Innovate UK

Net Zero Places Innovation Network aims to make Net Zero in the UK a reality. We do this by supporting local/regional authorities and agencies to connect, collaborate, inform, share experiences and lessons learned, adopt innovation and to level up across the UK.

The Net Zero Talks Podcast series aims to hear from experts and Local Authorities on challenges and practical insights into different topics relating to how to achieve net zero in places.

In this episode, Nilam Banks and Kezia Williamson from Innovate UK KTN explore with their special guest Patrick Allcorn, Head of Local Net Zero Team at BEIS, and Katie Greenhalgh, Environment and Net Zero Carbon Programme Lead at the Leicestershire County Council, the key challenges for local authorities in meeting net zero, and ask: what can be done to support them?

 

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What are the nature-based solutions exactly, why are they important for reducing deforestation? And what is the role of data, and in particular geospatial data, in monitoring land-use change and nature-based solutions? In this episode, our guest speakers will explore the vast topic of ‘Nature’ in tackling climate change, and why reasons why businesses should prioritise reducing their environmental and social impact.

 

Guests:

Andrew Deutz - Director, The Nature Conservancy
Victor Ohuruogu - Senior Africa Regional Manager, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD)

Moderators: 

Suzie Imber - Space physicist, University of Leicester 

Dallas Campbell - Science and technology TV presenter

 

Useful links

- Each podcast episode builds on a corresponding chapter in our newly launched report, ‘Meeting Net Zero with the Power of Place’. Click here to explore the interactive report and get a more in-depth understanding of topics covered. 

- Innovate UK KTN’s Space & Geospatial team

 

Click here to read the episode 5 transcript.

In episode 3, we speak to Richard Pyatt from CR Plus and Animesh Ghosh from Envirya about the decarbonisation journeys of industrial sites they have supported.

The podcast discusses how to approach industrial decarbonisation, what energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies are available and how delivery partners can help to advise industrial sites on how to reduce their energy demand and carbon emissions.

Guests:

Richard Pyatt | Director - CR Plus
Animesh Ghosh | Managing Director - Envirya

Click here to download the episode 3 transcript.

What is the role of collaboration and trustworthy data in mapping our urban environment to fight climate change and build more resilient cities? In this episode, we explore how collective intelligence and open data sharing can protect cities from natural disasters. Together with our guest speakers, we will also be discussing the rules and agreements needed to be established in order to enable this kind of resilience.

Guests:

Holger Kessler - NUAR Stakeholder and Communications Lead, Geospatial Commission

Denise McKenzie  - Community and Ethics Partner, Place

Moderators:

Suzie Imber - Space physicist, University of Leicester
Dallas Campbell - Science and technology TV presenter

Click here for the episode 6 transcript.

*Please note that Episode 5 will be published with a delay on 11 August.

Additional Resources

• We are excited to launch our latest publication, ‘Meeting Net Zero with the Power of Place’. Each podcast episode builds on a corresponding chapter in the report, allowing you to get a more in-depth understanding of topics covered. Click here to explore the interactive report.
• Want to join the discussion or ask for support in solving a challenge? Get in touch with us!
  Luca Budello - Geospatial Lead at Innovate UK KTN
  Andy Bennett - Space Lead at Innovate UK KTN

In this episode of the IETF podcast we will hear from industrial sites both large and small who are actively decarbonising their manufacturing operations with support from the IETF. Focussing on industrial energy efficiency, we speak to Tim Shire from Essar UK and Alex Patrick-Smith from Hinton Perry and Davenhill on why industrial decarbonisation is important to them and what they plan to deploy on their sites in the North West and Midlands respectively.

 

Guests: 

 

Tim Shire  | Energy Management and Combustion - Essar Oil 

 

Alex Patrick-Smith | Executive Chairman - Hinton Perry & Davenhill

 

Transcript

 

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This podcast series will explore why we need to support industrial decarbonisation - what policies and standards are helping to drive a change and move the industrial sectors, such as manufacturing, towards net zero carbon. In episode 1, we speak to Rachel Arber from the Dept for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Sebastiaan Van Dort from BSI Group.

