Emissions: Impossible?
UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of a nine-part podcast.Hosted by broadcast journalist Kim McAllister and featuring experts from across the UK, ‘Emissions: Impossible?’ showcases some of the most ground-breaking research and innovation in climate change. We look at fashion, food, transport, health, space, and more.From eating grasshoppers to turning rubbish into fashion, Kim asks “what can we each do to help get to net zero?”
Episodes
10 episodes
Christmas Special: All the tips you need for a greener lifestyle
Kim McAllister is rejoined by the EPSRC's Claire Spooner to look back over the episodes from the series and gather all the tips in one place. Claire also shares her experience of presenting at COP2...
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Episode 10
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44:15
Human health and climate change
Rising temperatures and air pollution have huge implications on human health.In the final episode of Emissions: Impossible we explore the work of the Medical Research Council (MRC) both at home and abroad.Dr Ben Barratt from Imp...
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Episode 9
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42:28
Heating and eating in your home, the greener way
Cutting the energy we use to heat our homes and cook in them is key to reducing the UK's carbon emissions.In this episode hosts Kim McAllister and Mareike Schmidt discuss the new technology projects making a huge difference.Lee ...
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Episode 8
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36:14
The future of planes, trains and automobiles
The UK's transport emissions aren't going down fast enough - so here's what we're doing about it.Broadcaster Kim McAllister and Innovate UK's David Leipziger take a hydrogen-powered journey to find out how cars, planes and trains are go...
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Episode 7
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30:17
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How can we get CO2 safely back into the ground?
In this episode we're trying to clean up the atmosphere with Carbon Capture and Storage - CCS.Executive Chief Scientist at the National Environment Research Council's British Geological Survey, Mike Stephenson, explains that CCS is how ...
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Episode 6
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32:41
What does a Net Zero economy really look like?
UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of a nine-part podcast.Hosted by Broadcast Journalist Kim McAllister and featuring experts from across the UK, ‘Emission...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:34
Saving the earth from space
UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of a nine-part podcast.Hosted by Broadcast Journalist Kim McAllister and featuring experts from across the UK, ‘Emission...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:59
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Would you eat grasshoppers and lab grown steaks?
UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of a nine-part podcast.Hosted by Broadcast Journalist Kim McAllister and featuring experts from across the UK, ‘Emission...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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