Sparks
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJacobs and the World Climate Foundation (WCF) are collaborating on a special edition podcast series - “Sparks”. Come with us as we take you on a journey around the world to explore how different countries are tackling their climate challenges, sparking ideas and inspiration.
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COP26 and the Path Ahead
December 10, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBKevin Berryman is President and Chief Financial Officer for Jacobs. With over 40 years of professional experience, he manages all aspects of corporate finance including accounting, investor relations, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, global business services, tax, information technology and real estate functions. In addition, he also oversees corporate communications, internal audit, enterprise business services and digital information technology. Kevin serves as Executive Sponsor for P...
Live from World Climate Summit - Glasgow
November 18, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBJennifer Lenhart, PhD Global Cities Lead, is WWF’s Global Cities Lead, convening a programme which has engaged over 700 cities in 50 countries, namely via the One Planet City Challenge. She holds a PhD in urban climate governance from Wageningen University, an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (MESPOM) from Lund University and Central European University and has over 15 years’ experience addressing urban environmental challenges via holistic approaches. She p...
Sustainable Buildings - Dubai
October 29, 2021 12:30 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBAyla Bajwa, DP World Head of Sustainability and Impact, has 19 years of experience as an international sustainability expert, recognized for her work in corporate sustainability and sustainable development working with governments, UN entities and large multinational companies. Ayla is currently Head of Group Sustainability and Impact at DP World, spearheading the global delivery of DP World’s sustainability strategy “Our World Our Future.” She leads the coordination of DP World’s key res...
Net Zero Cities - Singapore
October 21, 2021 10:30 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBLauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilience Cities Network - As Executive Director of the Resilient Cities Network, Lauren Sorkin leads global efforts to strengthen the ability of 96 cities in over 40 countries to deal with complex challenges. Lauren serves as an advisor and spokesperson on urban resilience, women’s leadership sustainable finance, climate risk, and urbanization trends. She is on the Advisory Board of Food Tank, the Singapore Sustainability Summit, Natural Capital and Smart...
Climate Change and Global Health
October 15, 2021 12:10 - 39 minutes - 36 MBDr. Nino Kharaishvili is a healthcare expert with a working knowledge of 40 different countries across the former Soviet Union, Africa, South East Asia, and Middle East. She has over 17 years of international health consulting experience and has managed teams specializing in global health security, health system preparedness, disease surveillance, biosafety and biosecurity, program metrics and evaluation. Dr. Kharaishvili now serves as a Global Solutions Director for Health Governance and f...
Energy Transition - Asia Pacific
October 08, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBArmida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, took office on 1 November 2018. Ms. Alisjahbana was Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran and was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia from 2009 to 2014. In 2016, Ms. Alisjahbana was a member of the High-Level Independent ...
Green Transportation - North America
September 27, 2021 13:52 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MBNick Albanese leads BloombergNEF's global Intelligent Mobility team, which produces research, data and forecasts on shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles. Based in Washington D.C., Nick advises the world’s leading automakers, energy companies, governments and financial players on the policies, technologies, corporate strategies and economic factors shaping the future of e-mobility. He is also a lead author of BNEF’s annual “Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook”. Nick holds a B.S. fr...
Home of Innovation - Scotland
September 24, 2021 12:35 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBDr. Martin Valenti, Director for NetZero at South of Scotland Enterprise, is an award-winning sustainability practitioner and serial disruptor, with extensive experience of strategic business engagement and innovation has recently undertaken a newly created role to lead the economic and community development agency’s efforts to help the region to transition to a NetZero economy. This includes taking forward the work of the South of Scotland Energy Transition Group’s Powering Change call to ...
Sparks - Coming Soon
September 14, 2021 13:09 - 32 seconds - 506 KBComing soon - Jacobs and the World Climate Foundation (WCF) are collaborating on “Sparks”, a limited-edition podcast series. Join our series hosts Zoe Haseman of Jacobs and Jens Nielsen of the WCF as they welcome experts from across the globe to explore how different countries are tackling their climate challenges. Stay tuned for our first episode, as we visit Scotland in anticipation of COP26.