Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

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Once a week, Michael Liebreich and Bryony Worthington have a conversation with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance or sustainable development. Informative, inspiring and fun!

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Recent Episodes
  • We Built a Solar System That's Saving Babies’ Lives — Ep204: Project Bo, Sierra Leone
    Apr 9, 2025 – 00:38:26
  • Google's Climate Tightrope: AI Innovation vs Emissions | Ep203: Kate Brandt
    Apr 2, 2025 – 00:54:26
  • Net Zero Isn’t Impossible, It’s The Key To UK Prosperity — Ep202: Emma Pinchbeck
    Mar 26, 2025 – 01:08:48
  • Can Europe Survive the Transition To Renewables? Ep201: Nikos Tsafos
    Mar 19, 2025 – 01:06:52
  • Making America Dumb Again: The Stakes of Slashing Climate Science — Ep200: Ralph Keeling & Ray Weiss
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:04:50
  • EVs & Heat Pumps: The Real Alternatives for Germany — Ep199: Patrick Graichen
    Mar 5, 2025 – 01:04:51
  • ⁠The Future of Clean Tech Under Trump — Ep198: Jigar Shah
    Feb 26, 2025 – 01:08:17
  • The Fossil Fuel Endgame: Inside The Non-Proliferation Treaty — Ep197: Kumi Naidoo
    Feb 19, 2025 – 00:58:50
  • A Clean Energy Playbook For The Global South — Ep196: Lucy Heintz
    Feb 12, 2025 – 00:57:58
  • Are Big Investors Abandoning Climate Progress? — Ep195: David Blood
    Feb 5, 2025 – 01:03:04
  • First Cars, Now Planes: Is The Future of Flying Electric? Ep194: Anders Forslund
    Jan 29, 2025 – 00:56:21
  • Audioblog 14: Generative AI — The Power and the Glory
    Jan 22, 2025 – 00:55:57
  • Five Years In, How Has The Bezos Earth Fund Used Its Billions? Ep192: Dr. Andrew Steer
    Jan 15, 2025 – 01:11:07
  • Petrostate USA vs Electrostate China — Place Your Bets | Ep191
    Jan 8, 2025 – 01:01:07
  • Lifting the Curtain on Climate Denial — Naomi Oreskes — Cleaning Up Redux
    Jan 1, 2025 – 00:58:42
  • Cleaning Up Redux: The Einstein of Energy Efficiency - Amory Lovins
    Dec 25, 2024 – 01:05:20
  • Have We Lost The Climate Argument? Ep190: Lord Adair Turner
    Dec 18, 2024 – 01:24:49
  • How Climate Philanthropy Spends Its Billions | Ep189: Greg De Temmerman
    Dec 11, 2024 – 00:57:24
  • Is The International Order Too Weak To Stop Climate Change? Ep188: James Cameron
    Dec 4, 2024 – 01:06:58
  • ⁠Can Exponential Growth Save a Finite Planet? — Ep187: Azeem Azhar
    Nov 27, 2024 – 01:12:36
  • Is It Ever OK to Promote Fossil Fuels? Ep186: Rory Sutherland
    Nov 20, 2024 – 01:05:47
  • Is Trump's Victory A Win For China? Ep185: Professor Qi Ye
    Nov 13, 2024 – 00:55:05
  • How Trump & Musk Will Reshape US Climate Action — Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington
    Nov 11, 2024 – 00:40:27
  • The Biggest, Dirtiest Secret of the Energy Industry — Ep184: Jonathan Maxwell
    Nov 6, 2024 – 01:15:23
  • Who Will Be the Tesla of the Waves? Ep183: Ben Sorkin
    Oct 30, 2024 – 00:51:26
  • Is There Really an EV Slowdown? Ep182: Colin McKerracher
    Oct 23, 2024 – 01:04:23
  • Could Trump 2.0 Roll Back The IRA? Ep181: Ethan Zindler
    Oct 16, 2024 – 00:56:31
  • What Have the Oceans Ever Done For Us? Ep180: Helen Czerski
    Oct 9, 2024 – 01:15:46
  • Geothermal is Having a Moment, Can it Deliver? Ep179: Cindy Taff
    Oct 2, 2024 – 00:52:35
  • Slowdown, what Slowdown? The EV Revolution is Just Getting Started | Ep178: Dr Andy Palmer
    Sep 25, 2024 – 01:06:33
  • Is it Time for Climate Interventions? | Ep177: Kelly Wanser
    Sep 18, 2024 – 01:02:17
  • The Great Hydrogen Reset — Is It Germany's Turn? Ep176: Eva Schmid
    Sep 11, 2024 – 01:23:54
  • ⁠The Kraken Wakes: Creating the Utility of the Future | Ep175: Greg Jackson
    Sep 4, 2024 – 01:09:12
