The Sustainability Agenda

By Fergal Byrne

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The Sustainability Agenda is a weekly podcast exploring today’s biggest sustainability questions. Leading sustainability thinkers offer their views on the biggest sustainability challenges, share the latest thinking, identify what’s working --and what needs to change -- and think about the future of sustainability.

Episode Date
Episode 191: Sir Ronald Cohen, "the father of social investment," discusses how to reshape capitalism to drive real change.
Apr 28, 2024
Episode 190: Dr. Xander Dunlap discusses how current environmental policies and "green" technologies are perpetuating ecological destruction.
Apr 14, 2024
Episode 189: Interview with Irish rewilding pioneer Eoghan Daltun in the Beara peninsula of Co. Cork, Ireland.
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 188: Interview with Bhutanese lama Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche...offering a distinctive Buddhist outlook on current environmental crises.
Jan 17, 2024
Episode 187: Interview with indigenous Australian academic and human and earth rights activist, Dr. Anne Poelina.
Jan 02, 2024
Episode 186: Interview with Steve Trent, founder of the Environmental Justice Foundation
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 185: Interview with leading French anthropologist Professor Philippe Descola on man's relationship with nature.
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 184: Interview with Dr. Matthew J. Bell, EY Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 183 Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. First aired on December 13th, 2021.
Oct 22, 2023
Episode 182: Journalist Vincent Bevins discusses his new book If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
Oct 03, 2023
Episode 181: Environmental degradation, capitalism, and imperialism with Jason W Moore
Sep 23, 2023
Episode 180 Net Zero: Beyond the hype. Professor Angel Hsu on the reality of Net Zero Pledges
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 179: Jeremy Lent talks about finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom
Aug 16, 2023
Episode 178: Discussion with Paula DiPerna of the pros and cons of a market based approach to our environmental problems.
Jul 23, 2023
Episode 177 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker. First aired in September 2022.
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 176: Interview with Mike Davis, CEO of pioneering campaigning NGO, on their work unmasking global corruption, safeguarding the environment, and advocating for human rights
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 175: Dr. Samantha Montano: Understanding Emergency Management in the Climate Change Era
May 19, 2023
Episode 174: Interview with Professor Daniel Aldrich on resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery, first aired October 2021
May 05, 2023
Episode 173: Interview with Scottish author Martin MacInnes on contemporary literature and the climate crisis
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 172: Professor Neta Crawford discusses the emissions of the Pentagon -- the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter.
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 171: Interview with Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, climate scientist and Jungian analyst.
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 170: Interview with renowned climate scientist Will Steffen, first aired in June 2020, on the dangers of “tipping cascades” that could post an existential threat to civilization.
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 169: Interview with environmental anthropologist Peter Sutoris on new models for schooling and environmental activism.
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 168: Veteran activist Stephen Corry, former CEO of Survival International, provides a coruscating analysis of the outcome of COP15
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 167: Interview with Professor Daniela Gabor on funding the transition to a low carbon economy, first aired June 2021
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 166. Pascoe Sabido from Corporate Europe Observatory reflects on the outcome of COP27
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 165 Interview with pioneering American political activist, urban theorist and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis, first aired in January 2022
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 164 Harjeet Singh, head of Global Political Strategy at Climate Action Network International on his expectations for COP27
Nov 06, 2022
Episode 163: Interview with David Loy, professor, writer, and Zen teacher of Japanese Zen Buddhism
Oct 26, 2022
Episode 162: Groundbreaking nuclear scholar Professor Elaine Scarry shares her views on today’s growing nuclear threats – and discusses how citizens and communities can prepare for emergency situations in order to preserve themselves and their autonomy.
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 161 Interview with Indian Marxist historian Vijay Prashad –looking at today’s environmental problems through a Marxist lens.shad
Sep 25, 2022
Episode 160 Author Ned Beauman talks about his satirical extinction novel, Venemous Lumpsucker
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 159: Deep dive on the destruction of the blue commons, with economist Guy Standing
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 158: interview with McKinsey partner Peter Spiller on how to deal with Scope 3 emissions
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 157: Interview with American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist John B. Cobb
Aug 11, 2022
Episode 156: interview with Dasha Karma Ura, President of the Center for Bhutan studies, and Gross National Happiness Research
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 155: Art curator and critic Hans Ulrich Obrist discusses the role of art in climate communications and activism
Jun 29, 2022
Episode 154: Interview with Professor Helen Thompson on her new book Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st century.
