CONVERSATIONS ON CLIMATE

Surviving and thriving in the age of continuous disruption.
In this engaging episode, Chris Caldwell delves into a thought-provoking discussion with Costas Markides, a seasoned Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, currently holding the Robert P Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership.
 
Change, Change, Change!
 
The constant of change.
This single word encapsulates our modern existence – a signal, an invitation, a diagnosis, a directive.
But is change truly constant?
Perhaps this era is uniquely different.
This is the perspective of our guest this week. We've entered an era Costas describes as 'continuous disruption.'
And of all these disruptions that create a sense of permanent urgency, climate change is the greatest. 
Luckily, Costas has a few ideas about how to thrive – as well as survive – in this new age.  
From winning hearts and minds to segmenting audiences, embracing innovation at scale, and breaking free from stagnant environments – we explore strategies to navigate these challenges effectively.
Throughout such a successful career, it’s no surprise that Costas has won all sorts of awards and honours for his teaching, whilst also publishing half-a-dozen books, from All The Right Moves: A Guide to Crafting a Breakthrough Strategy in 2000 to Organising for the New Normal: Preparing your Company for the Journey of Continuous Disruption in 2021. 
" …why is it that some companies responded well to digital disruption and some fail … and one of the major findings is that it's not necessarily the strategy that they follow and it's not necessarily the leadership … but it was the attitude …"
 
This week’s episode: 
Section one: continuous disruption 
Section two: mobilising people for climate  
Section three: segmenting the green message 
Section four: the knowing/doing gap 
Section five: creativity, innovation, and behavioural barriers to change 
Section six: can big firms be radical? 
Section seven: innovation at the bottom of the pyramid 
Section eight: the attitude fix 
 
REFERENCES:
Costas at LBS
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/costas-markides-b848a31
Costas Markides Books
 
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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In this episode, Chris Caldwell, CEO of UNITED RENEWABLES and host of the Conversations on Climate Podcast, moderates a distinguished panel of guests at the 2023 Climate Summit at Trinity College, Dublin.
They discuss all aspects of the circular economy and the calibre of guests leads to a fascinating discussion.
 
Panelists:
David Callaway
Founder, Callaway Climate Insights
David Callaway is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Callaway Climate Insights. He is the former president of the World Editors Forum, Editor-in-Chief of USA Today and MarketWatch, and CEO of TheStreet Inc.
Richard Ali
Director Corporate Affairs, Strategy, and Stakeholder Relations at Tetra Pak
Richard is the Director of Corporate Affairs, Strategy, and Stakeholder Relations at Tetra Pak. Prior to Tetra Pak, Richard held leadership positions in the private, public, and association sectors. He has strategic and hands-on experience covering sustainability, strategy development, communications, policy, and advocacy. He is practiced in continuous improvement, good governance, and risk mitigation.
He currently represents the European packaging sector in the European Union's European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism (EFSCM) and was a member of the steering committee, which established 4evergreen, wood-fiber's circularity platform.
 Richard is a graduate and post-graduate of the University of Reading and is an alumnus of The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme.
Jackie King
Executive Director, Ibec Global
Jackie King is an international business leader with over two decades building high-performing teams and transforming organisations for the future. An expert in managing risk for organizations with international exposure, Jackie has worked with executives, their boards, and public-sector officials in every sector of the global economy to protect and enhance reputation and deliver results for business and communities.
Jackie currently leads Brussels-based Ibec Global, Europe's leading English-speaking, globally networked business organisation, and the international business division of Ibec - Ireland’s largest and most influential business advocacy and representative organisation.
Before joining Ibec, Jackie spent three years as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce – Canada’s largest and most activated business network. Prior to the Canadian Chamber, Jackie spent 19 years with international public relations and public affairs consultancy Hill + Knowlton Strategies (H+K), where in Canada she rose through the ranks from intern to national executive leadership as Senior Vice President and General Manager.
Jackie has served on several boards in Canada and Ireland, most recently joining the boards of Chapter Zero Ireland and I-Form. Passionate about giving back, Jackie has volunteered for numerous organisations including youth sports teams, homeless shelters, women’s charities, charities for under privileged kids and teens, and cancer charities.
Jane Stout
Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action, Trinity College Dublin
Jane is Professor of Ecology in the School of Natural Sciences, and is the Vice-President for Biodiversity and Climate Action at Trinity College Dublin.
Her expertise is in the fields of ecology and biodiversity, and in connecting human and natural ecosystems, particularly through urban and agricultural land management, and the Natural Capital approach.
Jane is an internationally renowned expert on pollinator and pollination ecology, and a prominent voice for biodiversity and its value. She co-founded the successful conservation initiative, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, and the not-for-profit company, Natural Capital Ireland.
 
