What does it take to get to net-zero and will we accomplish it fast enough? In the last episode of season two, Nathan speaks with Nat Bullard, Chief Content Officer at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) on how he and the rest of the BNEF team are bringing the world closer to net-zero emissions by sharing information and insights.
BloombergNEF is a research group within Bloomberg LP. Their analytical services assess the tools, business models, and pathways for achieving a deep decarbonization of the global economy by mid-century. The group covers power, transportation, food and agriculture, the built environment, and the enabling technologies linking them together. C-suite executives, board members, and consultants are a small sample of the rapidly growing community of people who benefit from BloombergNEFs insights.
Nat is a leading thinker in the global transition to a net-zero society. I use his work to help research this show. He is also one of the top thinkers around net zero topics like the energy transition, electrification of transport, climate technology, and climate finance.
During the interview, Nat and I discuss art as a lens to understand climate and innovation, his journey into the world of climate, what he reads to inform his opinions and his process for turning ideas into insights. We discuss the importance of accuracy in Bloomberg’s predictions and if the world decarbonizing fast enough to reach net-zero emissions in time to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
You can learn more about BloombergNEF on their website, hhttps://about.bnef.com/
You can follow Nat on Twitter @NatBullard and/or subscribe to his weekly column in Bloomberg Green, Sparklines.
Season two is powered by Climate People. If you are a software developer or recruiter looking to get into climate tech, Climate People is the best place to start. You can reach Brendan Anderson, CEO of Climate People, at brendan@climatepeople.com.
Keep up with the show by following The Net Zero Life on Twitter and Instagram (@thenetzerolife).
You can also get in touch at www.thenetzerolife.com or via email at nathan@thenetzerolife.com.
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#40 Sustainable Food and Refrigeration with Manik Suri, Founder and CEO of Therma
#39 Reporting on the Climate Space with Akshat Rathi of Bloomberg Green
#38 Rating Carbon Markets with Ted Christie Miller, Head of Carbon removal at BeZero Carbon
#37 Energy Innovation Towards Net Zero with Bryan Trudel Co-founder of Avatar Innovations
#36 Climate Science 101 for the Consumer with Dr. Kimberly Nicholas, Author of Under The Sky We Make
#35 Renewable Drinking Water with Neil Grimmer, Brand President of Source Global
#34 Financing a Net Zero Future and Carbon Recycling with Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech
#33 Seven Practical Steps to Save the Planet with Justin Gillis and Hal Harvey, authors of The Big Fix
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#31 The True Impact of Renewable Energy, with Laura Zapata, CEO and Co-founder of Clearloop
#30 Reversing Climate Change through Podcasts with Ross Kenyon, Co-Founder of Nori and Host of the Reversing Climate Change Podcast
#29 Creating New Markets to Achieve Net Zero with Elena Schmidt, Executive Director at The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)
#28 The Sustainable Possibilities of Crypto with Jonathan Rackoff, ex Coinbase, Obama White House and EPA
#27 Discovering Your Inner Environmentalist with Mark Tercek, Former CEO of The Nature Conservancy
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#25 Why Net Zero Starts with the Grid with Rob Gramlich, Founder and President of Grid Strategies LLC
#24 Sustainable Corporate Governance with Diana Birkett Rakow, SVP Alaska Airlines
#23 Hacking Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis with Gavin McCormick, Executive Director of WattTime
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