Our guest this time is John Savage, a Southampton city councillor and cabinet member for environment and net zero. John is a lifelong Labour supporter with membership since 1987.

He has lived in Southampton for more than 13 years where he has raised his children. John talks about how we can protect our cities from the impacts of climate change and looks specifically at how Southampton is navigating this agenda.

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Presenter Hannah Walker's guest this episode is Professor AbuBakr Bahaj.

He leads the Energy and Climate Change Division and the Sustainable Energy Research Group (ECCD) at the University of Southampton.

For more than 30 years, Professor Bahaj has pioneered sustainable energy research and established the energy theme within the university where he also completed his PhD, progressing from a researcher to expert in sustainable energy.

Professor Bahaj founded the international Marine Energy Journal, in 2012 he was appointed chief scientific advisor to Southampton City Council and in 2014 the UK Science Council named him as one of the UK’s 100 leading practicing scientists.

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We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

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In this episode, we hear from Andrew Prag.

He's the managing director for policy at the We Mean Business Coalition, driving climate action.

Andrew and his team focus on the accelerating energy transition. He is a firm believer that strong leadership from progressive companies is a key and explores how stronger regulatory frameworks raise standards across industries.

Andrew holds an MSc in Environmental Technology/Energy Policy from Imperial College London and a MA in Natural Sciences (Genetics) from the University of Cambridge.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue podcast is brought to you by Salix.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.