within a series every week for the next 8 weeks ...
Why are climate scientists getting arrested? Dr Stuart Capstick discusses the upside and downside of direct action.
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to climate psychologist and Deputy Director and theme lead for the Centre for Climate Change and Socia...
Sunny Morgan: Cancel the debt... take your knee off the neck of the Global South!
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Sunny Morgan in South Africa about the Debt for Climate Campaign that is calling for the global north ...
Dr John B Cobb | Living Earth Movement to unite China and the US for climate and ecology
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with the theologian, environmentalist and philosopher, and author of over 50 books, Dr John B Cobb, about h...
Prof Kevin Anderson |Worst of both worlds - dire impacts + less carbon budget
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with professor Kevin Anderson from the Tyndall Centre at Manchester University. [Support this channel and a...
No. 1 Climate vulnerable wine region, Alentejo in S Portugal, focuses on true sustainability & regenerative agriculture
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am introducing Alentejo in Southern Portugal, declared in 2005 as one of the most climate-vulnerable wine regions in th...
Sir David King on Heatwaves, Action, and Activism: "No one will escape.."
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The current heatwave in India and Pakistan sets the scene for this ClimateGenn episode, speaking with Climate Crisis Advisory Group Chair, Professor S...
Dr Delton Chen | Ministry For A Living System Economy
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode I speak with Dr Delton Chen, the originator of the ‘Chen Paper’ concept made famous by Kim Stanley Robinson in his boo...
Dr Paul Behrens - Food Security In A Vulnerable World
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Dr Paul Behrens about how the global food system is vulnerable to the domino effects that arise from c...
Stemming The Rise Of Ecofascism with Sam Moore & Alex Roberts
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to authors, podcasters, and activists, Sam Moore and Alex Roberts whose recently published book, The Rise O...
David Spratt | Cascading Tipping Points & Existential Risk Management
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Research Director of the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne, David Sprat...
Dr James Hansen | A decade old and fresh as hell
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn special episode, I publishing my first interview with Dr Jim Hansen who was at the time Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for...
Sir Tim Smit | Eden Projects for the future (come the revolution!)
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with Eden Project founder, Sir Tim Smit about the stories that need to be told to create the future we want...
Dr Min Hee Go | Rethinking Community Resilience after Climate Catastrophe
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ClimateGenn I am speaking with Dr Minnie Go about her recent book ‘Rethinking Community Resilience’ looking in detail at how th...
Population, Consumption & Climate Change | Dr Paul Behrens
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ClimateGenn I am speaking to Dr Paul Behrens about the complexity of population, consumption and climate change. Support this chann...
Professor Katharine Hayhoe: [Who Is] Saving Us[?] - ClimateGenn Podcast
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please do subscribe on https://genn.cc and be sure to comment or send me your feedback by email. You can also support this series via https://patreon....
MEER | Mirrors For earth’s Energy Rebalancing with Dr Ye Tao at Harvard University
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I speak to Dr Ye Tao at Harvard University who is head of the Mirrors for Earth Energy Rebalancing (MEER). You can follow...
Dr Tero Mustonen | Cascading Arctic Changes will create new planet soon
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking Dr Tero Mustonen who is based within the Arctic Circle about the enormous changes happening there today and...
Author Tom Rosenstiel Discusses New Political Climate Thriller: The Days To Come
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking with author Tom Rosenstiel about his new political thriller, The Days To Come. Tom has switched hats from j...
Prof. Peter Wadhams | Can we remove billions of tonnes of CO2? And methane?
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to professor Peter Wadhams from the University of Cambridge about his recent research for a book he is writ...
Secretariat Susie Townend: Scotland’s Climate Assembly informs both people & policy
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Political elites in the UK have never looked more out of touch than they do today. Despite this, in Scotland, we see a Climate Citizens Assembly that ...
