Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

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Iran Will Reshape Oil, Gas & Clean Energy For Years To Come | Bryony Worthington & Michael Liebreich
March 6, 2026

Iran Will Reshape Oil, Gas & Clean Energy For Years To Come | Bryony …

Bryony Worthington and Michael Liebreich give their analysis of the impact of the conflict in Iran on global energy markets. How will it impact the Middle East, Europe, Asia, the US, and will it force countries back to coal, ...

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⁠⁠How To Build Quickly In An Era of Fossil Fuel Shocks | Ep247: Hilde Tonne
March 4, 2026

⁠⁠How To Build Quickly In An Era of Fossil Fuel Shocks | Ep247: Hilde…

How can we build out clean energy and infrastructure faster? Is Europe engineering its way to resilience, or pricing itself out of competitiveness? And can we redesign the entire system fast enough to keep up with AI, electri...

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The Audacious Plan To Build a Transatlantic Electricity Cable | Ep246: Laurent Segalen
Feb. 25, 2026

The Audacious Plan To Build a Transatlantic Electricity Cable | Ep246…

This week on Cleaning Up, host Bryony Worthington sits down with investor and energy strategist Laurent Segalen, co-host of the Redefining Energy podcast, for a sweeping conversation that spans carbon markets, uranium trading...

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Why Renewables Are Booming Despite the Politics | Ep245: Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade
Feb. 18, 2026

Why Renewables Are Booming Despite the Politics | Ep245: Miguel Stilw…

This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich sits down with Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade, CEO of EDP, one of the world’s leading clean energy companies. From the front lines of the energy transition, Miguel explains why electrici...

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The Billion-Tonne Promise of Carbon Dioxide Removal Isn't Working Out | Ep244: Robert Höglund
Feb. 11, 2026

The Billion-Tonne Promise of Carbon Dioxide Removal Isn't Working Out…

This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich sits down with carbon removal insider Robert Höglund, CEO of Marginal Carbon, co-founder of CDR.fyi and architect of MilkyWire’s Climate Transformation Fund, for a deep dive into wh...

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The World Decides: Clean Energy or Oil & Gas? | Ep243: Damilola Ogunbiyi
Feb. 4, 2026

The World Decides: Clean Energy or Oil & Gas? | Ep243: Damilola Ogunb…

What if the future of clean energy isn’t decided in Washington, Brussels, or Beijing, but in Lagos, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa? Are we underestimating how fast the Global South is leapfrogging fossil fuels? And what happens whe...

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The State of the Climate 2026 | Ep242: Zeke Hausfather
Jan. 28, 2026

The State of the Climate 2026 | Ep242: Zeke Hausfather

How do we model the climate system? How warm will 2026 be? And can geoengineering be anything more than a bandaid? This week on Cleaning Up, Bryony Worthington sits down with leading climate scientist Dr. Zeke Hausfather on t...

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⁠Is Africa Poised To Be A Clean Energy Powerhouse? Ep241: Clemens Calice
Jan. 21, 2026

⁠Is Africa Poised To Be A Clean Energy Powerhouse? Ep241: Clemens Cal…

Why does Africa, home to 18% of the world’s population, receive just 1% of global energy investment? What’s stopping money from flowing to the continent when it has such good wind and solar potential? And what would it take t...

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Climate Action vs Cost of Living: Can We Do Both? | Ep240: Katie White, UK Climate Minister
Jan. 14, 2026

Climate Action vs Cost of Living: Can We Do Both? | Ep240: Katie Whit…

How do we build a clean energy system while bringing UK bills down? Can the UK’s landmark Climate Change Act stand up to a fractured climate politics? And does increasing global instability make home-grown energy more importa...

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Why Is The US So Obsessed With Venezuelan Oil? Ep239: Michael Liebreich & Bryony Worthington
Jan. 7, 2026

Why Is The US So Obsessed With Venezuelan Oil? Ep239: Michael Liebrei…

Is the link between oil and geopolitics starting to diminish? Has climate consensus fractured just as clean energy hits escape velocity? And are batteries, not barrels, becoming the true source of power and security? In the f...

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