- 312
- Episodes
- 131
- Transcribed
- 34
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Climate Confident
Climate Confident is for business leaders, climate professionals and policymakers who need to understand what is actually cutting emissions—and what it takes to make those solutions work at scale. Each Wednesday, technology and sustainability analyst, keynote speaker and former SAP Global VP Tom Raftery speaks with the executives, engineers, scientists, founders and policymakers turning climate ambition into measurable progress. Together, they examine the technologies, business models, policies and implementation strategies reshaping energy, transport, industry, supply chains, food and finance. These are not conversations about distant targets, vague pledges or greenwash. They are candid discussions about what is working, what is failing, where the real bottlenecks lie, and how leaders can make better decisions about decarbonisation, resilience, investment and risk. You will hear: Proven approaches to reducing emissions Hard-earned lessons from real-world implementation Analysis of the markets, technologies and policies driving the transition Honest examination of costs, trade-offs, setbacks and unintended consequences Practical ideas for turning climate commitments into action New episodes are published every Wednesday at 7am CET. Subscribers also receive bonus episodes featuring highlights, analysis and emerging themes from across the series. Follow Climate Confident for practical climate solutions, informed debate and the insights you need to turn ambition into measurable progress. Guest suggestions and feedback are welcome at Tom@tomraftery.com (mailto:Tom@tomraftery.com).
- Publisher
- Tom Raftery
- Category
- business · science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
131 of 312 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Lithium Isotope Bottleneck Between Nuclear Breakthroughs and Power Plants
14 Oct 2026
AI’s Power Boom Could Pull Factory-Built Nuclear Down the Cost Curve
7 Oct 2026
Enhanced Rock Weathering’s Scaling Bottleneck Is Proof, Not Rock
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The Lithium Isotope Bottleneck Between Nuclear Breakthroughs and Power Plants
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So we pivoted. We said, okay, we're going to look at how we can create the capability of enriching small stable isotopes by the hundreds of tons in a cost-effective manner. You can enrich isotopes any way you want. And Los Alamos knows every way to enrich isotopes because one of their jobs is to keep an eye out on people that are enriching isotopes that we don't want to enrich isotopes. So we took a clean sheet of paper and we said, all right, if you want to enrich a thousand tons of lithium seven or lithium six or chlorine thirty seven, how would you do it cost effectively? How could you do it at low risk? […]
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- John Elling
- Matt Loszak
- Chris Zair
- Scott Brinner
- Barclay Rogers
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- YouTube views
- 1,002,930
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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