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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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33:17

Survive the Trumpocene: w Dana R Fisher

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/04/16

Get complete show notes and our newsletter, as well as ad-free listening, at wickedproblems.earth. Outro of the DayAll will become clear.How F*cked Are We?NGL. It’s not great, Bob.That said, if you have even a smidge of privilege at the moment, spending a bit of your time paying attention not just to the moment-to-moment spectacle but what it means - so as to inform how you spend your future time and resource - feels kinda important.Wicked Problems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new

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53:35

Solar Geoengineering: Ozempic or Chemo?

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/04/08

Get full show notes and ad-free listening at wickedproblems.earth.It didn’t take a genius to figure out that passing 1.5C would result in previously-taboo ideas like scaling carbon removals and solar geoengineering would rapidly get traction in the mainstream discourse. I know it doesn’t take a genius because I wrote that >18 months ago.And as my bank manager and inlaws will (eagerly) tell you – “wait you’re quitting corporate... and… just as the political winds turn against it you’re going

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49:36

How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/04/06

You can get all of our full show notes, newsletter, and ad-free listening at wickedproblems.earth.Do you need some Zen? I need a bit of that or something, just to get my head right. So we spoke with LaUra Schmidt, one-half of the dynamic duo of climate psychology along with herGood Grief Networkco-founder and wife Aimee Lewis Reau, who wroteHow to Live in a Chaotic Climatethat was published a little over a year ago. And blimey we need more of their coping strategies than we ever thought we would

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41:42

Climate Needs an Addiopizzo to Fight Trump Mafia...

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/04/04

Get all the shownotes, ad-free listening, and help us keep going! At wickedproblems.earth.Join Richard Delevan in this episode of Wicked Problems as he explores the recent Trump tariffs, their impact on global trade, and their parallels with mafia control tactics. He discusses historical examples of mafia extortion in Sicily with Linda Vetrano from the grassroots anti-mafia movement Addiopizzo. Learn about the economic and social consequences of extortion and how communities can resist and build

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41:47

Playtime is Over

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/03/28

Get full notes, ad-free listening, and our newsletter at wickedproblems.earth.It feels like things are coming to a head.Here in the UK, the tensions between wanting growth and not wanting anything to change are hotting up.Adam Bellfrom Stonehaven UK joined me to talk the implications of Heathrow’s “unusual” substation fire for UK grid investments, Kemi Badenoch’s Net Zero too-clever-by-half turn, and the Abundance debate in which I slightly traduceDave Vetter(sorry Dave).In the US, the dark news

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35:13

Heathrow was a wakeup call: ENODA founder Paul Domjan

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/03/24

Get it all and get it ad-free at wickedproblems.earthThe electricity grid is more fragile and more vulnerable than it needs to be for what we’re asking the basically 120-yr-old tech to do in 2025. Last week’s outage after an explosion at the substation nearest Heathrow, London’s busiest airport, was a reminder of that.Before founding grid tech rising star ENODA, Paul Domjan advised the US defence dept, NATO and plenty of others on energy security. Paul sheds light on how the incident highlights the

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23:25

Airport lights are going out all over Europe

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/03/21

For full shownotes and ad-free listenting, sign up: wickedproblems.earthIn this episode of Wicked Problems, Kristian Ruby, Secretary General of Eurelectric, shares insights from his recent visit to a Ukrainian power plant operating under war conditions. Ruby discusses the resilience and ingenuity of Ukrainian engineers maintaining energy infrastructure despite frequent bombings, the importance of Europe's preparedness for similar scenarios, and the necessity for robust energy infrastructure and

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1:26:02

Friendly Fire at Chatham House

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2025/03/21

Get ad-free listening at wickedproblems.earth!In this special edition of 'Wicked Problems,' host Richard Delevan moderates a session at the Climate and Energy Summit 2025 held by Chatham House. The session brings together prominent climate tech startups focusing on adaptation and resilience, AI, carbon capture, and geothermal energy, and more:Julia Kumari Drapkin,CEO & founder, ISEECHANGETaco Engelaar,SVP & Managing Director UK & Europe, NearaJohn Hartley,CEO, LevidianGus Grand, Chief

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35:49

Watch America With the Sound Off

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/03/19

As other companies working on the energy transition in the US fold, the Finnish energy tech giant Wärtsilä - with big footprint in energy storage and energy management systems - is doubling down. What do they know that others don't? We asked Malin Östman, the company's head of strategy. We had our conversation in person at the legendary Chatham House, during their Climate and Energy Summit 2025. And we share some highlights from the public bits of the event that caught our ear. If you're enjoying

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26:49

We have to talk about Adaptation, with Ben Cooke of...

