CONVERSATIONS ON CLIMATE

In this podcast Conversation, Chris Caldwell talks to Kritika Kumar,  a smart energy specialist, digital transformation expert, and the London Business School Alumni Energy Club Co-President.
They discuss how the implementation of smart technology can transform the efficiency of a building's energy use, creating both cost savings and a reduction of its carbon footprint.
Based in Hong Kong, Kritika explains how she is involved with the rollout of new technologies and the impact this is having in a very energy-intensive environment.
There is a huge amount packed into this half-hour conversation. It was fascinating to hear Kritika’s perspective as someone taking the climate fight to an East Asian megacity, and there will be something new for each and every listener:
-          Why Hong Kong is so far behind in the race to net-zero
-          The challenges of decarbonising a island of 7.5m people – and finding somewhere to charge your electric car
-          Why government targets are necessary, but not sufficient, in driving change
-          The role of decarbonising the built environment in a city-state (and why a subtropical climate doesn’t help)
“Different types of industries now are looking into how can they reduce their own carbon dioxide emissions. I recently interacted with an auction house that was looking into a sustainability policy…last year, they looked into all their emissions coming from shipping, logistics, buildings …shipping artwork from all over the world. And that was a major factor of their emissions. You know, you wouldn't see an auction house looking into their carbon dioxide emissions ten years ago, but it's happening now…”
“…and then on the consulting side, all these companies that are wanting to have a decarbonisation strategy: they don't know how. They need experts in sustainability, in carbon reduction, in ESG. And there's a huge opportunity there, not only in terms of guiding or setting that strategy, but on the implementation as well.”
“I would say the kind of work I am doing is more on this implementation side where I'm helping reduce the carbon dioxide emission in buildings by helping reduce the energy consumption in buildings through technology; installing hardware; software solutions that can help optimise buildings…”
Useful links: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kritikakumar1/?originalSubdomain=hk
Key energy stats from the IEA(2019)
https://www.iea.org/countries/hong-kong
Throughout season 1,  we talk about how the scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. We talk to thinkers, researchers, makers, and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues and why they matter.
Season 1 is presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB. For more information visit: unitedrenewables.co.uk/resources

Chris Caldwell introduces esteemed Professor, Sir Andrew Likierman, former Dean of London Business School, for their fascinating Conversation on DECISION MAKING and JUDGEMENT.
 
Sir Andrew is an inspirational speaker, leader and management thinker. He advised Parliamentary Select Committees, was president of the Chartered Institute of Management and had roles at both Barclays Bank and the Bank of England.
 
The complex world of decision making and judgement is many layered and Professor Likierman tells us of his own amazing voyage of discovery. This conversation will uncover the six elements of decision making - six elements that we can all understand and hopefully apply in our own everyday lives as well as in business.
 
“…what struck me is that people talked about the importance of good judgment in making difficult choices and so I became very intrigued by this…”
 
"Would you know that somebody has good judgment when they make a difficult choice, a difficult decision? You know what constitutes good judgment? … how do you know other people have got it if you're going to hire them?…”
 
“...how do you bring everything together of the individual, the situation, the variables involved in a complex choice, what guidance can one give? And I found there was almost nothing written on this. And so intrigued by that, I said, all right, it's a voyage of discovery, and here I go…”
 
“...and my aim, therefore, is to try, in terms of the phrase, stack the cards in one's favour of making a choice…"
 
References:
 
London Business School faculty profile
 
https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/l/likierman-a
 
Harvard Business Review Article by Sir Andrew Likierman: The Elements of Good Judgement
https://hbr.org/2020/01/the-elements-of-good-judgment
 
The scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. So, we talk to thinkers, researchers, makers and business leaders.They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to the global climate and environmental issues and why they matter. Presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.

Chris Caldwell in Conversation with RAMEZ NASSER, entrepreneur, lawyer and Board Member at Energisme.,
...by 2035, the world will generate over 2500 zettabytes of data, requiring new technologies to be able to make use of that data, especially in the energy space, which is one of the areas that accumulates the most amount of data.
In this episode, Ramez Nasser explains how the vast amount of data we produce on energy usage can help us reshape our cities, habits and policy on the Conversations on Climate podcast.
The volume of data available will be essential to track and optimise energy performance from buildings and businesses, manage power usage in cities (for example by turning off lights in unused streets) and guiding new technology development.
References: 
Background on SCADA SYSTEMS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA
1 zettabyte of digital storage is equivalent to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 [1021] bytes, 1 sextillion bytes. One Zettabyte is approximately equal to a thousand Exabytes, a billion Terabytes, or a trillion Gigabytes.
Article on IoT - Internet of Things. https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/internet-of-things-definition/
The scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. So, we talk to thinkers, researchers, makers and business leaders.They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to the global climate and environmental issues and why they matter. Presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.
 
 

Conversations with experts from around the world that explore the biggest challenge of our time - before time runs out. We were fortunate to interview Professor Michael Jacobides at the beautiful Goulandris Museum of Natural History in Athens.
Professor Jacobides is the Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at London Business School, where he is Professor of Strategy and world-renowned expert in ecosystems and business management.
Reference LINKS:
https://velocia.io/
https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/planetary-health/alipay-ant-forest
https://www.traipse.co/
Harvard Business Review article by Professor Jacobides -  https://hbr.org/2019/09/in-the-ecosystem-economy-whats-your-strategy
https://www.gnhm.gr/en/the-museum/
The scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution. So, we talk to thinkers, researchers, makers and business leaders.They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to the global climate and environmental issues and why they matter. Presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in association with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB

Conversations with experts from around the world that explore the biggest challenge of our time - before time runs out. 
The scope of the challenge before us is beyond that of any one individual or any one solution.
So we talk to thinkers, researchers, makers and business leaders. They discuss a diversity of ideas and solutions to global climate and environmental issues. And why they matter.
Presented by Chris Caldwell and produced by UNITED RENEWABLES in ASSOCIATION with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL, ALUMNI ENERGY CLUB.