On The Edge is a podcast all about making unexpected connections. It features conversations with people who are living and working on the boundaries of organisations and places, and who see the world a little differently. Hosted by compulsive connector Roland Harwood from Liminal.
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In today’s episode I speak with James Taplin, Lead Technologist for Urban Living at Innovate UK, about the benefits of a place-specific verses a place-agnostic approach in addressing the transition to net zero, and in particular about a £60m government programme called Net Zero Living working with 52 places to collaborate and accelerate the transition to net zero.
James was previously a Sustainability Advisor at Forum for the Future, and has a PhD in Biodiversity and Climate Relationships from the Uni of York
He’s also a writer of really beautiful and thought provoking posts on instagram and I know that I am not alone in looking forward to reading his first book one of these days.
And just so you know, in the interests of full disclosure Liminal are a current delivery partner of NZL and convening the 52 places and leading on the delivery of the Community of Practice together with Urban Foresight and Forum for the Future.We discussed the following:
What is Net Zero Living and how did it come about?
What are no-regrets Net Zero solutions and how to scale them.
What are local authorities on the front line of the net zero transition.
About the co-benefits of achieving your needs/goals in a better, net-zero way.
How to balance hope and despair when working on climate innovation.
Here are a few links to some of the things we discussed:
https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/programme/net-zero-living/ (https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/programme/net-zero-living/)
https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/perspectives/accelerating-net-zero-delivery-unlocking-the-benefits-of-climate-action-in-uk-city-regions/ (https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/perspectives/accelerating-net-zero-delivery-unlocking-the-benefits-of-climate-action-in-uk-city-regions/)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestaplin/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestaplin/)
www.weareliminal.co/ontheedge (www.weareliminal.co/ontheedge)
If you enjoyed this conversation then also check out Episode 52 with Dan Thompson about the Running Out of Time Climate Relay and Episode 51 with Hannah Scott who is the co-founder of the Climate Tech Supercluster.
4 Jul 2024
#052 Dan Thompson - Climate Relay
In today’s episode I spoke with Dan Thompson who is the Founder of the Running Out of Time (https://running-out-of-time.com/) Climate Relay.
He has a background as a successful founder and entrepreneur in several start up companies in the media industry including the likes of Renegade Software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renegade_Software), he also has experience as an investor in companies including Gamesys (https://www.gamesysgroup.com/) and Graze (http://Graze.com). He is also a lifelong runner and his involvement in running relay races dates back more than a decade going coast to coast in America.
This conversation begins in 2022 when he co-founded the world’s first and longest climate relay race called Running Out of Time.
I really liked what he said about millions of us care about climate and nature issues in this country and 83% of people in this country want the government to do more and that councils are one of the most important organisations making the net zero transition happen. Here are links to a few things we discussed:
https://running-out-of-time.com/
https://gccs.iza.org/rankings (https://gccs.iza.org/rankings)
https://www.weareliminal.co/ontheedge
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-thompson-a479/
If you enjoy this episode please check out Episode 51 with Hannah Scott (https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rADpJnKUVKb) who is the co-founder of the Climate Tech Supercluster (https://www.climatetechsupercluster.com/). And also look out for episode 53 with James Taplin from Innovate UK about a hugely ambitious and exciting project working with 52 towns and cities on the transition to net zero called Net Zero Living (https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/programme/net-zero-living/).
***If you are listening to this episode on 4th July 2024 then listen out for a few different ways to get involved in the final stage of the Climate Relay (https://running-out-of-time.com/) today.***
27 Jun 2024
#051 Hannah Scott - Climate Tech Supercluster
In this episode I spoke with Hannah Scott who is the co-founder of the Climate Tech Supercluster and also CEO of business network Oxfordshire Greentech, which aims to grow and support the county’s low-carbon economy. She is also an edie 30 Under 30 Class of 2023 winner, an initiative that aims to spotlight and support top UK sustainability professionals aged under 30.
In this conversation we talked about:
1. What is the Climate Tech Supercluster and why is it needed?
2. How to cultivate hope when feeling despair when working on climate change?
3. What climate policies and investments we would like to see in the forthcoming uk general election?
Highlights include:
- Within 4 hours train travel of London is the Silicon Valley of Climate Innovation but nobody knows about it.
- Necessity is the mother of invention and we are in the most necessary period of history
- With climate policies, start with transport innovation as it’s the sector that requires the most behaviour change.
- Various Supercluster policies (e.g. Supercluster Visas, Green Patents) and projects (e.g. Oxford Industrial Decarbonisation Project, Net Zero Living)
This podcast was produced by Liminal - a collective intelligence community. Thanks to all of our community members, clients, partners and patrons. Here are links to some of the things we discussed.
https://www.climatetechsupercluster.com/
https://oxfordshiregreentech.co.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-scott-8b51a9a8/
https://dealroom.co/guides/npa
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forging-collaborative-partnerships-within-the-climate-tech-ecosystem-tickets-916219115037
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cleantech-venture-day-tickets-857090218917?discount=CVDVIPCCT
https://www.weareliminal.co/
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