Jun 16, 2022
Episode 153: Lord Adair Turner on the role of Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) in meeting global climate objectives
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 152: Interview with Timothée Parrique: why we need to degrow the economy. Now.
May 26, 2022
Episode 151: Professor Robert Eccles discusses ESG trends, and the importance of sustainability ratings
May 17, 2022
Episode 150: Sunrise co-founder William Lawrence shares some lessons and insights from the growth and development of the Sunrise movement
May 09, 2022
Episode 149 Professor Kevin Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright discuss their ideas for a new Bretton Woods to deal with inequality and climate breakdown
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 148: Interview with Ann Pettifor on finance and climate and stranded assets
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 147: Professor Ruth DeFries on lessons from the natural world on how to deal with environmental crises.
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 146: Interview with Mark Campanale, Founder of the Carbon Tracker Initiative
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 145 Interview with MSCI’s Global Head of ESG and Climate Research Linda-Eling Lee
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 144: Interview with Kenyan conservationist Dr Mordecai Ogada on conservation trends in Kenya.
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 143 Interview with pioneering American political activist, urban theorist and Marxist environmentalist Mike Davis
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 142: Sir Ronald Cohen, "the father of social investment," discusses his new book, Impact, Reshaping capitalism to drive real change.
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 141 Interview with Professor Katharina Pistor on How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Dec 13, 2021
Episode 140 COP26 SPECIAL Deep dive on the outcome of COP26, the structure and future of the COPs with professor Stefan Aykut
Dec 05, 2021
Episode 139 COP26 SPECIAL: Candid interview with former XR spokesperson Rupert Read on the outcomes of COP26
Nov 28, 2021
Episode 138 Interview with James Thornton, CEO of legal powerhouse ClientEarth, on using the law to deal with nature loss and climate change
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 137 COP26 SPECIAL: Interview with youth activists Sohanur Rahman, Lucy Jordan and John Paul Jose about COP26 –expectations and reality
Nov 07, 2021
Episode 136 COP26 SPECIAL Frédéric Hache from Green Finance Observatory: a critical analysis of carbon offsets and related market mechanisms
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 135 COP26 SPECIAL: Professor Mike Hulme talks about his expectations for COP26
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 134: Interview with Dr Genevieve Guenther on how fossil-fuel interests have manipulated language and the media to suppress support for climate action
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 133: Interview with Professor Daniel Aldrich on resilience and the importance of social capital in post-disaster recovery
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 132: Interview with Professor Katharine Hayhoe on how to have a conversation on the highly politicised and divisive subject of climate change
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 131: Interview with French anthropologist Professor Philippe Descola on our relationship with nature
Sep 18, 2021
Episode 130: Interview with Professor Stephen Macekura exploring critiques of economic growth across the twentieth-century
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 129: Interview with James Cameron, a Friend of COP26, about the prospects for COP26
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 128: The Geopolitics of Climate Change: interview with Gerald Butts, Vice Chairman of the political risk consultancy, Eurasia Group
Aug 08, 2021
Episode 127: Innovation Forum Founder Toby Webb on building resilient smallholder supply chains and sustainability trends within the food industry
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 126: Nigel Topping, the UK's High-Level Climate Action Champion, on COP26
Jul 11, 2021
Episode 125: Interview with Jeremy Lent on finding our place in the universe by integrating science and traditional wisdom
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 124: Interview with Professor Daniela Gabor on funding the transition to a low carbon economy
Jun 09, 2021
Episode 123: interview with economic anthropologist Dr Jason Hickel about his most recent book Less is more: How Degrowth will save the world
Jun 01, 2021
Episode 122: Interview with Professor Wendy Brown, author In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of AntiDemocratic politics in the West.
May 23, 2021
Episode 121: Interview with Kevin Starr, the founder of the Mulago Foundation--which funds high-impact organizations working on alleviating poverty
May 12, 2021
Episode 120: Interview with Joanna Pocock, author of Surrender, exploring the changing landscape and cultures of the American West
May 02, 2021
Episode 119: Interview with Dr Jeffrey Kiehl, climate scientist and Jungian analyst
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 118: Interview with Professor Rupert Read, former XR spokesperson, author of Parents for a Future
Mar 28, 2021
Episode 117: Interview with Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, New York University on environmental justice.
