Series 4: AI and the business of climate action

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UCL Generation One: The Climate Podcast

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Generation One is the flagship climate podcast from University College London. Join our collective of passionate individuals dedicated to climate action and a fairer, more positive future – for us, and for the generations to come. Our hosts Professor Mark Maslin and Dr. Simon Chin-Yee dive into the biggest challenges and solutions shaping the fight against climate change. Joined by expert guests, they’ll be bringing you cutting-edge initiatives and inspiring climate action stories – from reimagining global energy systems to protecting our oceans, from using AI to decolonising climate solutions. Tune in monthly to discover how we can turn climate science and ideas into real-world action. Learn more about UCL’s Generation One climate campaign and access episode transcripts at ucl.ac.uk/climate-change. We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. To get involved, email us at podcasts@ucl.ac.uk or find us on X using #UCLGenerationOne. Language: English Presenters: Professor Mark Maslin, Dr. Simon Chin-Yee Producers: Adam Batstone, Caitlin Mullin, Jane Yelloly

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Series 4: AI and the business of climate action

UCL Generation One: The Climate Podcast

32 minutes

1 year ago

Series 4: AI and the business of climate action

Happy Earth Day! This episode’s focus is on entrepreneurial climate action: what are businesses – particularly the AI sector – doing to combat the climate crisis and help reach net zero?

Helping our hosts Mark and Simon answer these questions are Sims Witherspoon (current UCL student studying for MSC in climate change and Climate and Sustainability Lead at Google DeepMind), Buffy Price (COO and Co-Founder of Carbon Re, an AI startup which aims to accelerate decarbonisation), and Zoe Cokeliss Barsley (Director of Sustainability at Oxford University Press) and UCL alumna (MSc Conservation 2003)

Carbon Re carbonre.com/
Oxford University Press Responsible Publishing report oup.foleon.com/responsible-publi…-2022-23/2022-23/

For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-change/pod…ne-climate-podcast

Date of episode recording: 14th February, 23rd February and 1st March 2024
Duration: 32.15 minutes
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Mark Maslin and Simon Chin-Yee
Guests:
Sims Witherspoon, Google DeepMind
Buffy Price, Carbon Re
Zoe Cokeliss Barsley, Oxford University Press
Producer: Adam Batstone