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The Land & Climate Podcast

Land and Climate Review
Climate Change
Pollution
Renewable Energy
US Agriculture
Carbon Offsetting
Human Rights
Decarbonization
Toxic Fashion
Deep Time Reckoning
Environmental Policy
Benzene
Climate Activism
Drax Group
Biomass Energy
Sustainability
Iran
Fossil Fuels
Biodiversity
Modern Forestry Practices
Farm Bill

The editorial team from The Land and Climate Review interview thinkers and policymakers in the world of economics, land-use and climate policy. Find more on our site at www.landclimate.org

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Latest Episodes

How is a monopoly organised? What does 'the economy' really mean? Is the conception of growth misleading? 

To answer these big questions, Timothy Mitchell sits down with Alasdair to discuss his latest book, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Ear... more

Environmental journalist Edward Struzik returns to the Land and Climate Podcast to discuss his latest book, Animal Diaspora: Decoding Ice Age Mysteries to Reveal the Future of Migration. 

 

The book reconstructs migration patterns of animal populatio... more

Content advisory: this episode describes events that listeners may find distressing.

Five years ago, in the small coastal town of Palma, Mozambique, 500 fighters from the ISIS-affiliated al-Shabab group stormed a community living and working beside ... more

Colombia is one of the most unequal countries in the world regarding agriculture and land ownership. Violence in the Colombian countryside has often allowed corporate agriculture to displace land once held by small farmers, known as “campesinos”, and... more

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Recent Guests

Timothy Mitchell
Political theorist and historian
Columbia University
Episode: How does capital steal from the future?
Ed Struzik
Canadian environmental journalist and author
Episode: Do ancient mass extinctions offer lessons for our future?
Alex Perry
Prize-winning international journalist
Episode: Why is TotalEnergies facing allegations of war crimes in Mozambique?
Dr. Jaskiran Kaur Chohan
Senior lecturer in Political Ecology
University of Bristol
Episode: How does corporate agriculture profit from conflict in Colombia?
Matt Simon
Science journalist who wrote A Poison Like No Other
Author, book on microplastics
Episode: In Review: Plastics
Rob Ralston
Lecturer at Edinburgh University in Public Policy, focuses on lobbying and political economy of plastics
Edinburgh University
Episode: In Review: Plastics
Punyathorn Jeungmarn
Ahn from Environmental Justice Foundation
Environmental Justice Foundation
Episode: In Review: Plastics
Oliver Broad
Engineer by training, energy modeling and planning expert, senior lecturer at UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources
University College London
Episode: Is reducing energy use a political taboo?
Danielle Young
Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and International Studies, Leeds University
Leeds University
Episode: Is geoengineering a security threat?

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Bertie Harrison-Bruninski
Host of The Land and Climate Podcast with a focus on climate policy and land-use
Alasdair McEwen
Host of The Land and Climate Podcast, engages in policy and climate governance discussions

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 25 ratings
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    Having been an avid listener of podcasts on climate and the energy transition, and following a number of similar channels on youtube, upon finding the Land&Climate podcast I have to say it`s in a league of its own. The depth and breath of the info presented, plus the calibre of the international guests interviewed is first class. Muchas gracias for the excellent work.

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Rigorous, policy-focused discussions with strong academic and practical relevance.
The depth and breadth of info is outstanding and the guests are international in scope.
High-quality interviews that balance theory with real-world governance challenges.
Excellent source for understanding the complexities of energy transition and climate policy.

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Do ancient mass extinctions offer lessons for our future?
Q: Could you perhaps give us some examples of ways in which people are learning about modern day from history and vice versa?
Ed Struzik explains that historical climate events show how landscape changes and wildfires have repeatedly reshaped habitats, while contemporary research emphasizes creating corridors and monitoring wildlife movements to guide future conservation, rather than trying to perfectly replicate the past.
How does corporate agriculture profit from conflict in Colombia?
Q: Could you share other global examples that illustrate how corporate power interacts with land use and conflict beyond Colombia?
Global examples show similar patterns where state policies and international actors intersect with corporate interests to shape land use, often displacing smallholders; these dynamics reveal that many cases share core themes around land access, export-oriented crops, and the influence of multinational actors.
How does corporate agriculture profit from conflict in Colombia?
Q: Is there a world where companies in the corporate food regime can co-exist with agroecological forms of farming, or is the vision of a fully smallholder, agroecological system incompatible with current corporate dynamics?
A direct coexistence is philosophically possible but requires extreme structural changes, shifts in consumer culture, and fundamental rethinking of profit priorities that currently favor industrial agriculture and expansion over small-scale, diverse farming.
How does corporate agriculture profit from conflict in Colombia?
Q: There have been some examples of more direct involvement. Your paper mentions Chiquita Banana. Could you elaborate on that and how you see the role of corporate actors in relation to paramilitary groups?
Chiquita Banana is one of the clearest cases showing how big agribusiness can engage with paramilitary groups to facilitate land access and operations; there are other cases of corporate funding of violent actors to advance agricultural modernization, though tracing exact culpability is complex and dangerous, requiring careful, qualitative investigation.
Can ocean technologies combat climate change?
Q: Is there any flagship public project for Marine CDR, or are deployments mostly driven by startups?
There are no major flagship public projects; deployments tend to be led by startups while academics measure outcomes, with a notable exception being a specialized alkalinity project by a research institution, but such efforts are still relatively rare.

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A thought-provoking program focused on climate policy, land-use, and economic dimensions of ecological change. Conversations frequently center on ocean- and land-based climate solutions, historical climate impacts on societies, energy systems, and the politics of transition, with a strong emphasis on governance, policy design, and practical implications for governments, businesses, and researchers. Noteworthy strengths include rigorous interviews with researchers and policymakers, a global perspective on climate governance, and a willingness to interrogate mainstream narratives about energy transitions, technologies, and trade-offs. This mix makes it valuable for listeners who want evidence-based context for policy decisions, corporate stra... more

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