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 116: Interview with Johan Frijns, the director of BankTrack, whose mission is to stop banks from financing harmful business activities.
Feb 24, 2021
Episode 115: Interview with John Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, director of La Terre Institute for Community and Ecology
Feb 10, 2021
Episode 114: Professor Tim Lenton discusses Gaia 2.0
Jan 25, 2021
Episode 113: Interview with Jagdeesh Rao, Curator - Promise of Commons initiative, and former CEO FES
Jan 12, 2021
Episode 112: Interview with Dr. David Loy, Zen teacher, Author of EcoDharma
Dec 23, 2020
Episode 111: An interview with Dr. Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography
Dec 09, 2020
Episode 110: Interview with Alexander Dunlap, Social Anthropologist
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 109: Interview with writer Andri Snær Magnason
Nov 15, 2020
Episode 108: Interview with Arran Stibbe, Professor of Ecological Linguistics
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 107: Interview with Joel Bakan, author, filmmaker and Law Professor
Oct 18, 2020
Episode 106: Interview with Danny Dorling, social geographer and Professor of Geography
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 105: Interview with Roman Krznaric, public philosopher, author of The Good Ancestor
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 104: An interview with Professor Kari Norgaard
Sep 19, 2020
Episode 103: Interview with Dr. Frances Fox Piven, social scientist, activist and professor
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 102: Interview with Rob Nixon, Professor in the Humanities and the Environment
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 101: Interview with Eric Holthaus, meteorologist, writer and ecosocialist
Aug 25, 2020
Episode 100: Interview with Dr. Anne Poelina, Indigenous Australian and Nyikina Traditional Custodian
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 99: Interview with Rebecca Henderson, Economist and University Professor
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 98: Interview with author Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind
Jul 26, 2020
Episode 97: Interview with Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct
Jul 14, 2020
Episode 96: Interview with Geoff Mann Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University
Jun 30, 2020
Episode 95: An interview with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist
Jun 17, 2020
Episode 94: Interview with Will Steffen, climate scientist
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 93: Interview with Eva Gladek, CEO of Metabolic and circular economy leader
May 28, 2020
Episode 92: Interview with Medha Patkar, social activist
May 18, 2020
Episode 91: Interview with Professor Ioannis Ioannou, leading sustainability researcher at London Business School
Apr 27, 2020
Episode 90: Interview with John Dennis Liu, filmmaker and ecologist
Apr 05, 2020
Episode 89: Interview with Naomi Klein, author and activist
Mar 23, 2020
Episode 88: Interview with Professor Mike Hulme on the culture and politics of climate change
Mar 04, 2020
Episode 87: Interview with Dr. Keir Milburn on generational politics, and Public-Commons Partnerships
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 86: Interview with Professor Colin Mayer on corporate purpose
Jan 29, 2020
Episode 85: Interview with Professor Maisa Rojas, COP 25 scientific coordinator
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 84: Interview with Noam Chomsky, pioneering linguist, social critic, and political activist on the environmental crises we are facing
Dec 27, 2019
Episode 83: Interview with Nate Hagens on energy and sustainability
Dec 11, 2019
Episode 82: Interview with Unai Pascual, Ecological Economist
Nov 26, 2019
Episode 81: Interview with Dr. Robert Romanyshyn on Frankenstein, technology and climate collapse
Nov 16, 2019
Episode 80: Interview with Brian Von Herzen on Marine Permaculture
Nov 05, 2019
Episode 79: Interview with Peter Head, resilience champion
Oct 15, 2019
Episode 78: Interview with Dr. Jonathan Foley, Executive Director of Project Drawdown, on the next-steps for this pathbreaking project
Oct 06, 2019
Episode 77: Interview with Mark Campanale, Founder of Carbon Tracker Initiative
Sep 25, 2019
Episode 76: Interview with Eva Garen, Director of Environmental Leadership Training Initiative
Sep 15, 2019
Episode 75: Interview with Professor Herman Daly, the dean of ecological economics, on the Steady state economy
Aug 28, 2019
Episode 74: Interview with Caroline Lucas, Green Party member of UK House of Commons
Aug 19, 2019
Episode 73: Interview with Thomas Lovejoy, “The Godfather of Biodiversity”
Aug 01, 2019
Episode 72: Interview with Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition movement
Jul 16, 2019
Episode 71: Interview with evolutionary biologist, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris
