In this season of the podcast, we’re asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems.
Host Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined this week by Michelle Donnelly, a farmer from the Mulroy Meadow Farm in Donegal, Ireland. Michelle and her husband Cathal moved to Donegal in 2020 to pursue their dream of running a regenerative farm, which currently produces pasture-raised eggs, forest-raised traditional breed pork, and grass-fed beef. Mulroy Meadow Farm also offers farm tours and educational programmes.
Anne-Sophie is also joined on this episode by Stewart Gee, who works on Climate KIC’s Irish Deep Demonstration, a project that aims to help Ireland achieve a climate-neutral food system by 2050.
In this episode, Michelle talks about her journey from being a pharmacist to becoming a farmer, why regenerative agriculture is so important to her - especially from a health and community perspective - as well as the barriers and opportunities provided by regenerative agriculture.
Stewart discusses the enabling conditions and policies needed to scale up regenerative agriculture at the regional and national level in Ireland and what lessons learned in Ireland could inspire regenerative agriculture practices elsewhere.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally. Check out our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
You can also see how we are supporting farmers’ food futures, find out how to attend the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit - taking place in Padua, Italy from 17-19 March 2026 - and check out our Green Horizons network dedicated to sustainable agriculture and knowledge exchange.
Welcome to a new season of the podcast, where we’re asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems.
In this food-focused season, we’re looking at a range of topics, including soil health, regenerative agriculture practices, integrated landscape management, the importance of justice and equity in this transition, enabling policies and the cultural dimension of food transformation. We’re meeing farmers, researchers, and innovators who are pioneering regenerative approaches, transforming how we eat and how we relate to our planet.
This week, host Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Saskia Keesstra, a soil expert from Climate KIC, who has spent years working at the intersection of soil science, farming practices, and climate policy.
Saskia discusses how healthy soil does much more than grow our food, why it is one of our most powerful allies in the fight against climate change and hear about how farmers in our network are pioneering soil regeneration practices that could transform farming and our food system.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally. Check out our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
You can also see how we are supporting farmers’ food futures, find out how to attend the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit - taking place in Padua, Italy from 17-19 March 2026 - and check out our Green Horizons network dedicated to sustainable agriculture and knowledge exchange.
Welcome to a new season of the podcast, where we’ll be asking: How Could We? Transform our food systems so they nourish people and regenerate our planetary systems.
With our food-focused guests, we'll explore how food shapes our planet, our health, our culture and what systemic shifts across soil, diets, and landscapes could unlock regenerative futures.
We’re looking at a range of topics, including soil health, regenerative agriculture practices, integrated landscape management, the importance of justice and equity in this transition, enabling policies and the cultural dimension of food transformation.
Join us as we meet the farmers, researchers, and innovators who are pioneering regenerative approaches, transforming how we eat and how we relate to our planet.
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This trailer was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
Check out our website and follow us on LinkedIn. You can also see how we are supporting farmers’ food futures, find out how to attend the 3rd European Carbon Farming Summit - taking place in Padua, Italy from 17-19 March 2026 - and check out our Green Horizons network dedicated to sustainable agriculture and knowledge exchange.
Recorded live at the SB62 June Climate meeting in Bonn - a key conference in the lead up to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP30 in Brazil - this week’s episode sees host Anne-Sophie Garrigou interview more experts at the heart of negotiations to hear what we can expect from Brazil's COP30 presidency and the challenges that lie ahead.
Firstly, climate policy researcher Lina Yassin from the International Institute for Environmental Development outlines the Global Goal on Adaptation and explains why tripling adaptation finance by 2030 is literally a matter of life and death for communities facing climate disasters.
Anne-Sophie talks to Glindys Virginia Luciano, International & Strategic Relations Project Manager at EIT Food, about how food systems are gaining traction as a cross-cutting solution and how she hopes that spaces for multiple stakeholders to have discussions will be created at COP30.
Finally, Dr. Sanjay Vashist, Director at Climate Action Network South Asia raises important questions about climate finance commitments and the true meaning of "just transition" – particularly the difference between asking rich nations to scale back their emissions versus expecting developing countries to abandon their development aspirations.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
Check out our website, register to Climate KIC’s COP30 mailing list, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter.
Welcome to a new season of How Could We?, recorded live at the SB62 June Climate meeting in Bonn, a key conference in the lead up to the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP30 in Brazil.
