Nature Unheard: a new EBRD podcast
What if nature could speak? What would forests, rivers and coral reefs tell us about the state of our planet?
In Nature Unheard, the EBRD’s new podcast, we journey from Jordan to Kazakhstan, Kenya to the United Kingdom, uncovering stories of resilience and curiosity, as well as groundbreaking ideas and insights.
Hosted by Adonai Herrera-Martínez, Rachael Barza and Emma Bentley, each episode dives into the big questions shaping our planet’s future: from the hidden economics of biodiversity and the frontlines of climate change to the new ways artificial intelligence is being used to protect nature.
It’s nature, like you’ve never heard it before.
This podcast was made possible thanks to the support of the EBRD’s donors.
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Are cities doomed to be grey and overheated, or can nature help them thrive?
In the final episode of this season of Nature Unheard, Rachael Barza and Emma Bentley explore how nature-based solutions are transforming urban life. From persistent pigeons at London tube stations to flood-prone rivers in Moldova, and from mangrove forests in the Philippines to goose festivals in Hungary, this episode shows how working with nature can cool our streets, protect our homes and reconnect us with the wild, even in the middle of the city.
Featuring Ingrid Coetzee of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and a special soundbite from the EBRD’s work on the River Bîc in Chișinău, supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as part of our Green Cities programme.
22 Jan 2026
Can AI Outsmart the Weather?
From sudden downpours to extreme storms, the weather is changing fast. In this episode of Nature Unheard, hosts Rachael Barza and Emma Bentley look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping weather forecasting and ask why faster, smarter predictions matter for climate resilience, cities and nature.
This episode features insights from Carlo Buontempo of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, as well as looking at EBRD projects in Mongolia and showcasing the work of EBRD client Rainbow AI.
The EBRD’s projects in Mongolia were supported by EBRD donors: Austria, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and Japan (through the EBRD’s Green Cities programme). And our client Rainbow AI has also received support from the European Union.
8 Jan 2026
Clean Water: Too Much, Too Little, Too Dirty
We drink it, swim in it and depend on it, yet we rarely think about it until something goes wrong.
In this episode of Nature Unheard, we’re joined by Katrina Charles, Professor of Environmental Health Risks at Oxford University, and Dr Saskia Nowicki, Senior Research Associate, to explore why clean freshwater is so easy to take for granted, and what it will take to protect it in a changing climate.
Supported by Czechia, Switzerland and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
18 Dec 2025
Nature Unheard: The Year in Review (and the Quiz That Puts Us to the Test)
As the year draws to a close, Nature Unheard unwraps a special end-of-year episode looking back at the conversations that shaped 2025, and ahead to what they could mean for 2026.
27 Nov 2025
Listening to Nature in a Digitally Unequal World
In a world racing to monitor forests, wildlife and climate impacts with cutting-edge technology, millions of people still lack the basic digital tools and connectivity needed to benefit from or contribute to these efforts.
This episode explores digital inequality and the quest to protect our planet.
13 Nov 2025
Clean Seas: Can Coral Reefs Make a Comeback?
Beneath the waves: can coral reefs make a comeback?
This new episode takes listeners beneath the waves to see how science, policy and local action are helping to heal the ocean. Joining the hosts is David Obura, one of the world’s leading marine ecologists.
This episode is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Blue Mediterranean Partnership (France, Germany, Spain and Sweden.
30 Oct 2025
Farming from Space with NASA
Seen from space, our planet tells a story of how it grows, feeds and sustains life on Earth. This new episode looks at how satellite data are transforming the way we grow food. Joining the hosts is Inbal Becker-Reshef, Program Director of NASA Harvest, NASA’s global food security and agriculture programme, and Managing Director of Microsoft’s AI For Good Lab.
This episode is supported by the CIF, Japan, the Netherlands and Spain through the High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action (HIPCA).
16 Oct 2025
Making Nature Count
Can we change what we don’t measure? In our first podcast episode, Adonai Herrera-Martínez speaks with Marco Lambertini, Conveyor of Nature Positive and former WWF Director General, about the urgent need to value nature - scientifically, economically, and politically.
8 Oct 2025
Introducing Nature Unheard
In Nature Unheard, the EBRD’s new podcast, we are uncovering stories of resilience and curiosity, as well as groundbreaking ideas and insights.
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