Dr Saleemul Huq | "Vulnerable Countries Left Glasgow with Tears In Their Eyes"
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this ClimateGenn podcast episode, I am speaking to Dr Saleemul Huq about the true outcome of COP26 highlighting how the UK Presidency abandoned the...
Dr Paul Behrens New Book: Best of Times, Worst of Times | Choosing The Future We [don't] want
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, recorded in Glasgow, I speak to Dr Paul Behrens from Leiden University about how, regardless of what choices we make, humanity is now...
COP26 Wrap Up | Is the process for purpose? Sir David King & Professor Kevin Anderson
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special podcast edition, I have combined the two interviews with Sir David King and Professor Kevin Anderson to create a wrap-up commentary on...
COP26 Notes: Adaptation Panel with F4F Jakapita Kandanga, Prof Alice Hill, Prof Kevin Anderson, Prof Sir Kavid King
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the shortened edit of the Adaptation panel that I moderated during COP26 in Glasgow with Pooran Desai. Main links: gene.cc + patron.com/gen...
Professor Jason Box Addendum: How is Denmark doing on its climate pledges?
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After filming the Greenland interview on the Denamrk pavilion in the Blue Zone at COP26, we recorded this short segment on Jason's view on how Denmark...
COP26 NOTEBOOK | The Threat of Ice | Prof's Box, Bamber & Huss
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this miniseries of podcasts, I am uploading a selection of the recordings that I took from COP26 starting with this one with 3 ice scientists, Prof...
Inside COP26Glasgow; is this the ambition needed to avert disaster? Nick Breeze with Prof's Kevin Anderson & Jonathan Bamber
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am inside the COP attending talks and speaking mainly to scientists but also half listening to the pledges an...
Professor Rupert Read | Denial On Trial & What To Do When The COP fails
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to professor Rupert Read on the eve of his trial that has since taken place resulting in a guilty...
Professor Kevin Anderson: “To hell in a hand cart”
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the run-up to COP26 we face a new onslaught of mainstream media coverage of how this conference will decide the fate of humanity. The truth is that...
Saleemul Huq | “We have crossed a climate threshold” | ADAPT NOW
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Support channel on: https://patreon.com/genncc or visit: https://genn.cc Dr Saleemul Huq is a highly respected climate scientist from Bangladesh who h...
Climate Famine In S. Madagascar | "...a crisis that should not happen!"
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Support this Podcast via Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc or visit main site at https://genn.cc Support the work of the World Food Programme on the...
Alice Hill | Adaptation Critical To Our Global Climate Preparedness Strategy
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please visit https://genn.cc for more content or support my work via https://patreon.com/genncc In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking w...
How Climate Change Intersects With Global Security | Dr Chad Briggs
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visit: https://genn.cc for more information or https://patreon.com/genncc Contents with Timestamps Hybrid Warfare 01:35 Resilience targeting 4:35 ...
Centre For Climate Repair Cambridge, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE | Flipping buildings from carbon source to sink
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back on Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc Visit website: https://genn.cc Centre for Climate Repair: https://www.climaterepair.eng.cam.ac.uk/ In this...
Arctic Briefing | Sir David King Interview | Climate Crisis Advisory Group
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with former UK Government Chief Science Advisor, Sir David King. Sir David has recently set up th...
Facing The Future | Climate Psychology + Deep Adaptation
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Adrian Tait, co-founder of the Climate Psychology Alliance about his contribution to the new...
Martin Bunzl | Thinking While Walking | Are we delusional about our perception of nature?
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to the philosopher, Martin Bunzl, about his new book, Thinking While Walking, Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail. As Mart...
Measuring Impact; don't know? Don't care! Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Gold Standard CEO, Margaret Kim. Gold Standard sets the standard for climate positive implem...
Climate As A Driver Of Conflict | General Ghazi
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Support this channel via https://genn.cc or https:patreon.com/genncc This episode features an interview with former Pakistani Defence Minister General...
