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A podcast on about new ideas to solve global energy poverty — and the people behind them. Hosted by Katie Auth & Rose Mutiso at the Energy for Growth Hub.... more
FAQs about High Energy Planet:How many episodes does High Energy Planet have?The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.
April 21, 2022Moussa Blimpo: Energy is Not the Answer to EverythingBlimpo, Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk’s School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, discusses his experiences turning policy into real-world impact, his evolving views on dominant development narratives, and what climate justice means to him....more35minPlay
April 06, 2022Uzodinma Iweala: Climate Justice Demands New African NarrativesIweala, CEO of The Africa Center, discusses the experiences and identities that led him to narrative work, how narratives are formed and how we can shape them in the development and climate justice realm, and what his definition of climate justice means for Africa....more40minPlay
March 23, 2022Jay Taneja: Using Machine Learning to Inform Energy Access SolutionsTaneja, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, discusses his work on creatively accessing data in data-poor environments, the challenges in electrification via grid connections, and his work as an engineer and professor in the development sector....more29minPlay
March 08, 2022Katie Hill: The First Pillar of Decarbonization Needs to be Green GrowthHill, Partner & Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group, talks about the future of African cities, the imperative for green growth in low-income countries on the global path to net zero, and her outlook on scaling enterprise and service delivery in Africa....more27minPlay
February 28, 2022Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee: Decarbonization is a Very Long GameBanerjee, practice manager in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice at the World Bank Group, talks with Katie and Rose about whether net zero makes sense for Africa, what development organizations get wrong about energy access & women, and why hydrogen could be the next solar....more31minPlay
January 31, 2022Damilola Ogunbiyi: Putting People at the Center of Energy TransitionsThe CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) on whether the international community is failing on SDG7, what she thinks net zero means for Africa & how she challenges the stereotype of what an African leader looks like....more30minPlay
July 06, 2021Rebekah Shirley Lukera: Small Island Nations are Hypervisible & Hyper InvisibleThe director of research, data & innovation for WRI Africa talks with Katie & Rose about climate justice and building resilient energy infrastructure in small island developing states, why climate finance pledges don't always translate to reality, obstacles to electrical vehicle uptake in Africa, and Nairobi's reggae scene....more27minPlay
June 21, 2021Arvind Subramanian: We Have to Fight Carbon ImperialismThe former chief economic advisor to India’s government on how climate policy has become disconnected from energy needs of poorer countries, the politics of India’s electrical tariffs and why he thinks renewable energy has yet to be proven economically viable there....more34minPlay
June 07, 2021Ken Caldeira: Let’s Align Self-Interest With Global Climate InterestOne of the world’s most visionary climate scientists tells Katie & Rose why he thinks nuclear energy is key to quelling climate change and delivering prosperity to the developing world, why he’s gone all-positive on Twitter, why considering solar geoengineering won’t stop us from addressing climate change, and what he learned from pumping crocodile stomachs as a grad student....more28minPlay
May 21, 2021Mimi Alemayehou: Climate Justice Means Africa Needs More Energy InvestmentThe former OPIC, African Development Bank and Black Rhino Group official tells Katie & Rose why she's frustrated with energy and climate finance double standards for Africa, how she would advise President Biden on climate & Africa, & why it's unethical to argue Africa must stay poor to reduce climate change impacts. Plus: Katie tells Rose why she's Amped Up about Richard Branson's Global Cooling Prize....more28minPlay
FAQs about High Energy Planet:How many episodes does High Energy Planet have?The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.