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Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations

Richard Delevan

A show about climate and climate tech: the intersection of technology and capital, people and politics, that will shape the future, and whether you"d want to live in it.Host Richard Delevan is normally trapped in the UK, but with a global view - featuring guests from VC/PE, startups, scaleups, corporates, media, and beyond.Subscribe at wickedproblems.earth for an ad-free version, our newsletter, and member-only goodies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:08

The Prize (Cobalt): EVelution Energy's Gil Michel-Garcia

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2023/11/13

Gil Michel-Garciais co-founder ofEVelution Energy, which is building a solar-powered cobalt processing facility in Yuma, Arizona that could supply enough material for 1 million EV batteries a year to US auto manufacturers. And how competition for critical mineral supplies between China and the West will shape his sector as well as a lot of the politics of the next decade.Cobalt is one of those minerals that has seen wild price swings over the past couple of years:We spoke just as US Treasury

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44:34

Climate Capitalism, Optimism, Fatalism, and 1.5C in...

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2023/11/08

Welcome back toWicked Problems -the climate tech podcast that has to be as good as other podcasts, but backwards and in heels.Richard and Claire chat through Akshat Rathi’s new book,Climate Capitalism.They also reflect on their reactions to the new research that says staying under 1.5C of warming might be out of reach, their conversations with Ketan Joshi and Susan Joy Hassol. And the answers to the question, what should we be saying about the 1.5C target in light of their new research - from Leo

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28:10

Susan Joy Hassol: Communications 1.5C in the...

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2023/11/06

Get these first if you subscribe tonews.wickedproblems.uk.The 2015 Paris Agreement set a goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C. In the years since, the language of that goal has crept into thousands of corporate sustainability reports, media discourse, and the language of international climate diplomacy. Then, last week two research papers - inNature Climate Changefrom a team mostly atImperial College LondonandOxford Open Climate Changefrom a team led by legendary climate scientistJames Hansen-

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45:40

Ketan Joshi: Communications with 1.5C in the...

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2023/11/04

Get these episodes first and our newsletter atnews.wickedproblems.uk.ThatJames Hansen paper,Global Warming in the Pipeline, saying 1.5° C is toast - is it just saying the quiet part out loud, or is he recklessly playing into the hands of doom-mongering delayists? We built up expectations and endlessly repeated 1.5° C as a real thing. Will trust suffer if the message changes, like public health messaging during COVID?Clean energy analyst, author ofWindfall : Unlocking a Fossil Free Future, creator of

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46:20

BusinessGreen Net Zero Festival

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2023/11/01

Welcome back to Wicked Problems. It’s been quite a week and we’re not even halfway through yet. So on Halloween, for a treat, Richard Delevan did some reporting at Day One of theBusinessGreen Net Zero Festival.This episode offers you some excerpts of some of the best conversations from the day, as well as some chats with those intrepid folks working the booths. You’ll hear fromJames Murray, editor ofBusinessGreenLucy Siegle, writer, broadcaster and environmentalistAlex Scott,E3GSolitaire Townsend,

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55:39

Climate actions that will work. It's a short list. -...

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2023/10/28

IEA's World Energy Outlook, COP28, Hydrogen hopium, CCUS, predatory delay, HVDC, electrification, LDES, Michael Liebreich, and MPs "with the STEM background of illiterate newts"Subscribe to our newsletter at news.wickedproblems.uk, and get new #climatetech conversations first with co-hosts Richard Delevan and Claire Brady.Michael Barnardis aForbesandCleantechnicacontributor, chief strategist atThe Future is Electric, and climate futurist advising global corporates and financial institutions on

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16:23

Will new disclosure rules or COP28 have more lasting...

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2023/10/24

In this episode,Richard Delevangives you an audio read of today’sWicked Problemsnewsletter with some bonus content. For links to all the content mentioned, do check out the newsletter - https://wickedpr0blems.substack.com/p/will-new-disclosure-rules-or-cop28-force-moreWe talk throughIPCC Chair Jim Skea’smaiden interview onBBCRadio 4, and look at the slow quiet march of the rule makers in California and Brussels that might have more lasting impact - and climate tech opportunity - thanCOP28.Some other

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38:03

Can Carbon Markets Be More Than Hot Air? (BONUS)

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2023/10/20

Until the rise of carbon removal, carbon offsets have been the foundation of voluntary carbon markets, but have withered under scrutiny from John Oliver to the Guardian. Can that market be fixed? Or will it always be hot air?Tech policy brains at the UK's Startup Coalition and finance brawn of the City of London launched the Carbon Markets Innovation Forum, bringing together 12 climatetech startups to help future governments see how technology could bring more integrity and transparency. Including

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37:53

Carbon Removal with UNDO CEO Jim Mann

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2023/10/19

With 40 days untilCOP28, expect to be hearing a lot more about carbon removal. We spoke with one of the UK’s leading founders in the space -Jim MannofUNDO, the UK-based pioneer in enhanced rock weathering. Jim tellsRichard Delevanwhy we can’t just plant a trillion trees to draw down CO2, whether carbon removals creates a moral hazard that gives oil and gas a longer license to operate, and the challenges of scaling.Subscribe to our newsletter at wicked problems.uk.Jim’s Catalysts:Al Gore’sAn

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19:29

Delusion, Expertise, and Humility: Christian...

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2023/10/10

Christian HernandeztellsRichard Delevan what it takes to be a successful climate tech founder andwhat’s surprised him in climate tech investing since setting up 2150; why interest rates matter; where he sees opportunities going forward; and who from the “Facebook mafia” and old-skool VC he’s seen make the pivot to climate tech.Christian’s Catalysts:The Uninhabitable EarthbyDavid Wallace-Wells- and do check out hisNY Timesguest hostingonEzra Klein’sshow.How to Avoid a Climate Disaster;The Solutions

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