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The Land & Climate Podcast

The editorial team from The Land and Climate Review interview thinkers and policymakers in the world of economics, land-use and climate policy. Find more on our site at www.landclimate.org

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What is BECCS and what does it mean for climate policy? Sep 03, 2021

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Alasdair speaks to Dr Dan Quiggin, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House currently researching the implications of using Bioenergy with Capture and Storage or BECCS .
He then asks Ember, Chief Operating Officer, Phil MacDonald [NB after 43mins] for his analysis of negative emissions, BECCS and Dr Quiggin's findings.
They reach sobering conclusions about the potential impact of pursuing BECCS to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

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How are preparations for COP26 going? Jul 15, 2021

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Gareth Redmond-King, COP26 lead at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), talks to Alasdair about the preparations for the next climate talks in November.
He explains what the crucial discussions will be on, the UK's role as a climate leader, recent odd missteps leading to the talks, his take on existing progress and how he thinks talks will go.

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Ember's Phil MacDonald on powering past coal Jun 29, 2021

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Chief Operating Officer of energy think tank Ember, Phil MacDonald, talks to Alasdair about the new challenges of decarbonising the global energy sector and what has been achieved so far in Europe in the UK.
He explains how the gradual phasing out of coal use has switched the focus to other fossil fuels and how the UK's need to show climate leadership for the next COP may be creating unnecessary pressures for finding so called "negative emissions".

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Sasha Stashwick on Biden and climate change Jun 20, 2021

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Edward and Alasdair speak to Sasha Stashwick, climate expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on how the Biden Administration is gearing up to tackle climate change and issues with the use of biomass for tackling climate goals.

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Mike Norton on "transformative change" and science policy Apr 20, 2021

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Edward speaks to Prof Michael Norton, outgoing director of the environment programme at the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC). Mike speaks about the need to understand what 'transformative change' actually is, the gap between science and policy urgency on environmental boundaries and on the flawed concept of GDP.

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Doug Parr on climate change policymaking Feb 16, 2021

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Alasdair speaks to Doug Parr, Chief Scientist and Head of Policy at Greenpeace UK about how British climate policy has changed and what might happen after the pandemic. Doug also speaks about greenhouse gas removal technologies, what 'negative emissions' are and the risks of rising 'institutional greenwash' in climate policy and business.

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