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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?”© 2024 Emissions: Impossible? Science
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    • Christmas Special: All the tips you need for a greener lifestyle
      Dec 16 2021

      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 COP26.

      How to make sustainable fashion choices, with tips from Dr Mark Sumner, Lecturer in Sustainable Fashion at the School of Design, University of Leeds
      (listen to episode 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9205895)

      The food system and its consequences for global emissions, with comment from Riaz Bhunnoo from the Global Food Security Programme.
      (listen to episode 3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9248212 )

      Saving the earth from space and how you can get involved, thanks to Dr Caroline Cox from STFC's RAL Space. Try it for yourself: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/caroline-cox/cloudcatcher
      (listen to episode 4: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9305817)

      Considerations for a greener economy - Leeds University research fellow Andrew Sudmant explains how jobs will evolve.
      (listen to episode 5: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9342859 )

      Health and our environment, including pollution, with information shared by Dr Ben Barratt from Imperial College London.
      (listen to episode 9: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9342859 )

      Home energy use and reducing the resources we consume, with advice from UKRI's  Mareike Schmidt.
      (listen to episode 8: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9463752 )

      Transport and the impact of delivering our goods to us;  Professor Alice Larkin | The University of Manchester is working on alternatives.
      (listen to episode 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9178010)

      Not to mention the incredible technology involved in carbon storage and getting CO2 safely back into the ground.
      (listen to episode 6: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852092/9373329)

      UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of this bonus episode for 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.

      You can read more about UKRI’s climate-related research here.  Or follow them on Instagram  or YouTube .


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      44 min
    • Human health and climate change
      Nov 8 2021

      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 Imperial College London co hosts with Kim McAllister as they discuss the effects of climate change on our health.

      Dam Khan from the MRC's Unit in the Gambia discusses the effect of burning biomass on the health of people living in rural communities.

      Dr Ana Bonell is a medical doctor studying the effect of heat on pregnant women working as subsistence farmers in the Gambia.

      Kate Langford, programme director at Urban Health, is managing projects to look at the effects of air pollution and inequalities in the system.

      UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of this 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.

      You can read more about UKRI’s climate-related research here.  Or follow them on Instagram  or YouTube .



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      42 min
    • Heating and eating in your home, the greener way
      Nov 1 2021

      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 Chambers from  Active Building Centre, funded by the ISCF Transforming Construction, explains how building a net zero housing development can cost the exact same as a traditional one.

      Barbara Hammond introduces us to Project LEO, funded by the ISCF Prospering from the Energy Revolution, which aims to unite all of Oxfordshire in its energy efficiency.

      Finally Harry Keeling from Rolls-Royce discusses the potential to heat entire cities using what is effectively waste heat from nuclear reactors.

      UK Research and Innovation brings you hope for the planet in the form of this 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.

      You can read more about UKRI’s climate-related research here.  Or follow them on Instagram  or YouTube .

       


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