The Climate Coup | Mark Alizart
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
View more at https://genn.cc Back this channel at https://patreon.com/genncc In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Fr...
Ecosia Search Engine Founder/CEO, Christian Kroll | Turning profits into trees
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future. Am speaking with Christian Kroll, founder, and CEO of Ecosia, the world’s largest not-for-profit search engin...
‘Plastic – An Autobiography’ | Allison Cobb discusses facing existential threats
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I speak with the author, Allison Cobb, about her new book titled ‘Plastic - An Autobiography’. With poetic ...
Russian Arctic Methane Releases & Subsea Permafrost Degradation | Professor Örjan Gustafsson (Part 2)
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the methane miniseries, I speak to Professor Orjan Gustafsson from Stockholm University about his team's ongoing collaborati...
Glaciologist Dr Heidi Sevestre | Fight Hard For 1.5ºC | Have We Crossed Permafrost Threshold?
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Glaciologist, Dr Heidi Sevestre, about the changing state of the Arctic, the outlook for the...
Arctic Methane Releases In Siberia | Professor Igor Semiletov PT 1
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This can also be seen as a video edit with previously unseen footage from the last voyage in late 2020: https://youtu.be/lGgcUSJbAqE The transcript wi...
Striving for an equitable pathway to the future | Saffran Mihnar
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with the Director of Development and Communications at EarthLanka, Saffran Mihnar. Saffran is an ...
Dr Wolfgang Knorr | Net Zero Is A Trap
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am talking to DR Wolfgang Knorr - a climate scientist with over 25 years working for many agencies and labora...
Earth Day Special | Flipping Agriculture from Carbon Source to Sink
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - in this special Earth Day Episode I am discussing the exciting prospect of how we can turn the global agricultural lar...
Tipping Points In Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future. In this episode, I am speaking with Dr Sebastian Rosier about his work studying the tipping points in Antarctica’s Pi...
Professor David Keith | Hacking The Climate
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This was recorded as a collaboration between my podcast Shaping The Future, Cambridge Zero and the Cambridge Festival. Below is more information. Incl...
Rupert Read discusses Philosophy Public Lecture Series 2021: Bad News is Good News? The Upside of Down
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to philosopher, author and climate activist Professor Rupert Read. Rupert has organised the ‘Ph...
Antarctic Ice Melt: A Recipe For Global Catastrophe Unless We Act Now | Professor James Renwick
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to climate scientist Professor James Renwick, about the scale of the risks posed by the melting o...
COVID & Climate | mental Health Crisis Among The Most Vulnerable Needs Us To Cooperate | Saima Wazed
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping Te Future - in this episode, I am talking with Saima Wazed who is one of the 25 experts advising the World Health Organisation’s ...
Decoding NOAA’s Arctic Report Card With Contributing Climate Scientist, Dr Zack Labe
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special inserted episode of Shaping The Future, we are discussing the 15th National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (or NOAA) Arctic ...
Dr Jennifer Francis - Abrupt cooling in the Arctic?
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, we discuss the abrupt cooling of the Arctic in the late summer months that is preventing the widely anticipated...
Will Biden’s climate plans bear fruit? - Dan Lashof, World Resources Institute US Director
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, we are discussing the incoming Biden administration’s agenda on climate change and whether they can achieve i...
The Vatican’s head of Ecology, Father Josh, ‘Pandemic is a warning to humans’
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking to the Vatican’s head of ecology, Father Josh, who also happens to be coordinating the COVID-19...
Turning Oil Green | Wall Street Energy Analyst Dan Dicker Discusses His New Book
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future I am talking to Wall Street energy analyst Dan Dicker about his new book, Turning Oil Green- A market based path...
Skyseed | What can fiction teach us about climate catastrophe? Interview with author, Prof. Bill McGuire
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I’m discussing the risks posed by Geoengineering in the context of averting worst-case climate change, with a...