This week, host Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews a scientist (Bart van den Hurk, IPCC Working Group II Co-Chair), a negotiator (Genaro Matías Godoy González, Chile's Acting Lead Negotiator on Finance) and a civil society representative (Aline Baroni, Country Director at ProVeg Brasil). They talk about what they think the main challenges facing the COP30 presidency are this year and what they can share about what is happening behind the scenes.
We also talk about what shifts are needed at COP 30 as well as how the conference’s mutirão call aims to bring people together to mobilise for climate action.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
Check out our website, register to Climate KIC’s COP30 mailing list, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter.
Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.
This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience - and for this week's episode, Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined by François Gemmene, a researcher and IPCC lead author.
François' work focuses mostly on the human impacts of climate change, including migration and displacement, as well as issues such as security conflicts, inequalities and development.
In this episode, François discusses the evolving relationship between climate adaptation policies and migration governance, what a just transition means in the context of adaptation, why local and regional governments are uniquely positioned to lead the way and his work on the Pathways2Resilience EU programme, which helps support regions through long-term adaptation.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.
This season is focused on adaptation and climate resilience and for this week's episode, Anne-Sophie Garrigou is joined by Joshua Amponsem, Co-Director of the Youth Climate Justice Fund and Founder of the Green Africa Youth Organization.
Joshua has spent the last decade pushing for more inclusive climate policies, shaped international forums like the UN Youth Climate Summit and led groundbreaking work, including the Global Youth Call to Action on adaptation. His work challenges the colonial roots of climate funding and calls for a new era of climate finance, one that truly supports local leadership, youth innovation, and indigenous wisdom.
In this episode, Joshua talks about the injustice of climate finance, the need to support leadership coming from the global south, and what it takes to shift decision making and funding to the communities that are living through and needing the transition.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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Welcome to the latest episode of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Eytan Levi, Co-Founder of Roofscapes. Focused on adapting existing roofs and buildings to a changing climate, Roofscapes uses timber platforms to make previously untapped roofs shadier and greener, thereby reducing thermal discomfort, increasing biodiversity anchors, and offering new outdoor spaces in cities.
Eytan talks about how an inspiration for founding Roofscapes was his Paris upbringing, how timber platforms can dramatically reduce temperatures - even during heatwaves - the importance of involving people who live in the buildings Roofscapes works on, and invites listeners to visit Roofscapes’ pilot project at L’Académie du Climat in Paris.
If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our fifth season, whose content is also focused on cities.
This episode is part of Climate KIC’s #LiveableCities Campaign 2025, which highlights our leadership in transforming cities across Europe into climate-resilient, just, and regenerative places. Through initiatives like NetZeroCities, CitiES 2030, Climathon, EIT Community New European Bauhaus and the Pilot Cities Programme, we support local governments and communities in creating scalable solutions to tackle climate challenges. By showcasing diverse approaches - from citizen engagement and innovative financing to sustainable mobility and urban heat mitigation - this campaign amplifies the stories behind the systems change we’re helping to orchestrate.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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Welcome to a new season of How Could We?, recorded live at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris - an event focused on showcasing sustainable solutions and profiling sustainability leaders making an impact.
This week Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marion Waller, Executive Director of the Pavillon de L'Arsenal in Paris. The Pavillon de L’Arsenal is a centre for architecture and urban planning, as well as a museum.
Marion talks about the importance of collaboration between cities when tackling climate challenges, the role of culture and storytelling in driving urban transformation, how architecture acts as a bridge between identity and climate resilience, as well as the role of public engagement through imagination.
If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our episode about building a sustainable mass timber market in East Africa with Syakaa William - as well as our fifth season, whose content is also focused on cities.
This episode is part of Climate KIC’s #LiveableCities Campaign 2025, which highlights our leadership in transforming cities across Europe into climate-resilient, just, and regenerative places. Through initiatives like NetZeroCities, CitiES 2030, Climathon, EIT Community New European Bauhaus and the Pilot Cities Programme, we support local governments and communities in creating scalable solutions to tackle climate challenges. By showcasing diverse approaches - from citizen engagement and innovative financing to sustainable mobility and urban heat mitigation - this campaign amplifies the stories behind the systems change we’re helping to orchestrate.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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It’s the final episode of our leadership-focused series, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour. The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou is interviewing Rana Adib, Executive Director of REN21. A policy network and a multistakeholder governance group, REN21 promotes renewable energy as a solution to accelerate climate action.