In order to have a thriving industrial sector whilst also meeting the UK’s net zero carbon targets we need to support the energy intensive industries to reduce their energy demand and carbon emissions associated with their industrial processes. The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) provided by the Dept for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is providing capital investment to industrial sites to help them to deploy industrial energy efficiency and decarbonisation technologies and make a difference right now.

Innovate UK KTN and BEIS are pleased to share this short podcast series with you. The discussions led by Innovate UK KTN’s Jenni McDonnell MBE will talk to different stakeholders including policy makers, industrial sites and delivery partners who are helping industrial sites to understand what they could achieve by taking advantage of this opportunity.

Whether you are an industrial site owner, technology provider or someone who is interested in our journey to net zero, why not tune in? We would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on the topics covered and hope you enjoy this short podcast series. 

Click here to download the episode 1 transcript. (This has been transcribed verbatim).

It is said that you ‘cannot change what you cannot measure’. Geospatial data has been central to estimating and understanding the current trends, and predicting the effects in climate change. In this episode, we discuss this incredible important role that data plays supporting resilience and adaptation to climate change, with the help of practical case studies from those deeply affected by it, and those providing solutions.

 

Guests: 

Titus Letaapo - Co-founder, GEO Indigenous Alliance

Andrew Zolli - Chief Impact Officer, Planet

Moderators: 

Suzie Imber - Space physicist, University of Leicester 

Dallas Campbell - Science and technology TV presenter

 

Click here for the transcript.

 

Click here to explore the interactive report and get a more in-depth understanding of topics covered.

What is the role of finance in supporting the efforts towards reaching net zero and reducing carbon emissions? In this episode, we will explore how finance can tackle injustice by supporting business to understand financial risk, and transfer wealth from developed to developing countries for the benefit of the environment and the people that look after it.

Guests: 
Josh Gilbert – CEO, SustGlobal
Federica Bietta – Managing Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Moderators: 
Suzie Imber - Space physicist, University of Leicester 
Dallas Campbell - Science and technology TV presenter

Transcript coming soon.
 
Each podcast episode builds on a corresponding chapter in our newly launched report, ‘Meeting Net Zero with the Power of Place’. Click here to explore the interactive report and get a more in-depth understanding of topics covered.

What is the role of geospatial data in building a more prosperous, yet sustainable tomorrow? In this episode, we will explore why innovation is so important for turning challenges into opportunities, as well as building economic resilience. In this episode, we will also challenge our understanding of what innovation actually means in the context of climate action, and discuss about the need for incremental versus transformational change. 

 
Guests: 
Geoff Kendall - Co-founder & CEO, FutureFit

Luca Budello - Geospatial Lead, Innovate UK KTN

Moderators: 
Suzie Imber - Space physicist, University of Leicester 
Dallas Campbell - Science and technology TV presenter

 

Click here to download the transcript.

 

Each podcast episode builds on a corresponding chapter in our newly launched report, ‘Meeting Net Zero with the Power of Place’. Click here to explore the interactive report and get a more in-depth understanding of topics covered.

In our past episodes, we have debated on the colours of hydrogen, introduced how hydrogen is produced and where it should be used, delving into where it will be most effective in decarbonising energy, industrial and chemical industries, and dedicated our last episodes to focus on the aviation and maritime sector.

In this fifth episode,  Steffan Eldred and Neelam Mughal from Innovate UK KTN discuss how the glass industry is driving new hydrogen developments, and research and explore the hydrogen transition opportunities and challenges in this sector, alongside their special guest Rob Ireson, Innovation and Partnerships Manager at Glass Futures Ltd.

Guests

Steffan Eldred | Knowledge Transfer Manager - Energy & Infrastructure

Neelam Mughal | Knowledge Transfer Manager - Advanced MAterials

Rob Ireson | Innovation and Partnerships Manager - Glass Futures Ltd

 

Useful links and additional information

• The Hydrogen Economy Innovation Network is a non-competitive community and advisory group that pools knowledge from existing hydrogen communities to validate views on the current challenges to enabling low-carbon hydrogen uptake at scale and cost.
• Innovate UK KTN’s Materials Team covers a broad scope of the materials life cycle, from feedstock, processing techniques, design and manufacture, testing, standardisation, resource efficiency and circularity.
• Glass Futures Website.