THE BEAM PODCAST
Created by The Beam Chief-Editor, Anne-Sophie Garrigou and produced by Anna Siwecka, as an extension of The Beam Magazine, The Beam Podcast is a series of podcast episodes with global climate experts.
The Beam Podcast reinforced The Beam’s mission to include and inspire a greater number of people to participate in fighting climate change. It covered a broad range of topics such as energy access, women empowerment, sustainable cities, just transition, circular economy, etc.
Interviewees include Rana Adib, Hans-Josef fell, Daniel Kammen, Carola Hein, Chloe Pahud, Daniel Ringelstein, Sheila Oparaocha, Katherine Lucey, Katharine Wilkinson, Amanda Ikert and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
EPISODE 1
POWERING THE WORLD WITH 100% RENEWABLES
Is it possible to power our planet with 100% renewable? How can we accelerate the transition? How do we stop subsidising fossil fuels? How can we all support the transition? Anne-Sophie and Anna discuss renewable policies, changes in the German energy landscape and California’s ambitious green targets with Rana Adib (Executive Secretary at REN21), Hans-Josef Fell (President of Energy Watch Group) and Daniel Kammen (Professor of Energy at University of California, Berkeley, Director at RAEL).
EPISODE 2
HOW TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE CITIES OF THE FUTURE
About 4,2 billion of us live in cities today. By 2030, this figure is expected to reach 5 billion. This rapid urbanisation is exerting a huge pressure on fresh water supplies, sewage, the living environment, and public health, among other things. In this episode, Anne-Sophie and Anna discuss how to build sustainable cities of the future, how to make the existing cities more sustainable, and how to move beyond the oil landscape with Carola Hein (TU Delft), Chloé Pahud (Civocracy) and Daniel Ringelstein (SOM).
EPISODE 3
WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CLIMATE ACTION
Women are 14 times more likely to die during natural disasters than men globally, and 80% of people displaced by climate change are women and girls. Women are also at greater risk of sexual and gender-based violence during and after disasters. Climate change exacerbates inequalities often resulting in more negative impacts for women. We discuss the gender-climate links with Sheila Oparaocha (ENERGIA), Katherine Lucey (Solar Sister) and Katharine Wilkinson (Project Drawdown).
EPISODE 4
CITIES: BRACING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Adaptation to climate change in developing countries is vital and it is a high and urgent priority for governments. Unfortunately, COP25 in Madrid showed the vast disconnect between the urgency that some communities are feeling at home and the pace of action from our governments. In this new episode Anne-Sophie and Anna talk about the importance of long-term climate change considerations with Amanda Ikert (C40) and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor of Freetown).