Solving for Climate

About Solving for Climate

Data scientist Hannah Ritchie and sustainability nerd Rob Stewart are climate optimists. They join forces to unpack solutions to the climate crisis, and the innovators, entrepreneurs and scientists behind them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Rob Stewart

Category

business · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Oct 2024

Latest episode

13 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

24 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Jan 2026

   Charlotte Large: Can we heat homes from the London underground?

   Charlotte Large, Director of Clean Energy & Heat Networks, explores how heat networks utilizing sources like the London Underground can decarbonize densely populated areas, in an interview with Hannah Ritchie and Rob Stewart.

2. 

   6 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ben Lamm: Would de-extincting species benefit the planet?

   The co-founder of Colossal Biosciences makes the climate case for bringing back extinct species like the woolly mammoth and the dodo. Colossal say de-extinction through gene editing techniques could have positive impacts for conservation and improving biodiversity. But the environment has changed completely since mammoths roamed the earth, so we’ll examine how realistic those climate claims are. Season five of Solving for Climate is sponsored by Xlinks (https://www.linkedin.com/company/xlinks/) xlinks.co (http://xlinks.co/) Podcast transcripts available on Substack (https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/) Ben Lamm, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlamm/) co-founder Colossal Biosciences Co-hosts Hannah Ritchie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-ritchie-8646b899/?originalSubdomain=uk), Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie Rob Stewart (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-stewart-koba/), Co-founder Stealth AI startup Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers (https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web)' Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com (mailto:solvingforclimate@gmail.com) Maddie Drury, Series Producer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddie-drury-012497235/) Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/ Co-hosts Hannah Ritchie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-ritchie-8646b899/?originalSubdomain=uk), Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie Rob Stewart (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-stewart-koba/), Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers (https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web)' Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com Maddie Drury, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddie-drury-012497235/?originalSubdomain=uk) Series Producer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   16 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Rahul Tongia: Is India on track to meet climate goals?

   Hannah Ritchie and Rob Stewart interview Rahul Tongia, Senior Fellow at CSEP, about India's climate change progress, exploring the nation's efforts to meet climate goals and address climate-induced disasters.

Inside a recent episode

Ben Lamm: Would de-extincting species benefit the planet?

Published 6 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so, so what we find in nature is that when you remove these species, you start to have a degrading that happens in that ecosystem where becomes less efficient. So that's number one. And number two is biodiversity is amazing. And everyone loves to, and right now, people are finally talking about climate change and carpets, conservation and even nothing. But not enough people are talking about the fact that we can lose up to 50 % of all biodiversity in the next 25 years. I don't think that de -extinction is a solution to the biodiversity crisis. But I think it's much better to have a de -extinction toolkit. […]

Who has been a guest on Solving for Climate

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• Charlotte Large
• Rahul Tongia
• Ed Hawkins
• Dr Hannah Ritchie
• Mina Hasman

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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