Hannah's guest in this episode is Nick Chadwick, chief executive of Mission Zero Technologies. Nick is an environmentally driven chemist and materials scientist enthusiastic about renewables, water, and semiconductors.

He has experience scaling and building early-stage materials technologies in renewables, semiconductors, sensors, and carbon capture. Nick has a PhD in Materials Science from University College London and a Master’s in chemistry from the University of Nottingham.

Nick, who never imagined he’d start a business, believes in making all things out of ... air.

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In this episode, Hannah's guest is Asif Ghafoor, the chief executive of Be.EV. It is the largest electric vehicle charging network across Greater Manchester.

Asif is also co-founder of Iduna, which develops new infrastructure in the mobility, telecommunications, and energy sectors. He is a natural innovator and business entrepreneur with a keen passion for all things green.

He talks about why he hangs out in car parks and why community is so important.

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In this episode, Hannah's guest is Isaac Beevor, policy lead at Climate Emergency.

Isaac started working and campaigning in local climate policy in Vancouver, managing volunteers and working on campaigns to support Vancouver's low-emission buildings policy and introducing an annual measuring and reporting system.

In our podcast he talks about how the UK is addressing climate action and what next needs to happen.

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We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that help local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Our guest this time is John Savage, a Southampton city councillor and cabinet member for environment and net zero. John is a lifelong Labour supporter with membership since 1987.

He has lived in Southampton for more than 13 years where he has raised his children. John talks about how we can protect our cities from the impacts of climate change and looks specifically at how Southampton is navigating this agenda.

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We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Presenter Hannah Walker's guest this episode is Professor AbuBakr Bahaj.

He leads the Energy and Climate Change Division and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (ECCD) at the University of Southampton.

For more than 30 years, Professor Bahaj has pioneered sustainable energy research and established the energy theme within the university where he also completed his PhD, progressing from a researcher to expert in sustainable energy.

Professor Bahaj founded the international Marine Energy Journal, in 2012 he was appointed chief scientific advisor to Southampton City Council and in 2014 the UK Science Council named him as one of the UK’s 100 leading practicing scientists.

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We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode, we hear from Andrew Prag.

He's the managing director for policy at the We Mean Business Coalition, driving climate action.

Andrew and his team focus on the accelerating energy transition. He is a firm believer that strong leadership from progressive companies is a key and explores how stronger regulatory frameworks raise standards across industries.

Andrew holds an MSc in Environmental Technology/Energy Policy from Imperial College London and a MA in Natural Sciences (Genetics) from the University of Cambridge.

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We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest in this episode is Paul Bushnell, estates works manager at the University of York. He is currently leading a hugely ambitious geothermal project on campus.

The university hopes to cut its fossil fuel use and spearhead the city of York's net zero ambitions. The project is backed by £35 million in funding.

The aim is to harness the earth's natural heat to decarbonise the campus, while also providing invaluable research and educational opportunities.

Paul gives an insight into the vision behind the project.

This episode features guest voiceovers provided by 'Team Salix' members Amanda and Charles.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest this time is Claire Parkinson, energy manager at the Carbon Trust.

The trust is on a mission to decarbonisation the future for all of us. It partners with businesses, governments and financial institutions to accelerate their route to net zero.

Claire’s role is to collaborate across the public and private sector to discover climate solutions, and how we can all better tackle our carbon footprint. She is a certified energy manager who has also worked with the Welsh Government supporting the Net Zero Carbon agenda in Wales.

Claire manages carbon foot printing projects and decarbonisation strategies for private and public sector clients.

This episode features guest voiceovers provided by 'Team Salix' members Charles and Ally.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.