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Climate Confident - Stories And Strategies That Cut Emissions

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

Climate Confident is the podcast for business leaders, policy-makers, and climate tech professionals who want real, practical strategies for cutting emissions and building a resilient low-carbon future.

Every Wednesday at 7am CET, I sit down with the people doing the work, executives, engineers, scientists, founders, and policymakers, to unpack what’s actually driving climate progress across energ... more

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No one wants to ship water around the world. That one line says a lot about the next phase of energy storage.

In this episode of Climate Confident, I’m joined by Min Tang, Director of International Business at Rong... more

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What if the biggest greenwashing risk isn’t bad intent, but business-as-usual marketing?

In this episode of Climate Confident, I’m joined by Helen Neal, founder of HN Communications, to dig into one of the most und... more

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Fake people. Fake comments. Real clean energy projects killed.

This is what climate delay looks like in the AI era.

In this episode of Climate Confident, I’m joined by Leah Qusba, CEO of GoodPower, an organisation ... more

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Carbon data is no longer just something companies report. Increasingly, it may decide whether products can be sold at all.

In this episode of Climate Confident, I’m joined by Stephen Jamieson, Chief Marketing Offic... more

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Recent Guests

Leah Qusba
CEO of GoodPower
GoodPower
Episode: Fake People, Real Projects Killed: AI Disinformation and the New Clean Energy Bottleneck
Steven Jamieson
Chief Marketing Officer for SAP Sustainability
SAP
Episode: Carbon Data Is Becoming Permission to Sell, Not Just Something to Report
Liam Ryan
CEO of Streetleaf
Streetleaf
Episode: Solar Streetlights Aren’t About Cheap Power. They’re About Resilience, Uptime, and Infrastructure Cost
Darren Macri
Co-CEO of Wythe Windows; rising president of the Passive House Network
Wythe Windows; Passive House Network
Episode: Passive House Isn’t Niche Green Design. It’s Resilience Infrastructure
Dan Sutton
Co-founder and CEO of Syntholene Energy
Syntholene Energy
Episode: The Physics Problem Behind Decarbonising Flight
Alexander Sexsmith
Architect
Sexsmith Architects
Episode: As Grids Get Cleaner, Building Materials Become the Real Climate Problem
Olaf van der Veen
Co-founder of Orbisk, AI and IoT for food waste reduction
Orbisk
Episode: Most Food Waste Never Reaches a Plate
Rob Atkin
Co-founder and CEO of Pirta
Pirta
Episode: The Infrastructure Was Built for the Climate We Had. Not the Climate We’re Getting
Jennifer Jenkins
Chief Science Officer at Rubicon Carbon
Rubicon Carbon
Episode: Carbon Markets as Outsourced Mitigation: Smart Climate Strategy or Convenient Fiction?

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Tom Raftery
Host of Climate Confident with a focus on practical climate tech, policy, and business implications.

Reviews

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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    MapleKiwIcarus
    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 States4 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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ABoym
    Russia4 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!

    Apple Podcasts
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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!

    Apple Podcasts
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    Pauls mini
    United States5 years ago

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Carbon Data Is Becoming Permission to Sell, Not Just Something to Report
Q: Who should own carbon data internally within organizations?
Lines of business should own carbon data, ensuring insights influence relevant operational decisions rather than siloed within a sustainability team.
Carbon Data Is Becoming Permission to Sell, Not Just Something to Report
Q: How do agentic AI capabilities change the economics of sustainability?
Agentic AI reduces the data management burden, scales footprints across thousands of products, and integrates sustainability into core business processes like finance and supply chain to improve decision quality and auditability.
Carbon Data Is Becoming Permission to Sell, Not Just Something to Report
Q: Why is there a shift from ESG reporting to transactional sustainability in business decisions?
The shift is driven by a maturation of understanding that climate risk and cost of carbon affect competitiveness and investor perceptions, prompting a move from disclosures to operational controls in product design, sourcing, and pricing.
Carbon Data Is Becoming Permission to Sell, Not Just Something to Report
Q: What sits under Steven Jamieson's role at SAP and why sustainability has his attention?
Steven explains that sustainability is central to doing business, especially for cross-border operations and complex supply chains, and SAP combines market insight with product priorities to embed sustainability through AI-enabled solutions.
Solar Streetlights Aren’t About Cheap Power. They’re About Resilience, Uptime, and Infrastructure Cost
Q: What advice would you give about the future of off-grid solar street lighting becoming the norm?
Policy helps but the superior product and cost-effectiveness will win in the long run; Streetleaf aims to be the standard by delivering reliable, easy-to-install, low-maintenance solar streetlights that outperform traditional, grid-connected options.

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This show targets business leaders, policy-makers, and climate tech professionals seeking practical, actionable strategies for cutting emissions and building resilient, low-carbon operations. Episodes skew toward real-world deployments, economic tradeoffs, and scalable solutions across energy, mobility, industry, supply chains, and food. Frequent themes include credible messengers and community engagement, AI-enabled sustainability insights, material and infrastructure challenges, and policy or market dynamics that shape deployment. Notable throughlines include rigorous data-driven decision making, upfront cost considerations, and the importance of resilience in a rapidly changing climate, with guests ranging from startup founders to corpor... more

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Recent guests on Climate Confident include:

1. Leah Qusba
2. Steven Jamieson
3. Liam Ryan
4. Darren Macri
5. Dan Sutton
6. Alexander Sexsmith
7. Olaf van der Veen
8. Rob Atkin

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