The Climate Collective podcast

In this episode, Sherif talks to Dr Sarah Macintosh, and discuss the gaps in climate policy, public funding and investment in the UK. Sarah is the Director leading the Cleantech for UK initiative, building up a coalition of cleantech and policy leaders to scale up sustainable innovation in the UK. Before joining Cleantech Group, Sarah spent 11 years working for the UK civil service, primarily in energy and innovation policy and legislation. She began her career as a research associate working on carbon capture and storage. Sarah has a degree in Environmental Science, a Ph.D. in Isotope Geochemistry and a Master’s in public policy.

In this episode, we speak with Emily Charry Tissier, a biologist, CEO and Co-Founder of Whale Seeker, a Montreal-based startup that leverages AI to simplify marine mammal monitoring. We talk about the importance of whales in the oceans ecosystems, their contribution to CO2 sequestration and why we need to understand the oceans much better. On the tech side, we explore how Whaleseeker's technology, selected as a UNESCO Global Top 10 AI Solution in 2022, is transforming whale monitoring.

In this episode, we talk to James Walker, CEO of Nano Nuclear Energy Inc, a company developing micro (or nano) nuclear reactors, that can fit on the back of a semi-truck and provide homes and EV charging stations with 20 years of power, without needing refueling. We discuss the energy system, powering ships with micro nuclear reactors, and replacing diesel generators and bunker fuel, among others. We talk about nuclear safety and public perceptions, as well as why we need more funding going into regulatory agencies.

Europe’s ambition problem, DAC & entropy, biofuels. In this episode, we talk with Jason Hallett, Professor of Sustainable Chemical Technology at Imperial College London and co-founder of 7 startups working on sustainable tech. We discuss circularity, biofuels, the entropy problem in Direct Air Capture, the factors that make European tech scale down ambitions and fashion awards. Links: Jason on Linkedin Jason's academic page Two of his startups: Nanomox, making sustainable bulk and raw materials, notably metal oxides; and Lixea, turning agricultural and wood waste into sustainable materials and fuels.