The Decarbonisation Dialogue

Hannah's guest for this final episode is Roli Martin, managing director and head of finance at Global City Futures (GCF).

It specialises in practical funding solutions for public sector net zero projects.

GCF partners with local authorities, the NHS and education estates to develop business cases for decarbonisation, focusing on blending public and private money.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

Our mission is to support organisations to lower their energy costs, create warmer and healthier buildings and achieve their net zero ambitions.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country.

Hannah's guest this time is Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Manchester.

He's also a visiting Professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Formerly Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Kevin engages extensively with governments and remains research active, with publications in climate policy, nature, and science.

He has a decade of industrial experience as an engineer in the petrochemical industry.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

Our mission is to support organisations to lower their energy costs, create warmer and healthier buildings and achieve their net zero ambitions.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country.

Hannah's guest for this episode is Ric Casale, co-founder and trustee of UK climate action charity, Carbon Copy.

He is known for his work, Civic Revolution - A Citizen's Guide, about the power of collective local action to address the climate and nature crisis.

Enthusiastic about disruptive innovation for social and environmental good, Ric has also studied renewable energy with the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and urbanism at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

Our mission is to support organisations to lower their energy costs, create warmer and healthier buildings and achieve their net zero ambitions.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country.

Hannah's guest this time is Tudor Baker, director of Greater Manchester Community Renewables Limited (GMCR).

It’s a community benefit society, set up and run by volunteers to install community-owned renewable energy across Greater Manchester.

Its job is to raise funds to install solar panels on schools and community buildings, helping them save money, reduce their carbon footprint, and inspire children and the community to learn about energy and climate change.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

Our mission is to support organisations to lower their energy costs, create warmer and healthier buildings and achieve their net zero ambitions.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country.

Hannah's guest in this episode is Catherine Ross, head of sustainability at the British Library.

Catherine has been in post since August 2023, focusing on the library’s own operations as well as its voice and influence.

She is responsible for developing its sustainability and climate change strategy.

The British Library holds one of the largest collections of printed material in the world featuring almost every known language, and cares for over 170 million items.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

Our mission is to support organisations to lower their energy costs, create warmer and healthier buildings and achieve their net zero ambitions.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country.

Hannah's guest this week is Gavin Johnston, associate director, BE-ST, Scotland. A Certified Passivhaus Designer, Gavin has contributed significantly to the design and refurbishment of numerous public buildings, along with strategic asset management and housing development.

Gavin has led the retrofit of the BE-ST Innovation Campus (SNRC), transforming a 2000-era industrial unit into a living lab.

Gavin has previous experience in social housing and is passionate about improving the sustainability of Scotland's building stock. In early 2026, he was noted for his work on the Scottish Healthcare Built Environment Network.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Mohammed Khan and Professor David Fairen-Jimenez join our podcast this time to tell us about their solutions to climate change.

They are behind Cambridge-based Immaterial. It builds on monolithic metal organic frameworks combined with engineering design and machine learning to create solutions for carbon capture, hydrogen storage, water harvesting and energy reduction.

As chief executive, Mohammed has 27 years' experience in technology commercialisation, creating enterprise value and building partnerships.

David leads the development of Immaterials's technology. He is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Reader in Molecular Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix. It is presented by Hannah Walker.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest this episode is Professor Myles Allen, an internationally renowned scientist, government adviser, sought-after commentator.

Myles is Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the Department of Physics, and Professor of Geosystem Science in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

In 2005, Professor Allen introduced the notion of a finite carbon budget, implying net zero emissions of carbon dioxide are necessary to halt global warming.

He has been working on the implications ever since, most recently on the case for Geological Net Zero or a balance between ongoing production of carbon dioxide from geological sources with carbon dioxide capture and geological storage.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix..

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest this episode is Dr Pancho Lewis, assistant professor at Durham University.

He combines his career in academia with his work in grassroots politics. Pancho completed his Postdoctoral Fellow at Durham and is a PhD researcher at Lancaster University.

His research looks at the politics of net zero transitions, focusing on people's affective experiences in the midst of a climate emergency. He is also a public engagement specialist with a focus on environmental politics.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest for this episode is international artist Chris Gilmour.

He's known for creating hyper realistic sculptures from cardboard and glue. He co-founded Vectar Sets during lockdown which is a Manchester-based company providing paper-based solutions for sustainable scenery for film and TV.

In 2006 Chris won the Premio Cairo art prize and in 2012 the Premio Michetti.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.