Jul 11, 2019
Episode 70: Interview with Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth Systems Science, UCL, author of The Human Planet
Jun 17, 2019
Episode 69: Interview with Marc Ventresca and Michele Scataglini
Jun 04, 2019
Episode 68: Interview with Rachel Dreskin, US Executive Director at Compassion in World Farming
May 21, 2019
Episode 67: Interview with Ann Pettifor, director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)
May 07, 2019
Episode 66: Interview with author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of Local Futures
Apr 12, 2019
Episode 65: Interview with Martin Kirk, co-founder /The Rules
Mar 22, 2019
Episode 64: The importance of behaviour change to reduce CO2. Interview with CEO of Rare, Brett Jenks
Mar 04, 2019
Episode 63: Interview with Peter Barnes, author of Capitalism 3.0
Feb 07, 2019
Episode 62: Interview with Daniel Pinchbeck, author of How Soon Is Now: From Personal Initiation to Global Transformation
Jan 08, 2019
Episode 61: Interview with Carlota Perez, Centennial Professor of International Development at the London School of Economics
Dec 18, 2018
Episode 60: Interview with Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist
Dec 03, 2018
Episode 59 Interview, with Ian Gough, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at University of Bath on the need for new eco-social policies to deal with the environmental crises we are now facing.
Nov 20, 2018
Episode 58: Interview with Gillian Caldwell, CEO of Global Witness
Nov 08, 2018
Episode 57: Interview with Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct
Oct 24, 2018
Episode 56: interview with Dr. Jason Hickel, author of The Divide
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 55: Professor Daniel Nyberg discusses the challenges companies face maintaining their sustainability commitments to climate change over time
Sep 13, 2018
Episode 54: Dr Steve Cohen talks about the Sustainable City
Sep 01, 2018
Episode 53: Deep dive on sustainable agricultural supply chains with Tobias Webb, founder of the Innovation Forum, a sustainability events and publishing company based in London.
Aug 21, 2018
Episode 52 Interview with Professor Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP)
Aug 09, 2018
Episode 51: Interview with Georg Kell, the founder and former Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, currently Chairman of Anglo-German asset manager, Arabesque Partners.
Aug 01, 2018
Episode 50: Interview with Paul Hawken, co-founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown
Jul 22, 2018
Episode 49: interview with consultant and educator Daniel Wahl on regenerative design
Jul 02, 2018
Episode 48: Interview with Dr Thomas Lovejoy, “the Godfather of Biodiversity.”
Jun 23, 2018
Episode 47: Interview with Jeff Goodell on the risks posed by climate induced sea level rises
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 46: Interview with Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford
Jun 05, 2018
Episode 45: The shocking detrimental environmental impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative: interview with Professor Bill Laurance,Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia
May 23, 2018
Episode 44: China as an environmental leader? Interview with Isabel Hilton, founder and editor of chinadialogue.net
May 18, 2018
Episode 43: Dr. Charly Kleissner, co-founder KL Felicitas Foundation, discusses the power of “deep impact” investing and the importance of developing a new post-modern portfolio theory that includes impact
Apr 25, 2018
Episode 42: Sustainability: a new way of doing business. How Interview with George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Mar 22, 2018
Episode 41: Interview with William McDonough on the Cradle to Cradle economy
Mar 10, 2018
Episode 40: Interview with Jay Coen Gilbert on the growth and success of B Corps and how the movement aims to re-define success in business
Feb 28, 2018
Episode 39: The future of finance and sustainable capitalism: Interview with David Blood, Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management
Feb 11, 2018
Episode 38: Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, discusses carbon pricing
Feb 01, 2018
Episode 37: Interview with Sabina Alkire, director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI: how to effectively measure poverty using the  multidimensional poverty indicator (MPI)
Jan 17, 2018
Episode 36: Carbon Brief’s Leo Hickman reviews COP23
Nov 24, 2017
Episode 35: Dr Andy Price, head of politics at Sheffield Hallam University, discusses the ideas of the neglected American political theorist and pioneering ecologist, Murray Bookchin
Nov 07, 2017
Episode 34 Interview with Annemieke Tsike-Sossah de Jong, Head of Portfolio at the IKEA Foundation
Oct 27, 2017
Episode 33: Interview with Scott Tew, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability (CEES) at Ingersoll Rand.