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/03/13

Outro Track of the DayFor reasons that should become clear…https://open.spotify.com/track/5PGYWv9Xp4IraLSDs8h1bY?si=1b23870ffdad4629 Ben Cooke, Earth Editor at The Times and returning champion guest on Wicked Problems, walks us through why his news outlet just devoted a whole series to climate adaptation.Over the past 18 months, a big thesis of this project is that a certain amount of climate risk and climate effects are already happening. Very few people are willing to talk about it publicly, which

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1:01:02

Data Dunkirk for Climate Science

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2025/03/13

It’s late. Stupid late. Despite remaining in recovery from 3 broken ribs and a part-collapsed lung that have sidelined me for 10 days, here’s a bit of catching up with some hope - some chaps in America who did what they could in this moment: sensing that climate data and analytics (along with other funded science) was about to go under the wheels of the Tump Train, we caught up with some guys organising a flotilla of small boats to carry what they can away from the blitzkrieg onslaught to help

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59:41

Make Electricity Cheap Again + BP's Reverse Ferret

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/27

In this episode of Wicked Problems, host Richard Delevan delves into the latest developments in the UK's carbon budget and examines the prospects for clean industrial transitions in Europe. With highlights from the UK's Climate Change Committee's seventh carbon budget and insights from Emma Pinchbeck on future household energy savings, the discussion emphasizes the urgent need to reduce electricity prices while expanding clean power technologies. Interviews with climate tech experts, including Liam

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53:35

Climate is now a 'Hot War'. Strap In. Buy a Helmet....

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/19

For full show notes and ad-free listening come to wickedproblems.earth.In this episode, host Richard Delevan discusses the failures and frustrations of traditional climate activism with sustainability strategist Joseph Gelfer. They explore Gelfer's call for 'climate populism'—a revolutionary, rather than reformist, approach to climate change that involves mobilizing public dissatisfaction with the elites. Delavan delves into how populist tactics used by figures like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage

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1:27:00

The Empire Strikes Back: Climate, Fires, Insurance,...

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/13

This edition is supported by our friends at the Climate Majority Project. If you’re in the UK, and have decided it’s time to do something more than doomscrolling and more useful than throwing paint…on 15-16 March at Limehouse in London.Get more info and tickets here.Fires in Los Angeles at last count had $35 billion plus of insured losses and probably $300 billion plus of economic losses. Who should pay?Here to help decode that we spoke with Dave Jones - former Insurance Commissioner for California

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53:00

SRM & Centering the Global South: Degrees Initiative

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/10

Last week, to a lot of online reaction, not all of it good, we spoke to Kelly Wanser from Silver Lining, a non profit that advocates for research in this area. Not everyone was happy we talked about the subject. Understandably people are concerned, with good reason. Humanity doesn't have a great track record of avoiding being reckless or selfish and making decisions here in the so called global north that will definitely hurt other people — but we do it anyway.Whether it's like small island states

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1:01:20

More Apocalypse, Less Optimism - w Dana R. Fisher

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/09

Get all our episodes and show notes ad-free at wickedproblems.earth.ProfessorDana R. Fisherof American University is one of the most astute analysts of two things going through a huge stress test right now in the US - climate science, and democracy.Wicked Problems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.The necessity of today’s outro track will become obvious, and with apologies for my slandering of Flava Flav:She spoke

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1:22:31

The Mandate of Heaven (And Hell)

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/07

Get full show notes and our newsletter at wickedproblems.earth - and you can also get these episodes ad-free.Wicked Problems: Energy Transition and Decarbonization InsightsIn this episode of Wicked Problems, host Richard Delevan delves into key issues and recent developments in the energy transition and decarbonization efforts. . Special guest Freya Pratty from SIFTED.eu (get her climate tech newsletter here) shares insights into the growth and challenges within climate tech companies, including an

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1:01:46

We have to talk about geoengineering. Part 1.

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/05

Late last year we started interviewing folk in the business of solar radiation management (SRM) - aka one flavour of “geoengineering”. It’s a taboo subject. It’s sci-fi gold. It’s also something we’re going to be talking about. Particularly after famed climate scientist James Hansen and a platoon of other climate scientists published a new paper declaring not just the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5C to be in the rear-view mirror, but - as Damian Carrington in the Guardian summed it

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51:21

Elon Musk should be afraid of this researcher.

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/02/03

Come to wickedproblems.earth for full show notes.Sophie Hall of ETH Zürich joins Richard Delevan to discuss her research into using game theory to embed more fairness into the algorithms that increasingly control the services we rely upon for our everyday lives.00:00 Introduction to Wicked Problems00:04 The Role of AI in Critical Infrastructure01:01 AI's Impact on Society and Ethics03:19 Trust and AI in Life-or-Death Situations04:57 Personal Anecdotes and AI's Everyday Influence07:23 AI in Energy

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1:14:24

Well...all of that...happened.

Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations ·

2025/01/31

Get more at wickedproblems.earthSo much is happening that it’s hard to drink from the firehose of US executive orders on energy and crazy chaos orangutang screeches on presidential letterhead, UK debates about growth versus climate, and parsing the statements of tech broligarchs to the only people left who can hold them accountable – their investors during earnings calls this week.And that’s before we get to Heathrow and a Scottish court ruling that the Rosebank field was unlawfully given permission

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