Climate Confident
By: Tom Raftery
Language: en-ie
Categories: Business, Science, Technology
Climate Confident is the podcast for business leaders, policy-makers, and climate tech professionals who want real, practical strategies for slashing emissions, fast.Every Wednesday at 7am CET, I sit down with the people doing the work, executives, engineers, scientists, innovators, to unpack how they’re driving measurable climate action across industries, from energy and transport to supply chains, agriculture, and beyond.This isn’t about vague pledges or greenwashing. It’s about what’s working, and what isn’t, so you can make smarter decisions, faster.We cover:Scalable solutions in energy, mobility, food, and financeThe politics and policies shaping the energy...
Episodes
LEED v5, Embodied Carbon, and Real Emissions Cuts
Jan 07, 2026Send me a message
What if the biggest barrier to decarbonising buildings isn’t technology, cost, or ambition - but sheer complexity?
The built environment produces nearly 40% of global emissions, yet we still make low-carbon construction harder than it needs to be.
In this episode, I’m joined by Tommy Linstroth, founder of Green Badger, to unpack why construction remains one of the most overlooked climate battlegrounds, and why that’s a mistake. We dig into LEED v5, embodied carbon, and the growing gap between climate ambition and what actually happens on bui...
Duration: 00:41:28Why Bad Data Is Blocking Scope 3 Emissions Reduction
Dec 31, 2025Send me a message
Most companies say they’re tackling Scope 3. Then they rely on averages and hope for the best. That’s not decarbonisation. That’s denial with spreadsheets.
In this episode, I’m joined by Paul Byrnes, CEO of Mavarick AI, to dig into one of the most stubborn blockers to real emissions reduction: bad data across global supply chains. Paul brings a rare mix to the table. Deep manufacturing roots, serious machine learning expertise, and a refreshingly low tolerance for AI theatre. We focus squarely on the climate challenge that keeps executives awake at...
Duration: 00:43:19Decarbonising Food Supply Chains with Real Data
Dec 24, 2025Send me a message
What if the biggest lever for food-system decarbonisation isn’t factories or fleets, but soil you’ll never see on a corporate balance sheet?
In this episode, I’m joined by Rhyannon Galea and Kristjan Luha from eAgronom to unpack one of the hardest climate problems to solve: Scope 3 emissions in food and agriculture.
This conversation was originally recorded for my Resilient Supply Chain podcast and I’m republishing it here because it cuts straight to the heart of real-world climate action. Most food companies have 70–95% of their emissions sitting on...
Duration: 00:42:15Decarbonising Shipping with Drop-In Waste-Based Fuels
Dec 17, 2025Send me a message
What if the fastest way to decarbonise shipping isn’t a shiny new fuel, but the waste it’s already throwing away?
Shipping moves 90% of global trade, yet it’s still one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise. In this episode, I’m joined by Nicholas Ball, CEO and founder of XFuel, to unpack why cost, physics, and adoption matter more than climate theatre when cutting emissions at scale.
Nicholas leads a company turning difficult waste streams, including oily residues from ships themselves, into ...
Duration: 00:38:48Deep Sea Minerals and the Future of Climate Tech
Dec 10, 2025Send me a message
What if the clean energy transition depended on potato-sized rocks four miles under the Pacific, and we’ve barely started talking about it?
In this episode I’m joined by Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and co-founder of Impossible Metals, to tackle one of the most uncomfortable truths in climate tech: there is no net zero without mining. We dig into how deep sea polymetallic nodules, AI-driven underwater robots and smarter policy could reshape the energy transition, emissions reduction, and even the geopolitical balance with China.
You’ll hear why 84% of global...
Duration: 00:47:35The 30% Solar Breakthrough: Perovskites and the Future of Power
Dec 03, 2025Send me a message
What happens when solar stops being just “cheap” and becomes game-changingly efficient as well, pushing past 30% and reshaping global power economics?
In this episode, I sit down with Aaron Thurlow, a 25-year solar veteran and commercial lead at Caelux, to unpack how perovskite-silicon tandem modules could transform not just clean energy - but the resilience, cost base, and strategic footing of every organisation betting on electrification. With AI, manufacturing, and data centres driving power demand through the roof, the timing couldn’t be more critical.
You’ll hear how silicon...
Duration: 00:36:03Inside the Solar PPA Model Driving Clean Energy Growth
Nov 26, 2025Send me a message
What if the real disruption in solar isn’t the technology — but the business model behind it?
This week I’m joined by Scott Therien, Director of Strategic Partnerships at REC Solar, to unpack one of the most important, and least discussed, shifts in the energy transition: the move from one-off construction projects to long-term, risk-bearing power-purchase agreements. It’s a change that’s quietly reshaping who owns energy infrastructure, who carries the financial risk, and how quickly commercial sectors can decarbonise.
In this episo...
Duration: 00:43:11The Regeneration Mindset for Climate Action
Nov 19, 2025Send me a message
What if cutting emissions isn’t enough, and never was?
And what if the real lever we’ve been ignoring is regeneration, not reduction?
This week I’m joined by Chad Frischmann, co-creator of Project Drawdown and founder of Regenerative Intelligence, for a conversation that goes right to the core of what the climate movement keeps getting wrong. We dig into why stopping global warming requires more than technology, pledges, or net-zero spreadsheets. It demands a full systems shift that places life...
Duration: 00:50:26Decarbonising Heat: Why Half of Industrial Energy Is Ripe for Reinvention
Nov 12, 2025Send me a message
Most people never think about industrial heat. Yet half of all manufacturing emissions come from it. My guest this week, Addison Stark, CEO and co-founder of AtmosZero, is on a mission to electrify one of the dirtiest, most overlooked pieces of infrastructure on Earth: the steam boiler.
In this episode, Addison and I uncover how a technology unchanged since the 1860s can finally go clean. We talk about the hidden carbon footprint of steam, why “waste heat recovery” can actually slow progress, and how heat-pump boilers can cut industrial energy use in h...
Duration: 00:49:22