Oct 17, 2017
Episode 32: UN Climate Week Special: Dr. Per Espen Stoknes: The psychology behind climate change denial
Oct 02, 2017
Episode 31: UN Climate Week Special: Interview with Barry Parkin Chief Sustainability Officer at Mars, Inc.
Sep 21, 2017
Episode 30: UN Climate Week Special: Professor Michael Mann
Sep 18, 2017
Episode 29: Interview with Dr Richard Norgaard, Professor Emeritus of Ecological Economics
Sep 03, 2017
Episode 28: The future of the sustainability agenda: interview with Tony Juniper, CBE.
Aug 17, 2017
Episode 27: interview with Lynelle Cameron, President & CEO of the Autodesk Foundation and Senior Director of Sustainability at Autodesk, Inc.
Aug 04, 2017
Episode 26: Innovative ideas on how to survive on a fast changing planet. Interview with David Biello, author “The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.”
Jul 10, 2017
Episode 25: Sustainable procurement: how are companies doing? Interview with Pierre-Francois Thaler, co-founder and co-CEO of EcoVadis.
Jun 26, 2017
Episode 24: Keeping track of corporate sustainability commitments: interview with Toby Heap, the CEO and co-founder of Corporate Knights Inc. a media company  
May 30, 2017
Episode 23: Interview with Jean Bennington Sweeney, Chief Sustainability Officer for 3M Company: 3M’s sustainability journey. 
May 22, 2017
Episode 22: Professor Giorgos Kallis: Degrowth and the dangers of excessive economic growth
May 08, 2017
Episode 21: Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, at Levi Strauss & Co. Levi’s Sustainability Journey
Apr 28, 2017
Episode 20: Martin Wolf: How economic policy can help deal with growing environmental challenges and climate change
Mar 31, 2017
Episode 19:  Andreea Strachinescu | developments in new energy technologies and innovation in the EU
Mar 20, 2017
Episode 18: Katherine Collins| How to connect investing with the real world and how finance can learn from nature
Feb 21, 2017
Episode 17: Professor Kevin Anderson| Climate Change Warning
Feb 10, 2017
Episode 16: Interview with Ericsson’s Elaine Weidman-Grunewald: Ericsson’s sustainability journey
Jan 27, 2017
Episode 15: John Elkington| Exponential technologies, climate change, and sustainable development.
Jan 10, 2017
Episode 14: Hunter Lovins| New thinking that will drive Regenerative Capitalism, the next wave beyond sustainability
Dec 12, 2016
Episode 13: Professor Paul Ekins| Smart regulation, new technologies and carbon taxation
Nov 29, 2016
Episode 12: Tessa Tennant | The future of green finance
Nov 21, 2016
Episode 11: Douglas Rushkoff | How the digital revolution undermines sustainability–and some proposals for a fairer more sustainable world
Nov 08, 2016
Episode 10: Paul Dickinson | The crucial importance of corporate climate change data
Oct 26, 2016
Episode 9: Aron Cramer | Corporate sustainability – past progress and future questions
Oct 13, 2016
Episode 8: Professor John Kay | The real meaning of sustainability
Oct 05, 2016
Episode 7: Professor CB Bhattacharya | How to integrate sustainability into the business
Sep 22, 2016
Episode 6: Hazel Henderson| The future of sustainability
Sep 16, 2016
Episode 5: Mardi McBrien | Why we need to integrate climate change-related information into mainstream financial reporting
Sep 14, 2016
Episode 4: Susan Burns | What the ecological footprint tells us
Sep 08, 2016
Episode 3: Mike Barry | The path to become the world’s most sustainable retailer
Sep 06, 2016
Episode 2: Sean Kidney | Why climate bonds matter
May 13, 2016
Episode 1: Ioannis Ioannou | The cast iron business case for sustainability
May 13, 2016