THIS EPISODE of Conversations on Climate Podcast Series was produced by United Renewables in association with The Climate Summit, Trinity College, Dublin.
 
Please visit: https://www.theclimatesummit.net
 
 
Our series brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
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Rupert Merson is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. He has been teaching growth, governance and turnarounds at LBS for twenty-five years, and has written several books across a wide range of subjects.
Outside of LBS he was an accountant, Director and eventually Partner at BDO Stoy Hayward until 2009, when he set up his own successful advisory shop specialising in helping family firms around the world. 
The theme of this episode resides “deep in the human psyche.” It’s about what matters most. And it has clues for sustainability too.
What can family firms teach us about a long-term approach to business?
How can we best mediate intergenerational conflict?
And what works to preserve unique purpose and values in times of transition?
This week’s episode includes:
Section one: The importance of intellectual diversity
Section two: growing pains and changing attitudes
Section three: clarity, purpose and communication for growth
Section four: Why do we start businesses?
Section five: Family firms: modelling climate conflict and transition
Section six: Teaching the corporate turnaround
"… there's Eisenhower's line, isn't there? … that plans are useless, but planning is important … For me, that's the thing that's most meaningful … it doesn't mean it's been a waste of time doing the planning because your plan will be wrong."
"… planning is an act of lifting your head up and thinking about the future. If you do lift your head up and think about the future, doesn't mean it's going to work out well for you. But I venture to suggest is a lot more likely to end that well for you than if you take the view that because plans are always going to be wrong, the act of planning is not worth doing in the first place."
REFERENCES:
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/m/merson-r
https://www.rupertmerson.com/about-us/the-team
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Rupert-Merson/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ARupert+Merson
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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Professor Jane Stout talks to Chris Caldwell about biodiversity, natural capital accounting, and bridging the economy-ecology divide 
So many of the tenets of modern economics – from commodification and simplification to substitution and maximisation – seem to run counter to foundational truths of ecology such as holism, complexity, and the incommensurability of value.  
As we face both the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction (in large part due to the excesses of capitalism) we have to wonder if there is a way back.  
Can economics and ecology work together again? 
This episode’s guest believes so. Jane Stout - Professor of Botany and VP of Biodiversity and Climate Action at Trinity College Dublin - is a deep domain expert in the academic field of ecology and biodiversity, with over 120 papers and €4 million in research funding to her name.  
She is also a leading figure in influencing nature and climate policy in her home country, particularly by engaging economically as co-founder of Natural Capital Ireland.  
"… you think about your petri dish of soil or your spoonful of soil from the ground … there's connections in that little ecosystem, but there are connections across the whole world and everything's connected."
"… the ecological viewpoint of connectivity about humans being part of nature, about the physical environment and the living environment being intricately intertwined, has, of course, shaped everything I do and everything that I think about."
"… I think being an ecologist gives you a fantastic perspective. It's kind of overwhelming, but it does give you that perspective about the fundamental importance of nature in our lives and that connectivity."
"…and I like to think of sustainability as as as the sort of the wedding cake idea of the environment: the biosphere, the living world underpinning our societies which underpin our economies."
 
REFERENCES:
https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/people/stoutj/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-stout-8269401b/
https://www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/people/professor-jane-stout/
 
This week’s episode includes: 
Section one: the origins of an ecological perspective 
Section two: why biodiversity matters (for business too) 
Section three: confronting global extinction 
Section four: Montreal, 30x30 and the Biodiversity COP breakthrough 
Section five: understanding the climate-biodiversity nexus 
Section six: biocircularity, natural capital, and the limits of growth  
 
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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To take us through the global tax earthquake, in this episode we welcome Marcel Olbert, Assistant Professor of Accounting at London Business School. Marcel is a rising star in the world of sustainable finance academia – and the youngest professor we’ve had on the podcast so far!
An expert in global taxation, disclosure and transparency, and carbon policy design, Marcel is rapidly making his mark publishing fascinating papers on everything from the sustainability of Private Equity to the challenge of regulating tax havens. Be prepared for new angles, unexpected findings, and more than a few unintended consequences!
" …private equity investors still set out to increase returns. And I think the idea is to incorporate ESG performance as part of the financial value creation process … ESG should not be one part or side strategy, but you should fully embrace it …"
REFERENCES:
https://marcelolbert.com
 