  • The Future of Chinese Solar, Battery Myths & Climate Politics | Ep174: Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington
    Aug 7, 2024 – 01:02:58
  • The Solar Revolution - Past, Present and Future | Ep173: Jenny Chase
    Jul 31, 2024 – 01:02:51
  • 'This Is A Narrative War' - How To Win The Climate Argument | Ep172: John Marshall
    Jul 24, 2024 – 00:56:10
  • The Climate Challenge is an Engineering Challenge - Ep171: Dr. Rosemary Barnes
    Jul 17, 2024 – 00:59:12
  • The EV Revolution is Unstoppable - Ep170: Ben Nelmes
    Jul 10, 2024 – 00:59:58
  • What a New UK Government Means for Climate and Energy - Ep169: Dr Simon Evans
    Jul 3, 2024 – 01:13:54
  • Hot Rocks in a Box: The Rise of Thermal Batteries - ep168: Anand Gopal
    Jun 26, 2024 – 00:57:54
  • Texas Hold'em: Playing Poker With Methane - Ep167: Grant Swartzwelder
    Jun 19, 2024 – 01:30:35
  • Fake Meat, What’s The Beef? Ep166: Bruce Friedrich
    Jun 12, 2024 – 01:05:53
  • Battery Recycling Is Here - But Where Are The Batteries? - Ep165: Hans Eric Melin
    Jun 5, 2024 – 01:13:02
  • #LightsOn - Live from the Eurelectric Power Summit 2024 in Athens - Ep164: Leonhard Birnbaum
    May 29, 2024 – 00:51:56
  • Can Nuclear Repower China's Coal Fleet? - Ep163: Staffan Qvist & Dr. Yaoli Zhang
    May 22, 2024 – 00:49:43
  • Audioblog 13: Clean Hydrogen's Missing Trillions
    May 15, 2024 – 00:36:26
  • Australia's Political Trim Tab - Ep162: Simon Holmes à Court
    May 8, 2024 – 00:55:16
  • Lily Cole's Search for Model Climate Solutions - Ep161
    May 1, 2024 – 01:00:35
  • How China Became a Green Finance Superpower - Ep160: Dr. Ma Jun
    Apr 24, 2024 – 01:05:38
  • Rounding Up Season 11 - Ep159: Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington
    Apr 3, 2024 – 01:08:51
Recent Reviews
  • Daveed Sidhu
    Cleaning Up: Illuminating Conversations on Energy and Climate
    The strength of "Cleaning Up" lies in its content-rich episodes that delve into various aspects of the energy transition and climate action. Each episode features a different guest, ranging from policymakers and entrepreneurs to scientists and activists. The discussions are thorough and thought-provoking, offering listeners a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the energy sector. Michael’s ability to draw out meaningful insights from his guests makes each episode a valuable learning experience.
  • CDEinWDC
    Excellent Information
    This podcast is an important part of my deep dive education on the intricacies of the clean energy transition.
  • oliviabaker13
    Insightful and inspiring!
    It’s evident that Michael puts extraordinary effort into every single episode of Cleaning Up. The conversations he leads are compelling, educational, and incredibly inspiring. What makes this show a true standout is the quality of the guests, the insights they share, and the leadership advice they impart. Highly recommend tuning in!
  • wayneshorter22
    Michael has one passion in life:
    He is in love with the sound of his own voice.
  • Guy Har
    Good balance
    Top draw guests (save one odious former Aus PM) plus Michael’s obvious expertise and a wealth of super important topics combine for an excellent series. Finds a good balance between recognising unchecked emissions present existential risk but rebuffing outright alarmist doomism, which is helpful for those struggling to keep the latter in check.
  • Climatecrusader
    High-quality discourse
    Great guests and great conversations.
  • damnnice
    Insightful
    Really interesting conversation about climate and energy.
  • levysa
    Terrific
    Entertaining and insightful—the best podcast I've listened to on climate change and the future of energy.
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