In this episode, Rana talks about the importance of integrating sustainability across economic sectors and policymaking, how combining technical ‘hard’ skills and transversal ‘soft’ skills are equally important in the shift away from fossil fuels, as well as the need to balance storytelling with facts and figures when communicating about climate change.
Rana also talked about REN21’s REboot the world campaign and its Renewables 2024 Global Status Report.
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If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend listening to episode two from this season, which saw Gosia Rychlik, Branch Manager at The Climate Reality Project, talk about the role of storytelling in effective climate leadership - as well as how taking action at a local level can impact a global problem like climate change.
You should also check out this season’s first episode with Climate KIC’s Marina Gil Velasco, where we discussed the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy - supported by EIT - and how Climate KIC is tackling the green skills gap.
Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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Welcome to the second episode of our latest season, recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour. The event was organised by The Climate Reality Project and aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Gosia Rychlik, Branch Manager at The Climate Reality Project who is based in Poland.
In this episode, Gosia outlines the work the Climate Reality Project prioritises as a global initiative, including their three major campaigns - emissions reduction, financing a just transition, and international cooperation for strengthening climate action.
Gosia also talks about the role of storytelling in effective climate leadership, the importance of building bridges and “unusual partnerships” to effect change, as well as how taking action at a local level can impact a global problem like climate change.
If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out this season’s previous episode with Climate-KIC’s Marina Gil Velasco, where we discussed the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy - supported by EIT - and how Climate KIC is tackling the green skills gap.
Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
Check out our website, follow us on LinkedIn and subscribe to our newsletter.
Welcome to a new season of How Could We? - recorded live at the Paris REALITY Tour, organised by The Climate Reality Project, which aims to build public momentum and political will for ambitious climate commitments leading up to COP 30 in Brazil.
This week, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Marina Gil Velasco, Project Lead at Climate KIC for the recently-launched Climate KIC Academy.
Marina explains how the Climate KIC Academy bridges the green skills gap by equipping leaders with the technical knowledge and transversal skills needed to tackle the climate crisis. The Climate KIC Academy accelerates the green transition by empowering climate leaders to turn knowledge into action and equipping businesses, industries, and policymakers with essential skills for lasting change.
If you enjoyed this episode, we recommend checking out our episode on equipping young leaders for climate negotiations with Veena Balakrishnan, Co-Founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy, as well as our Radical Collaboration episode with Yiannis Chrysostomidis from REOS Partners.
Interested in finding out more about the Climate KIC Academy? You can register your interest here.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou and co-produced by Bárbara Mendes-Jorge.
Climate KIC is Europe’s leading climate innovation agency and community. We are here to help create climate-resilient societies and fight the climate breakdown, building better futures for local communities, globally.
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In this new episode of How Could We?, recorded in front of the LDC’s delegation office during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Binyam Gebreyes, diplomacy lead at IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), where he supports the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group.
Binyam's role ensures that LDC priorities and needs are amplified throughout the COP negotiations.
In this conversation, Binyam talks about the power dynamics that shape climate negotiations, highlighting the challenges faced by LDCs in these spaces.
He discusses the importance of the LDC group’s collective approach to counteract the influence of larger, more powerful nations, and how strategic engagement through high-level dialogue and early communications helps elevate their voice.
Binyam also explains the significant progress made on the loss and damage agenda, where the LDC group has been pushing for tangible financial solutions to address climate impacts that are no longer preventable or adaptable.
Binyam also talks about the lessons he’s drawn from his work on the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE AR), highlighting the need for programmatic, community-led adaptation solutions that reduce transaction costs and allow local communities to own and drive their own adaptation strategies.
This episode provides insights into the role of LDCs at COP29 and their ongoing fight for climate justice in the face of systemic power imbalances.
Visit the IIED website: iied.org
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In this new episode of How Could We? recorded in the streets of Baku during COP29, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviewed Rich Wilson, CEO of the Iswe Foundation, about the state of our democracies today and the role of citizen assemblies in making our democracies stronger.
In this episode, Rich says that we are at a pivotal moment for democracies today. Despite growing public demand for action, our governments and democratic systems are struggling to effectively address the climate crisis.
Rich discusses how citizen assemblies can help strengthen democracies by building agency for citizens, fostering learning, and being grounded in principles of solidarity and inclusion. The challenge, however, is in scaling them.
One of Iswe Foundation’s projects is to create a global, permanent citizen assembly to bring to COP30 in Brazil. Their goal is to support a new form of democracy and governance that can help address the climate crisis, by empowering citizens to drive change within their communities.
