A small selection of podcasts to get you thinking about climate change and engineering.
The Climate Question, BBC
A BBC podcast focused on the best ways to respond to climate change. This podcast covers everything from technology, politics, social responses, economics, waste and more.
Listen to the Climate Question
TILclimate Podcast, MIT
This award-winning MIT podcast breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, as well as how it’s impacting us, and what we can do about it.
Listen to the TILclimate Podcast
How engineers can help fight climate change
What is the role of the engineer in building solutions to fight climate change? The American Society of Mechanical Engineers examines the role of the engineer with Professor Steven Chu (Nobel Laureate in Physics) and Professor William R Kenan (former US Secretary of Energy).
Listen to Professor Chu and Professor Kenan.
Engineers Collective
The Engineers Collective Podcast is a podcast run by the New Civil Engineer. We recommend two episodes in particular:
- Full steam ahead: Setting the strategy for transport decarbonisation
- The Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition: A place-based approach to net zero, with Mott MacDonald
Transition Engineering Podcast
Professor Susan Krumdieck hosts her on transition engineering podcast (run through YouTube).
Listen to the Transition Engineering Podcast
The Climate Ready Podcast
Listen to international experts in policy, engineering, finance and other sectors discuss climate adaptation advances, challenges and stories. AGWA (Adapting to Climate Change & Uncertainty, The Alliance for Global Water Adaptation) hosts its own podcast on being climate ready.
