Season 5, Episode 11 - Paris +10 Live event: reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode brings you the highlights from a special event from UCL marking 10 years since the Pari...
Season 5, Episode 10 - Driving Climate Innovation Through Start-Ups
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Generation One, we’re exploring the importance of start-ups and the role of ent...
Season 5, Episode 9 - Climate in the classroom: the green revolution in schools and universities
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore a subject that’s deeply important to us as educators: the role of clim...
Season 5, Episode 8 – Decolonising climate action: addressing the past for a fairer future
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the importance of climate justice grows, UCL Generation One asks the questions: can we address th...
Season 5, Episode 7 - From sidelines to solutions: Tackling emissions in sport
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As summer kicks-off, UCL Generation One dives into the intersection of sport and sustainability – ...
Season 5, Episode 6 - ‘Are we on course to decarbonise shipping?’: A podcast Talanoa at the IMO
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s crunch time for the oceans and shipping sector, and tensions are high. Dr Simon Chin-Yee brin...
Season 5, Episode 5 - Food security, consumerism and health - What’s the connection?
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the months of both Ramadan and Lent, Generation One joins in with reflections on the relationship...
Season 5, Episode 4 - 'Zero Hour' for the Climate and Nature Bill
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the Climate and Nature Bill, and why does it matter?The Zero Hour campaign is here to tell u...
Season 5, Episode 3 - Unpacking COP29: Financing the future
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode hosts Mark Maslin and Simon Chin Yee give us behind the scenes insights and ...
Season 5, Episode 2 - Biodiversity: can local conservation efforts grow into global impact?
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do vultures in India and beavers in West London have to do with protecting our ecosystems? What...
Welcome to Generation One Season 5 - Trailer
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is Generation One, the climate podcast from University College London – turning climate scien...
Welcome to Series 5, Episode 1 - Great British Energy: real green policies or just hot air?
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Series 5! In this first episode, following the recent Labour party conference, our hosts ...
Series 4: The Highlights
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we look back at the year through some of our favourite moments from Series ...
Series 4: Post elections – What are the world's leading cities doing to combat the climate crisis?
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of this series of Generation One, we take a look at cities and climate action. ...
Series 4: AI and the business of climate action
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Earth Day! This episode’s focus is on entrepreneurial climate action: what are businesses –...
Series 4: Where does individual climate action go from here?
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What are individuals doing to fight climate change and how important is the role of local activism? ...
Series 4: Post COP28 - Global climate action
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re moving beyond the UK to explore global climate policy in the wake of COP28....
Series 4: Post COP28 - Where does national climate action go from here?
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing episode 3 of season four! Our hosts Mark and Simon continue this series with a discussio...
Series 4: COP28 - What on Earth happened?
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
COP28 in Dubai is over and Mark and Simon are back in the studio to debrief. What on earth happened ...
Series 4: COP28 - What needs to happen?
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to UCL’s Generation One podcast! To kick us off co-hosts Prof Mark Maslin and Dr Simo...
Series 3: POST COP27 - What happened and was it enough?
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Helen Czerski as she discusses what happened at the COP27 conference, and whether the nego...
Series 3: LIVE FROM COP27
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to UCL Generation One: The Climate Podcast. We’re back for a two-part series, and par...
Series 2: How should we tackle climate disasters?
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is the final episode of season two! Hosts Mark and Helen are wrapping up this season with a conve...
Series 2: How can we make London as bike friendly as Amsterdam?
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're tackling the question: how do we make London as bike friendly as Amsterdam? Host Hel...
Series 2: Can apps help solve the climate crisis?
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are looking at apps and technology, and whether they can help us fight the climate cris...
Series 2: Why are bees and wasps important?
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are bees and wasps so important? Join host Helen Czerski this week as she dives into why insects...
Series 2: Are women more at risk from climate change?
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to episode two of Generation One: The Climate Podcast. Mark’s here this week with two...
Series 2: How can we eat our way to a better planet?
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to season two of Generation One: The Climate Podcast! We're back with hosts Helen Czers...
Series 1: Must cutting CO2 cost more for those with less?
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the final episode of series one of Generation One, this week host Matt Winning is ch...
Series 1: Does the earth have to be a fashion victim?
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does the earth have to be a fashion victim? This week host Mark Maslin chats with Juliet Russell, He...
Series 1: Trees matter. But just how much?
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking trees, from Kew Gardens to Dame Judi Dench’s back garden. Join hosts Mat...
Series 1: Post COP26 - Where are we now?
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking COP26: what happened, what it means and where we go from here. Join our ho...
Behind the scenes at COP26
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back for the second episode of Generation One: The Climate Podcast and this week we’re b...
How far can we go with electric batteries?
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Generation One: The Climate Podcast. In our first episode, our hosts are discussing energ...