Visit the Iswe Foundation website to learn more: Iswe
Visit the Global Citizen Assembly website: Address the climate and ecological crisis | Global Assembly
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
In this new episode of How Could We?, Anne-Sophie Garrigou interviews Megan Rowling, editor of Climate Home News, to discuss the main objectives and challenges of COP29.
With years of experience covering international climate negotiations, Megan unpacks what’s at stake at this year's conference in Azerbaijan. From the urgent need for a new climate finance goal to support developing countries, to the implications of a potential U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, this conversation highlights key challenges and anticipated outcomes.
Megan explains why, despite criticisms, the COP process remains crucial in mitigating global climate risks, preventing what could otherwise be “runaway climate change.” She shares insights on the obstacles to securing sufficient climate finance, especially in light of geopolitical tensions and pressures on both wealthy and emerging economies to contribute.
They also discuss topics expected to dominate media headlines, like the global transition from fossil fuels and the evolving dynamics in climate finance governance.
This episode sheds light on the pressing issues shaping COP29 and why the decisions made here will affect climate action worldwide.
For updates from the COP29, follow Climate Home News’ reporting on their website, subscribe to their newsletter and visit the Climate Home News Whatsapp channel.
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This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
In this episode of How Could We?, Daniel Zimmer from EIT Climate-KIC joins us just after returning from COP16, the UN’s Biodiversity Summit hosted by Colombia.
In this conversation, we explore the challenges faced by indigenous communities, who manage 80% of the world’s biodiversity but are increasingly threatened by deforestation and land degradation.
Daniel shares insights on the pressing need for finance—estimated at $700 billion by 2030—and the critical importance of ensuring that this funding reaches local levels, where it can have a meaningful impact.
We also discuss the tension between agricultural expansion - driven by rising demand for meat and land and biodiversity conservation.
Additionally, we explore the role of value chains and the necessity of reconnecting local producers with the benefits derived from their resources.
This episode shows the connection between finance, local communities, agricultural practices, and biodiversity, highlighting the need for integrated approaches to tackle these challenges effectively.
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In this episode of How Could We?, Sebastian Bustamente from EIT Climate-KIC joins us from Cali, Colombia, where COP16, the UN’s Biodiversity Summit, is underway.
This episode is all about biodiversity. We discuss the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the challenges of turning those ambitious commitments into implementation.
Sebastián shares insights into his work with Climate-KIC's fundraising task force and his experience at COP16, where intense discussions on conservation, finance mobilisation, and community involvement are shaping the biodiversity landscape.
He introduces climate SAFE, which provides innovative financial solutions for climate start-ups, and reflects on the importance of partnerships between the public, private, and community sectors to drive change.
Visit climate-kic.org to learn more and contact us at media@climate-kic.org if you have any questions. This episode is presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
In this special Climate Week NYC episode, we chat with Veena Balakrishnan, Co-Founder of the Youth Negotiators Academy, to explore how her organisation equips young people with essential skills and tools to engage in climate negotiations.
Discover how these future climate leaders are empowered to shape global discussions, ensuring their needs and ambitions are heard.
Veena shares insights on nurturing the next generation of educated, confident, and proactive negotiators driving meaningful change in the fight against the climate crisis.
This episode is presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
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In this episode, we sit down with Anthony Zacharzewski, President of Democratic Society, and talk about his journey from working in the UK government to leading efforts that empower citizens in decision-making. Anthony explains horizontal democracy and its role in strengthening civic trust, particularly as democratic institutions face increasing pressure.
We also discuss the NetZeroCities program, working toward climate neutrality in 112 European cities by 2030, and the importance of inclusive, active citizen participation. Anthony also mentions the need for accountability, thoughtful engagement design, and collective action for a sustainable future.
This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
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In this special episode recorded at #ClimateWeekNYC, we sit down with Eleni Myrivili, the first Chief Heat Officer in Europe and a board member of the EU Adaptation Mission.
Myrivili shares her expertise on how cities and regions can better adapt to the climate crisis, especially extreme heat. She also explains the importance of Pathways2Resilience, a project led by EIT Climate-KIC to support 100 regions in Europe to build a path to climate resilience.
Together, we explore how is heat impacting our systems, the challenges European cities and regions face in implementing climate adaptation plans, the importance of multi-level governance and the need for coordinated financing and capacity-building efforts.
Climate-KIC is opening its Community membership to individuals. If you’re interested to learn more, visit Climate HIVE.
This episode was presented and produced by Anne-Sophie Garrigou.
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