In this episode we will talk about the psychology behind our behaviors, why it is so hard to change them, and what we can do about it. Some tips and advice about our brains, and how we can trigger change around us through relationships, experie

#9 Adapting to Climate Change Impacts: A Review of the IPCC’s Key Messages

Nov 15th, 2022 22m 5s

The summer of 2022 was a painful reminder of the destructive impacts that climate change can have on our societies and ecosystems. While Europe saw many of its forests burn to the ground during the hottest summer ever recorded, the world shocki

#8 Doing our fair share - the impact of our individual behaviors on the climate

Oct 5th, 2022 15m 3s

You have likely heard of some actions you can take in your daily life to reduce your individual carbon footprint, such as sorting your waste, eating organic and locally sourced food, reducing your meat consumption... Have you ever wondered if t

#7 Wood and Climate: the Carbolympic Flame

Aug 28th, 2022 29m 36s

This episode takes a closer look at the role of wood, specifically when it is beneficial to use as a renewable energy source and material in our fight against climate change - and when it is not. Although wood is often perceived as an environ

#6 Mitigating Climate Change: The Last Sequel of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report

Jul 11th, 2022 20m 29s

Have you heard about the latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation, but felt intimidated going through a few thousand pages of scientific literature? We get it. If you want to get an idea of its key messages in less than 20 minutes, you’

#5 The Environmental Impact of our Digital Lives: Between optimization and over-connection

May 11th, 2022 16m 28s

Have you ever wondered about the environmental impact of our current use of digital devices? Are green IT, dematerialised solutions, and optimisation any good? The Shift Project looked at the environmental impact of digital technology in its L

#4 Impacts of +1.5°C global warming

Mar 11th, 2022 12m 17s

In this episode, we go back to an emblematic report in the fight against climate change: the Special Report fromthe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of a globalwarming of +1.5°C compared with the pre-industrial

#3 Greenwashing: why is it inevitable and how to spot it

Mar 11th, 2022 14m 21s

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainability?Yes, especially when well-concealed. In this episode, we start off by defininggreenwashing as the advertisement of practices which would, according to theannouncements of a company, allow us to res

#2 Declining oil supply in Europe: risks by 2030

Mar 11th, 2022 12m 24s

The Shift Project carried out a prospective analysis on the European Union’scurrent oil supply chains, building on top of a study from Rystad Energy, anindependent energy researchand business intelligence company. The conclusions of the re

#1 Understanding our climate and its future: a review of the IPCC AR6 part 1

Mar 11th, 2022 27m 2s

In this episode, we will talk about the first volume of the sixth assessmentreport of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, also known as theIPCC. The report came out in August 2021, a few months ahead of the COP26.Representing 3 y