Laptev Sea Not Refreezing & Other Arctic Climate Notes With Dr. Zack Labe
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future. In this episode I am speaking with Dr Zack Labe at Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science abou...
Climate Psychology Podcast | US Election, COVID19 and Climate & Ecological Breakdown |CPA’s Adrian Tait discusses
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Adrian Tait, a founding member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, (the CPA). Adrian discuss...
Rabbi Yonatan Neril | New Book EcoBible | Spiritual Beings In A physical World
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - In this episode, I am speaking to Rabbi Yonatan Neril in Jerusalem about his newly co-authored Eco-Bible, a book that ...
Food & Climate Change Without The Hot Air - Prof Sarah Bridle discusses
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - in this episode, I am speaking with scientist and author, Professor Sarah Bridle, about her recently published book, ‘...
How We Can Use Meteorology as a tool for a safer future and save vulnerable lives in the face of climate change
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - in this episode, I am talking with meteorologist Scott Duncan, about how weather data is used to inform both the publi...
ICOS: a system that spots collapsing carbon sinks & is a vital tool for our future
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future and in this episode, I am talking to the Secretary-General of ICOS - The Integrated Carbon Observation System, Dr. habil...
The Climate App | A new innovation for the people, by the people
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doing our bit to avert the very worst of climate change means going beyond nodding along in agreement with those who are sounding the alarm about the ...
Professor Peter Wadhams | Climate Vaccines, Carbon Removal & COVID-19 Go Exponential
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - this interview is with author and Cambridge polar ice scientist Professor Peter Wadhams. WE discuss the common exponen...
Sir Jonathan Porritt discusses his new climate change book, Hope In Hell
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - this week I am speaking with long-term environmental campaigner and author, Sir Jonathon Porritt, about his new book ‘...
University Of Cambridge’s Hugh Hunt On Geoengineering The Arctic: ‘crazy ideas have potential’
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Surely if you are going to be intervening with some risk in something where the risk is greater if you don’t intervene then let’s research the ...
Extinction Rebellion Cofounder Gail Bradbrook | It's Time For Autumn Rebellion
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping The Future, I am speaking with Gail Bradbrook, environmental activist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, as the Autumn...
Climate Scientist & Author Peter Kalmus speaks out
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview NASA climate scientist and author, Peter Kalmus, about the extreme fires in California and Hurricane Laura that struck Lo...
How Big data is a vital resilience tool in responding to in creased frequency & intensity of climate impacts
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - In this episode, I am talking to Kontur CEO Arben Kane about How Big data is a vital resilience tool in responding to ...
Climate Psychologist Dr. Renée Lertzman - Principals for attuned thinking in a time of crisis
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - from pandemic to climate change and in this episode I am speaking with Dr. Renée Lertzman, a pioneer in bridging the ...
Rupert Read discusses new book- Extinction Rebellion: Insights From The Inside
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future - from pandemic to climate change (More info on the podcast series: Cambridge Climate Lecture Series website here) In th...
Warm Holes & Cold Blobs in the North Atlantic due to climate change
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping the Future. In this episode, I am talking to Paul Keil who is a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology about the...
Climate computing with Met Office Chief, Prof. Penny Endersby
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, I am speaking to Professor Penny Endersby, the Chief Executive Officer of the UK’s Met Office who is in charge of one of the most...
Professor Jason Box - Greenland and the climate system
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Jason Box: "It's not too hyperbolic to talk about Mad Max!" Welcome to Shaping The Future Podcast. In this episode, I am speaking to Professor J...
Prof. Kevin Anderson - Climate action failure, equality and the climate crisis
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shaping The Future climate change podcast - In this episode, I speak with Professor Kevin Anderson who is Deputy Director of the UK’s Tyn...
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe - COVID & Climate Linkages To A Better World
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Katharine Hayhoe is well-known the world over for her clear communications on the risks posed by climate change and why these risks and can ...