The ClimateTech Podcast

In this episode, we talk about how climate change is affecting both physical health and mental health, and why recognizing these impacts is essential for policy, planning, and support for affected communities.

Guests:
Liz Willetts, Planetary Health Advisor as well as Policy Reporter at the International Institute for Sustainable Development
Alessandro Massazza, Senior Policy & Advocacy advisor. United for Global Mental Health
Fatemeh Bakhtiari, Senior Advisor - Climate Policy, Loss and Damage. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
Additional resources:
Loss and Damage Beyond Economics - Exploring Health as a Non-Economic Loss in National Climate Planning, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
The Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, UNICEF
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis, UNICEF
Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration, Nogués-Bravo, David; Whitmee, Sarah; and Willetts, Liz
Building Resilience through the Climate–Food–Health Nexus: Policy Pathways for Integrated Action in Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP
Diverse values of nature for sustainability,. Nature, Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Anderson, C.B. et al.
Policy Brief: Loss and Damage, WHO

In this episode, we discuss how to unlock the potential of urban Nature-based Solutions. 
We look at multilevel governance as the missing enabler of implementationconnecting national to local levels.
With concrete examples from Brazil and Montreal we go into the details of what it takes to turn global goals into the everyday decisions of planners, mayors, communities, and ministries.

Guests:
Secretary Adalberto Maluf: National Secretary for Urban Environment, Water Resources, and Environmental Quality at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil
Sidney Ribaux: NbS Expert, formerly Director of the Office of Ecological Transition and Resilience at the City of Montreal, Canada.
Julia Rocha Romero: Advisor, Nature-based Solutions, Adaptation Section, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.
This conversation builds on a new guide on Nature-based Solutions from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.
The guide, Rooted in Nature, provides practical entry points for mainstreaming urban NbS into national policy cycles, and translating them into place-based delivery. It features several key examples from UNEP’s Generation Restoration Cities.

Download the Rooted in Nature guide here.

The Guide is the result of UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre’s and UNEP’s collaboration on urban NbS and provides timely takes ahead of World Environment Day and the three COPs under the Rio Convention this year.

In this episode of the ClimateTech Podcast we look at Solar powered irrigation, and how to help scale a Commercially driven Solar Powered Irrigation market, to help smallholder farmers grow their crops and adapt to climate change.

With a special focus on Uganda, the episode delves into what has worked for local businesses so far, and what is needed for solar irrigation to reach it full potential.

Guests:
Douglas Baguma, CEO of Innovex Uganda and chairman of the Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA)
Vincent Sseremba, CEO of Tulima Solar
Victor Kazimiri, CEO of Akvo International

More resources and information on solar powered irrigation and scaling climate techonology:
👉 https://unepccc.org/project/accelerating-climate-technology-transition/

This episode explores different aspects of Non Economic Losses from climate impacts, looking closer at cultural heritage and indigenous peoples perspectives, to try and find out what kind of data or evidence are most needed to better understand and measure non economic losses from climate change impacts.

Guests
Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Centre at UNESCO
Nicole Redvers, Western Research Chair & Director at Indigenous Planetary Health and Associate Professor at Western University. Member of the Denı́nu Kų́ę́ First Nation
Fatemeh Bakhtiari, Senior Advisor on Climate Policy, Loss and Damage at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.
Additional Ressources
Final list of potential indicators, UAE–Belém work programme on indicators
UNESCO 2030 Culture Indicators
UNFCCC: "Non-Economic Losses – Featuring loss of territory and habitability, ecosystem services and biodiversity, and cultural heritage" 
UNESCO: Climate change in Mediterranean World Heritage cities
UNESCO: World Heritage Canopy
UNESCO - Climate Change and World Heritage
UNESCO: Policy Document on Climate Action for World Heritage
Indicator Examples from ICAT Panama:Overview of country work in Panama
Loss and Damage Methodology [Spanish]

This episode looks at the concept of the bioeconomy and its potential to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation

It examines the progress being made in scaling up the availability and use of these technologies, highlighting both global trends and region-specific developments. 

Biobased technologies include processes, products and systems derived from renewable biological resources such as biomass, agricultural residues and algae that can be sustainably replenished over time.

Accelerating technological innovation and policy momentum is driving growth in biomass utilization and biogenic carbon solutions, sustainable land use and advanced biobased materials.

The global bioeconomy is valued at an estimated $4–5 trillion, with the potential to grow to $30 trillion by 2050, positioning it as a cornerstone of the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and sustainable future.

Realizing this potential will require targeted action across technology, finance, and effective governance and policy.

Join Daya Pandey, Francis X Johnson, Alex Godoy-Faundez and Debora Ley, lead authors of the 2025 Climate Technology Progress Report in a broad discussion of the bioeconomy.