The Earth Set Podcast
Episodes
The People Problem at the Heart of The Green Transition
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every climate solution lies a human challenge.A challenge not just of technology or capital, but of people — the skills, training and pathway...
Bridging the Valley of Death: Scaling First-of-a-Kind Climate Tech in the UK
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every breakthrough climate technology lies a quieter, more fragile moment. The point where innovation has been proven, but scaling it into the ...
Volt Rush: How China Won the Battery Race
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every electric car sits a far older and more complex story. A story about minerals, mining, geopolitics and a global race to control the materi...
Carbon Removal for Sale: What’s Real, What’s Hype, and Who Pays?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if one of the most important industries for solving climate change barely exists today?The world is getting better at reducing emissions. Renewab...
Greenlash: Understanding Climate Change Opposition
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If two thirds of the public believe climate change is real, support renewables, and want government action… why does it feel like net zero is sudden...
Climate Tech at the Start of 2026
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What actually happened in UK climate tech investment last year?At our second live recording of Season Two, hosted at HSBC Innovation Banking during th...
Slow Burn: Why We Can’t Quit Coal
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Coal feels like history. Steam engines. Sooty faces. Museums and memorial plaques.And yet it still generates around a third of the world’s electrici...
Season 2 Trailer
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Earth Set is back! Can you believe we're on season 2 already?! We can't!Season 1 started as an experiment. A few live conversations. A microphone in t...
Green Crime: Why Environmental Destruction Is a Criminal Problem
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental destruction is often framed as harm, oversight, or bad practice. But what if we started calling it what it really is. Crime.In this seas...
Net Zero’s Breaking Point: The Talent Shortage
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we continue our Green Skills audio only series. Fiona speaks with Mat Ilic, CEO of Greenworkx, an organisation building the workforce ...
The Pragmatic Climate Reset: Are we overcomplicating the transition?
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live recorded episode, Amy sits down with Michael Liebreich — founder of New Energy Finance, co-managing partner at EcoPragma Capital, advis...
4 Million Jobs: The Hidden Workforce Behind Net Zero
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest story of the net zero transition isn’t technology, policy or investment, but jobs?Jobs that disappear, jobs that transform, and ...
4 Million Jobs: The Hidden Workforce Behind Net Zero
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest story of the net zero transition isn’t technology, policy or investment, but jobs?Jobs that disappear, jobs that transform, and ...
The Climate Diplomat: Why COP Still Matters
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, we step behind the headlines of the latest UN climate talks with writer, editor, and climate activist Grace Pengelly — collab...
The Fractured Age: What US–China Rivalry Means for the Planet
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful live episode filmed at Bain & Company London, Earth Set co-founder Fiona Howarth sits down with Neil Shearing, Group Chief Econom...
The Current of Change: The Best of Blue Earth Summit 2025
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at the Blue Earth Summit 2025, this episode captures the energy, optimism, and innovation driving climate action today.Join hosts Amy Re...
How Octopus EV Grew a Movement, Not Just a Company
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live Earth Set founder session, Fiona Howarth, Founder and Director of Octopus Electric Vehicles, joins her Earth Set co-founder Amy Rennison ...
Are We On Track for Net Zero? The Data Behind the UK’s Climate Transition
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live Earth Set conversation, we check back in on the UK’s journey to net zero — one year on from our first climate progress panel — to f...
Stellar Thinking with James Arbib
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Earth Set, the podcast where the people accelerating a net positive future come together to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and build r...
The Earth Set Podcast Season 1 Trailer
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Earth Set, the podcast where the people accelerating a net positive future come together to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and build r...