Climate Action Now - An Ørsted podcast on climate change and the solutions

As we know from this podcast series, we do have most of the green technologies we need to transition from black to green energy. Yet, we still aren't on track to reduce global carbon emissions at a pace that will limit global warming to 1,5 degrees. Why is that and how do we speed up green action? These are the questions episode 5 of Climate Action Now explores. We talk to some of the most knowledgeable experts about what businesses, energy companies, investors, policy makers and you and me, the citizens, can do to show love for our shared home, Planet Earth. Joining us in this episode are Katherine Richardson - Head of the Sustainability Science Center at the University of Copenhagen and a UN appointed expert, who you might remember from episode 2. We also welcome Dr. Andrew Steer, CEO of the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, which is perhaps the worlds most renowned research organisation on climate and energy.

Dr Sven Teske [https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/sven.teske]- Institute for sustainable futures [https://www.ituc-csi.org/just-transition-centre] Samantha Smith [https://un-page.org/node/458]- Just Transition Center [https://www.ituc-csi.org/just-transition-centre] Jamil Khan - Development Manager Ørsted [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamilkhan09/] Jane Cooper - Regulatory Affairs UK [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-cooper-8b4a2413/?originalSubdomain=uk]

It can all seem a bit hopeless when it comes to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. But did you know that we actually have most of the green technologies needed to transform the energy system from black to green? And did you know that green energy has become cheaper than black? In this episode we take a closer look at the green energy technologies that can replace fossil fuels. We also look at how creating a world on green energy holds a lot of benefits for people such as cleaner air and more jobs. Joining us in this episode are: Dr. Sven Teske, the research director at the Institute for sustainable futures at the University of Technology in Sydney has devoted his career to green energy. Samantha Smith, the director of the Just Transition Center. This is an initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation. Jamil Khan, Development Manager, Market Strategies and New Projects at Orsted in the US Jane Cooper is the head of Regulatory Affairs and Stakeholders for Orsted in the UK.

Dolf Gielen [https://www.irena.org/seniormanagement], Director, IRENA [https://www.irena.org/seniormanagement] Innovation and Technology Center Jennifer Layke [https://www.wri.org/profile/jennifer-layke], Global Director of Energy, WRI World Resources Institute [https://www.wri.org/]

Katherine Richardson [https://sustainability.ku.dk/contact/], head of the Sustainability Science Center [https://sustainability.ku.dk/]at the University of Copenhagen and a UN appointed expert stressing the need for action. Katherine Mach [https://people.miami.edu/profile/kmach@rsmas.miami.edu], climate scientist with the University of Miami [https://welcome.miami.edu/]. Her work focuses on environmental science and policy with an emphasis on climate change. Alexander Farsan [https://sciencebasedtargets.org/bio/alexander-farsan-2/] from the Science Based Targets Initiative, SBTi [https://sciencebasedtargets.org/]. Ida Krabek [https://www.linkedin.com/in/idakrabek/], head of sustainability programmes and partnerships at Ørsted [https://orsted.com/en/Sustainability], and Finn Adser [https://www.linkedin.com/in/finn-adser-62a5921/] who's been part of the green transition since the beginning.