Net Hero Podcast – With Sumit Bose

Net Hero Podcast – The role of finance in the net zero transition

On this week’s podcast, Sumit Bose spoke to Catherine McGuinness, Board member of TheCityUK and Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, on the importance of finance in this year’s climate summit, as well as its impacts in the future.
She labelled the conference “the finance COP” – but what does this mean?

Net Hero at COP26 - Day 6 - Scottish voices

The final episode from COP26 and Sumit Bose spoke to some of the business people of Scotland working on delivering net zero
 

Net Hero at COP26 - Day five - Young people tell business what‘s right

Today was youth and pubic empowerment day - so the young people took to the streets actually they didn't, some did to listen to Greta but there were a lot of oldies in the crowd.
However we went off the beaten track to a fringe event where it was just young people, international scouts in fact and they told me what they want from the businesses of today to secure the future of tomorrow.
I can tell you they were really impressive have a listen in...

Net Hero at COP26 – Day four – Al Gore says net zero can save us and nuclear goes zero?

Today was energy day at COP26 and we had a lot about killing off coal but there was lots more too. Sumit Bose was walking through the ‘action zone’ when who decided to offer a talk to us all, none other than Al Gore the former US Vice President and his message around net zero was actually quite positive!
Sumit then spoke to two energy sector advocates that are vital for the transition – nuclear and … hydropower and the day ended with a powerful statement from a delegate from Tanzania who bascially said for COP26 to work, rich nations need to cough up!

Net Hero at COP26 - Day three feet, phones and finance

What an interesting day indeed. This day three of CO26 has Sumit Bose with a new pair of echo shoes! Dimitris our reporter got caught up in the XR protests to mark finance day and Sumit Bose met the head of the biggest mobile organisation who said 5G will speed up net zero!
Oh and it did end with a meeting with representatives of two Amazonian rain forest tribes!

Net Hero at COP26 - Day two inside the blue

So it's day two from COP26 and in this podcast we give you a feel of what it's like to (eventually) get inside COP26 blue zone.
Sumit Bose speaks to delegates from various nations and grab an exclusive chat with Mayor of Seattle, Jenny Durkan who has some of the biggest tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft in her city. She's part of c40 cities - a group of Mayors from around the globe who are pushing the agenda on net zero and climate change issues.

Net Hero at COP26 - Day one - a road well travelled

Throughout COP26 we will be bringing you regular Net Hero podcast episodes.
Today, day one it's our journey via train from London to Glasgow and the thoughts on what awaits at COP and the reactions to the opening day speeches particularly that of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Charles and the UN Secretary General too.
Sumit Bose is joined by our news editor Dimitris Mavrokefalidis as we discuss the next two weeks for energy, business and the planet. High hopes or will it be a wash out?

Net Hero podcast - Hopes for COP26

In this week's episode, Sumit Bose speaks to Nikki Flanders, Managing Director of Energy Customer Solutions at SSE, who are one of the principal sponsors of COP26.
They discuss her aspirations for these talks, the challenges facing politicians, businesses and NGOs, and of course the hopes for future generations.

Collaboration helps organisations execute a better outcome in their net zero strategy

Managing Director of Energise, Simon Alsbury, spoke with futureNetZero.com on the need for organisations to collaborate on the path to net zero

Net Hero podcast - Could solar farms herald a new form of agriculture?

In this podcast Sumit Bose speaks to Byron Kominek of Jack's Solar Garden a unique farm in Colorado using solar panels to grow crops in harsh conditions