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/m/marcel-olbert
 
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/m/marcel-olbert
https://mbrjournal.com/2022/01/31/mandatory-corporate-carbon-disclosures-and-the-path-to-net-zero/
 
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3837658
 
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
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We are in the middle of a revolution in the infrastructure of modernity.
The plumbing of the 20th-century economy – the fossil fuel infrastructure that is in everything we do – is being ripped up. New, clean energy networks are being laid down. It is the most remarkable transformation in the economic substructure in history.
And yet…for all the celebration of the transformation in demand around climate solutions, infrastructure is fundamentally a supply-side puzzle. And that means commodities.
Even as we shake free from the shackles of oil, our net-zero future becomes shackled to other critical minerals instead. Copper. Lithium. Cobalt.
Time to ride another supply-side supercycle. But is the world ready? Can we mine what we need both quickly and sustainably?
This episode’s guest is the perfect person to ask. Abel Martins Alexandre spent a career in commodity financing, as VP at Natixis, Group Treasurer at Rio Tinto, and now MD and Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Industrials at Lloyds Bank.
An expert both in the mining space and ESG finance – including a stint on the Financial Markets Standards Board – Abel has a sharp insider’s eye on these under-discussed markets. His view is not to be missed!
"… for the discussions around chips and the scarcity of chips, which is which is true, there's a broader conversation about the scarcity of metals, which I think is going to hit all of us, I suppose more in a more meaningful way in the next the next couple of years… "
"Well, the best advice I can give… I’m borrowing from many others, many great people I've met in my career,  … as the motto says, if we fail to prepare, we are preparing to fail. And that's very, very important … Always to know, to prepare well, to have a plan and to be resilient around a plan, which is to adapt very, very quickly."
"… because the risk to physical infrastructure is real, because supply chain disruptions are happening and also because actually even in the context of higher inflation, which many people have not witnessed in their in their careers, you need to think about what it means for the business …"
REFERENCES:
https://www.lloydsbank.com/business/corporate-banking/banking-with-us/our-people/specialist-heads/abel-martins-alexandre.html
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abel-martins-alexandre/?originalSubdomain=uk
 
 
 
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
 
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
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This episode we welcome Randall Peterson, author of Disaster in the Boardroom: Six Dysfunctions Everyone Should Understand. A widely cited expert on corporate governance and leadership, Randall has made a career out of analysing the worst of corporate behaviour.
Professor Peterson has spent the last decade as the founding director of the Leadership Institute at London Business School, where he is also Professor of Organisational Behaviour. His teaching and research draws on organisational psychology and personality analysis, to help leaders achieve better outcomes – and avoid catastrophe along the way.
Peterson talks to host Chris Caldwell and gives a fascinating insight into what happens behind the closed boardroom door.
Highlights include:
How Professor Peterson's own personality type impacts his work
Why boards have been MIA on climate issues
Six kinds of failing boards
Leadership lessons from Elon Musk
Representation, inclusion and getting results
The power of asking the right question
‘… maybe we have to treat, you know, the debate about climate change in the same way we treat international relations, sometimes nuclear proliferation … like it shows that is possible … I'm always, you know, an optimist … research shows over and over is if you believe it's possible, it is possible … it doesn't make it easy.’
 
REFERENCES:
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/p/peterson-r-s
https://randallspeterson.com
https://randallspeterson.com/my-book/
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
 
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
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Clothes for pets.  Some things will never make sense. Faced with the more absurd side of modern civilisation, what are we to do?  The secret, according to this week’s guest, is to find the funny anyway. In fact, he’s made it his job.   
Integrating Matt’s green split personality: Climate chaos isn’t funny (but we should still make jokes about it) 
…and here’s what it means for politics:
Counting trees, pricing yachts, modelling CCS and other economic puzzles 
The art of climate conversations: keep them light! 
Here’s the set list for this show: 
The Star Wars effect of humour in climate communication 
‘it’s more visceral’ – having a child and emotional engagement 
Why we shouldn’t find hope in younger generations 
Climate scientists are getting pissed off…  
 
As well as his work as an academic economist, he is also a stand-up comedian who has delivered four sold-out Edinburgh Festival shows about climate change, and the author of the book Hot Mess: What on Earth can we do about Climate Change? 
 
