Sustainability Director at the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill makes the case for solutions like algae-based concrete and direct air capture to be used within the buildings she designs.

The materials and methods used in contemporary design are a recipe for what are currently very high carbon emissions. Hannah reflects on whether these are just pie in the sky ideas.

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Mina Hasman, Sustainability Director at SOM

Hannah’s series at Our World in Data on extreme heat

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Founder of Orca Sciences reveals the surprisingly easy fix for contrails in aviation. As an incubator for other startups looking to get off the ground, Orca Sciences asks big questions like, how do we get rid of ‘sky graffiti’? Can you heat the earth directly? And can we just eat carbon?

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Ian McKay, Founder of Orca Sciences

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Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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The CEO of Sublime Systems chats about their alternative to make cement. Generating about 8% of all global carbon dioxide emissions, Leah is using an exciting electrochemical process to reduce this figure. It’s used in the buildings around you, the roof over your head and the foundations beneath your feet - so how difficult will it be to reduce these high carbon emissions?

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Leah Ellis, CEO Sublime Systems

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Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's China Climate Hub, Lauri Myllyvirta, delivers a deep dive on China’s climate picture. Why is a country responsible for the overwhelming majority of the world’s emissions also scaling renewable energy at lightning speed? Hannah crunches the numbers on whether China’s construction of coal fired power plants comes at odds with their renewable credentials.

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Lauri Myllyvirta, Co-founder, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air & Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Madeleine Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Finance expert Professor Alex Edmans is sceptical that divesting from fossil fuels will make an impact and reduce carbon emissions. With his experience on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Responsible Investing, he chats to Hannah and Rob about how a carbon tax is a no brainer climate solution instead.

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Professor Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup

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Madeleine Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Head of the International Geothermal Association, Dr Marit Brommer, says the world is sleeping on the power of geothermal. Currently, we use it’s energy for less than 0.5% of the world’s electricity. So she’s on a mission to convince governments and businesses about the untapped potential of the heat beneath our feet. 

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Dr Marit Brommer, International Geothermal Association

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Neste has been developing an alternative to kerosene for powering planes over the past decade. CEO Heikki Malinen explains how SAF can be used alongside other advancements in aviation technology to reduce carbon emissions that come from flying. But with demand expected to increase, is the industry moving fast enough?

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Heikki Malinen, Neste

Further resources:

If you want to dig deeper into aviation demand, and pathways to low-carbon flying in the future, this paper is a good place to start (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-01046-9)

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Boston Metal are working on an alternative to a millennia old production process. The steel industry is responsible for around 7% of the world’s carbon emissions; decarbonisation is crucial. 

As Chief Scientist at Boston Metal, Guillaume Lambotte breaks down the chemistry behind their alternative process for making steel. He explains how even though the steel industry will be impossible to change overnight, even a small reduction in emissions could have a positive impact on our planet.

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Guillaume Lambotte, Boston Metal

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Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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As a senior researcher at Trase, Mark uses data like satellite imagery and shipping routes to help companies and governments track supply chains. Trase identifies links to deforestation, but do companies actually use this data to make a difference?

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Mark Titley, Trase

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Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Maddie Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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The Chief Executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee explains how our lives will change by 2050 if we continue to cut carbon emissions. She explains how her electric car is like her 'third child' and why she isn’t recommending we use hydrogen to power transport in the future.

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Emma Pinchbeck, the Climate Change Committee

Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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Madeleine Drury, Series Producer

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Co-hosts 

Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba

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