Jonathan Levy talks to Catherine Darby-Roberts, Associate Director, Arup, where she leads on Advanced Manufacturing and Infrastructure projects.  Working closely with her clients, she uses her expertise to support their journey to improve resilience and adapt for the future, helping them transition to Net Zero. Joining Arup 16 years ago from Laing O'Rourke, Catherine has developed a wealth of experience leading multidisciplinary teams on projects such as Siemens Train Manufacturing Facility in Goole and University of Hull Net Zero Campus Strategy.

Jonathan Levy presents a mix of interviews from Day 2 of The Waterline Summit 2022 which looked at adaptation and resilience. There was also a full day hackathon. This episode features:

Wayne Willis - Edenic

Catherine Darby-Roberts - Arup

Ann Cousins - Arup

Helen Todd - Environment Agency

Dr Agota Mockute - EEI UoH

Toby Rhodes - Perform Green

Dave Glassey - Team GB

Ben Kolosz - EEI UoH

Rob Lewis - Edenic Group

Emma Toulson - Ørsted

The Waterline Live session at The Waterline Summit 2022 opened with an introduction to the World Meteorological Organization's latest report - United in Science by UN Secretary-General António Guterres

At COP26 in Glasgow, UK, Jonathan Levy asked COP President and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa about the role of youth and meeting their expectations. This is the replay from the press conference and underlines this year's discussion in The Waterline Live session with Amy Meek and Cathy Yitong Li as we approach COP27. (Listen to the full session in episode 2 of this 4th season)

Listen to this extended interview when Jonathan Levy talks to environmental and climate activist Amy Meek.

Along with her younger sister Ella, Amy launched an award-winning campaign, now charity, called Kids Against Plastic in 2016. Amy and Ella were both awarded British Empire Medals in the 2022 Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in recognition of their voluntary service to the natural environment. Their work has also been recognised by UNESCO as ‘Green Citizens’.

For the 6 years since Kids Against Plastic’s launch, Amy has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the negative effects of petroleum plastic on the environment and empower others to take action to combat it. Kids Against Plastic now has a team of over 240 young people around the world as part of the KAP Club, and the Plastic Clever scheme has had over 1400 schools and numerous cafes and businesses sign up since its launch in early 2019. Plus, the girls have collected over 100,000 pieces of plastic litter along the way, and co-authored the books Be Plastic Clever and Be Climate Clever together. Through her work, Amy has spoken to kids around the UK, ministers in all three Parliaments in Great Britain, and diplomats and young people at the UN Headquarters in Geneva. She is also a two-time TEDx speaker, speaking firstly at TEDx Exeter alongside her sister in 2018, and most recently at TEDx Geneva 2021.

Following a plea by Prof Saleemul Huq for youth to take action, Jonathan Levy talks to Amy Meek, environmental and climate activist Co-Founder and CEO of Kids Against Plastic

Along with her younger sister Ella, Amy launched an award-winning campaign, now charity, called Kids Against Plastic in 2016. Amy and Ella were both awarded British Empire Medals in the 2022 Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in recognition of their voluntary service to the natural environment. Their work has also been recognised by UNESCO as ‘Green Citizens’.

For the 6 years since Kids Against Plastic’s launch, Amy has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the negative effects of petroleum plastic on the environment and empower others to take action to combat it. Kids Against Plastic now has a team of over 240 young people around the world as part of the KAP Club, and the Plastic Clever scheme has had over 1400 schools and numerous cafes and businesses sign up since its launch in early 2019. Plus, the girls have collected over 100,000 pieces of plastic litter along the way, and co-authored the books Be Plastic Clever and Be Climate Clever together. Through her work, Amy has spoken to kids around the UK, ministers in all three Parliaments in Great Britain, and diplomats and young people at the UN Headquarters in Geneva. She is also a two-time TEDx speaker, speaking firstly at TEDx Exeter alongside her sister in 2018, and most recently at TEDx Geneva 2021.

LISTEN to the full interview in the next episode (15) audio edition podcast

Listen to this extended audio interview: Jonathan Levy talks to Prof Saleemul Huq OBE, a Bangladeshi-British scientist who is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) based in Bangladesh, also Professor at Independent University Bangladesh. In addition he is the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group for the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and also Senior Adviser on Locally Led Adaptation with Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) headquartered in the Netherlands. He is an expert in the field of climate change, environment and development.

Prof Huq has been a lead author of the third, fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and he also advises the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He has published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and was recognized as one of the top twenty global influencers on climate change policy in 2019 and top scientist from Bangladesh on climate change science. He was included in the annual list “The 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy” by Apolitical in 2019, alongside other inspirational politicians, advocates, youth activists, academics, and diplomats from all over the world. Recently he has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to combating international climate change.

Jonathan Levy talks to Prof Saleemul Huq OBE, a Bangladeshi-British scientist who is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) based in Bangladesh, also Professor at Independent University Bangladesh. In addition he is the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group for the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and also Senior Adviser on Locally Led Adaptation with Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) headquartered in the Netherlands. He is an expert in the field of climate change, environment and development.

Prof Huq has been a lead author of the third, fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and he also advises the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He has published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and was recognized as one of the top twenty global influencers on climate change policy in 2019 and top scientist from Bangladesh on climate change science. He was included in the annual list “The 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy” by Apolitical in 2019, alongside other inspirational politicians, advocates, youth activists, academics, and diplomats from all over the world. Recently he has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to combating international climate change.

LISTEN to the full interview in the next episode (13) audio edition podcast

Jonathan Levy talks to Rachel Perks, a Marine Scientist with the Met Office, who has a long-term interest in the marine environment in this extended audio interview. Rachel possesses several years’ experience working across both the public and private sectors. Over the course of her career, she has worked on a variety of global projects, with a wide range of clients including government bodies, developers, insurers and reinsurers to consider the impacts of climate change on our oceans. Sea level rise is going to have significant consequences for coastal communities worldwide. Rachel’s current work aims to co-develop with potential users a coastal resilience service focusing on sea level projections, extreme water levels, storm surges and weather patterns.

Jonathan Levy talks to Rachel Perks, a Marine Scientist with the Met Office, who has a long-term interest in the marine environment. She possesses several years’ experience working across both the public and private sectors. Over the course of her career, she has worked on a variety of global projects, with a wide range of clients including government bodies, developers, insurers and reinsurers to consider the impacts of climate change on our oceans. Sea level rise is going to have significant consequences for coastal communities worldwide. Rachel’s current work aims to co-develop with potential users a coastal resilience service focusing on sea level projections, extreme water levels, storm surges and weather patterns. Hear the full interview in the next episode (11) of the audio edition podcast.