Matt Winning is the Senior Research Fellow at the Bartlett School of the Environment, Energy and Resources, University College of London.  
 
To find out how (and why) to make light of the climate struggle for good, join Matt Winning on this episode of Conversations on Climate.
 
It's hard as academics, you can't be making decisions about one technology in a positive way and other technologies in a negative light just because that's how you feel.
... there's choices you're constantly making when you're having conversations about whether you're making things more or less depressing. And it's actively trying to keep the positive parts of your brain engaged and trying to constantly engage other people and their positive parts of the brain ...
… basically I'm saying go and talk to some comedians.
 
 
Reference Links:
The 14th Festival of Education at Wellington College: https://educationfest.co.uk
Book: Hot Mess: https://mattwinning.com/book
Climate Strange - TEDx Newcastle College: https://tinyurl.com/25bbo9p5
Wellington College: https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk
 
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
 
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
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Our expert in this episode is Rajesh Chandy. He has achieved the remarkable feat of holding an academic Chair in two fields – marketing and entrepreneurship – and is currently Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at London Business School. 
An award-winning teacher and thinker, Rajesh has worked around the world, including as advisor to the US and UK governments, the WEF and the Global Innovation Forum. His current interests centre on innovation and micro-entrepreneurship in developing economies, where he has worked across South Africa, China, Egypt, Ghana and India.  
… the change that we're seeing in this world today is unprecedented in human history 
… we're extraordinarily fortunate to be living in a time where our actions can make a real difference because of the access we have to the knowledge of generations past.… each of us has this extraordinary, unprecedented opportunity to make a difference … 
In this outstanding episode, Rajesh talks to Chris Caldwell and covers a lot of ground:
Marketing beyond the profit motive
Why has marketing been on the wrong side of climate for so long?
The message for green campaigners: how to win a David vs Goliath match-up 
The one true driver of innovation is… 
How real is the incumbent’s curse? 
The future of green innovation: let a hundred flowers bloom! 
Speaking out again the dark side
Developing economies – from source of sympathy to source of inspiration
The magic of compressed change and unlocking micro-entrepreneurship  
Rajesh’s advice: don’t get cynical! 
REFERENCES:
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/c/chandy-rk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-chandy-a51263/?originalSubdomain=uk
Conversations on Climate is a podcast produced by United Renewables in association with the London Business School Energy Alumni Club. 
It brings together the best minds from academia and business, to offer their experience and expertise in the face of climate change –from game theorists to corporate diplomats, and oil industry veterans to micro-algae entrepreneurs. 
For more top-quality interviews with our incredible guests, subscribe to our youtube channel or follow us on Twitter. We’d love to have you join us!
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We talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We listen to thinkers, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 2 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
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With so many potential technologies and applications vying to shape the future, it can be hard to keep on top of the latest trends. But reading the runes is more important than ever, as the technologies we choose for transforming of our energy system will shape business forever.
Energy storage, carbon capture, bioenergy, geoengineering, hydrogen in all its rainbow colours – there are a lot of calls to get right. To stay on top of this every-changing landscape you’ll need an expert guide.
Our latest guest is making those calls; and as Partner in a world-leading green infrastructure investor with £9bn under management, you’ll find his money where his mouth is!
Introducing James Samworth
This week we go deep on the future of renewables tech with James Samworth, Partner at renewables infrastructure asset manager Schroders Greencoat. 
After starting his career in steel, James did an MBA, graduated during the financial crisis and charted a path through the renewables sector. He has worked across various technology verticals and markets (including with another industry leader, Foresight) and currently heads up the Bioenergy and Heat Division at Schroders.
In this Episode:
From steel to renewables
Risk and judgement in green infrastructure 
A green asset class?
Market waves and pension trends
Decarbonisation, storage and the future of energy tech
Bioenergy and the CCS puzzle
Is there a place for hydrogen?
Growing into the next challenge
"… I think this challenge get solved by changing demand, not by throttling supply. I think we have to displace those materials and those emissions with something that is economic as a replacement …"
"… in terms of the greening of infrastructure:  So so renewables has gone from being a smallish niche market to being really very mainstream and, and I mean the renewables market in the UK, there's probably 110, £120 billion worth of built assets now compared to say 90 billion of water companies … "
REFERENCES:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamessamworth/?originalSubdomain=uk
https://www.schroders.com/en-us/us/institutional/insights/hydrogen-and-net-zero-which-ambitions-are-realistic-and-which-are-less-so/
 
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