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Climate Confident - Practical Climate Solutions That Cut Emissions

Tom Raftery
Climate Change
Sustainability
Renewable Energy
Electric Vehicles
Energy Transition
Clean Energy
Solar Energy
Climate Policy
Decarbonization
Climate Action
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Regenerative Agriculture
Inflation Reduction Act
Fossil Fuels
Energy Efficiency
Carbon Capture
Ecoathletes
Local Government
Electrification
Hydrogen

Climate Confident is for business leaders, climate professionals and policymakers who need to understand what is actually cutting emissions—and what it takes to make those solutions work at scale.

Each Wednesday, technology and sustainability analyst, keynote speaker and former SAP Global VP Tom Raftery speaks with the executives, engineers, scientists, founders and policymakers turning climate a... more

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Grid congestion is no longer just a utility headache. In places such as the Netherlands, it can obstruct business expansion just as AI data centres add pressure to electricity networks.

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Caribbean islands pay a steep price for electricity generated from imported diesel. Solar and storage offer an alternative, but cheaper technology alone won't overcome the financing barriers keeping projects and hou... more

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Advanced nuclear could have a lithium isotope problem long before it has a commercial power plant. Promising reactor designs need specialist materials that are barely produced at industrial scale.

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AI data centres are creating an extraordinary new demand for electricity. The harder question is whether clean, firm power can be built quickly enough to meet it, without falling back on gas.

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David Gumbs
Director of RMI's Global Islands Programme and former CEO of Anguilla's electricity utility
Rocky Mountain Institute
Episode: The Island Power Trap: Expensive Diesel and the Renewable Finance Gap
John Elling
Analytical chemist, entrepreneur and CEO of Molten Salt Solutions
Molten Salt Solutions
Episode: The Lithium Isotope Bottleneck Between Nuclear Breakthroughs and Power Plants
Matt Loszak
Co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics
Aalo Atomics
Episode: AI’s Power Boom Could Pull Factory-Built Nuclear Down the Cost Curve
Chris Zair
Director of Partnerships at UNDO
UNDO
Episode: Enhanced Rock Weathering’s Scaling Bottleneck Is Proof, Not Rock
Scott Brinner
Executive Vice President of RNG Solutions at NoPetro Energy
NoPetro Energy
Episode: The 15-Litre Engine Opens Heavy-Duty Trucking to RNG—Economics Decide What Scales
Barclay Rogers
Founder and CEO of Graphyte
Graphyte
Episode: Carbon Removal’s Real Bottleneck Isn’t Technology. It’s Demand.
Niklas Persson
CEO of Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy
Episode: Generation Is Not Delivery: The Grid Problem Behind Decarbonisation
Ray Wills
Managing Director of Future Smart Strategies and adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia
Future Smart Strategies; University of Western Australia
Episode: Solar, Batteries and EVs Are Turning Delay Into an Investment Risk
Julia Souder
CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council
Long Duration Energy Storage Council
Episode: Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Ready. The Energy Markets Aren’t

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Tom Raftery
Host of Climate Confident

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 69 ratings
  • Excellent podcast featuring real changemakers and sustainability transition practitioners, bringing innovative solutions to societies around the globe.

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    3 years ago
  • Fascinating podcast! Highly recommend

    I discovered this podcast in late 2021 and it’s become my go-to. There’s so many stories here that have to do with hope, technology, economy, humans and of course the environment… It’s a lot of fun, diverse, and highly informative. Something for everyone fore sure. Give it a listen and share, it won’t dissappoint you!

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    shellfish biologist
    United States5 years ago
  • Get listen and Act Now ! Best advice from Tom Raftery

    That is not just alarming or scary story - that is the good overview how we going to live tomorrow World. But there would be no any livable place without We Act on Climate Now. This is incredible series to understand ClimateTech & must have solutions to keep your life good and happy … Climate21 looks to be most interesting source of ESG/Sustainable innovations and tech solutions for green transition to better quality of life. Personally or for corporate governance that’s a podcast to listen. Tha... more

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    ABoym
    Russia5 years ago
  • Inspiring podcast

    I really enjoy Tom’s podcast! He always hosts amazing and insightful speakers and I like the length of the episodes. It’s such an important topic, and this podcast introduces it in an understandable and inspiring way. Looking forward to the next one, Tom!

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    Sara Trontelj
    Germany5 years ago
  • Great sustainability blog

    Really appreciate the breadth of your guests experiences. Keep up rhe great work!

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Great depth on how to implement decarbonisation at scale.
Insightful guests convey practical climate strategies you can act on.

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The Island Power Trap: Expensive Diesel and the Renewable Finance Gap
Q: And the Dominican Republic example brings in community ownership. Is that important? And, why isn't that happening in more places?
Community ownership can include lower-income households that cannot afford their own systems. In the Dominican Republic, community groups install panels and a cooperative bank reinvests payments to fund more installations, though the model requires local organizations and financing structures.
The Island Power Trap: Expensive Diesel and the Renewable Finance Gap
Q: And if, let's say a 50 megawatt island system faces $34 million increase in annual fuel costs, who bears the brunt of that?
Consumers, businesses, and governments bear the added costs. Many Caribbean governments subsidize the increases, but where they cannot, consumers and businesses must absorb them.
The Lithium Isotope Bottleneck Between Nuclear Breakthroughs and Power Plants
Q: What makes lithium isotope enrichment so hard to scale?
Lithium-6 and lithium-7 are nearly identical atoms, so they are difficult to separate. Elling describes using a small difference in how the isotopes partition between salt water and oil, then repeating that separation through many stages. Molten Salt Solutions applies Los Alamos technology to perform hundreds of stages in one machine.
The Lithium Isotope Bottleneck Between Nuclear Breakthroughs and Power Plants
Q: Is your market going to be 10 to 20 to 30 years away for the next 10, 20, 30 years?
Elling argues that small modular fission reactors are approaching commercial deployment, citing factory-style production, regulatory acceleration and prototypes. He says fusion remains less mature, but recent experimental results have shifted attention from basic physics toward engineering and power generation. Both markets depend on developers being able to obtain lithium at a known price.
AI’s Power Boom Could Pull Factory-Built Nuclear Down the Cost Curve
Q: Why is the comparison with solar plus storage meaningful here?
Matt argues that solar plus storage is cheaper and proven, but often requires over-building and land, plus high costs for rapid, scalable deployment. In contrast, a mass-manufactured nuclear pod could deliver reliable, scalable baseload power with a smaller land footprint and the potential to drastically reduce time to deployment for hyperscalers.

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Climate Confident spotlights executives, engineers, scientists, founders and policymakers who are implementing practical decarbonisation strategies at scale. Across episodes, the conversations center on how technologies, business models and policy choices translate into measurable emissions reductions in buildings, industry, energy, mobility and food systems. The show consistently emphasizes credible storytelling, rigorous data, and implementation realities—covering topics from AI-enabled energy management and long-duration storage to regenerative materials, passive design, and transparent sustainability communications. A notable strength is the host's history of bridging technical detail with real-world business impact, helping listeners e... more

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7. Niklas Persson
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