Dr Tracey Osborne is the Director of the University of California’s Center for Climate Justice. Her research focuses on the social and political economic dimensions of climate change mitigation in tropical forests and the role of Indigenous Peoples, the politics of climate finance, global environmental governance, and climate equity and justice.

Raj Aggarwal is President of Provoc, a communications firm and certified B Corp that’s rooted in equity and empathy-driven work, and he chairs the Climate Justice Task Force for the B Corp Climate Collective, a group of Certified B Corporations working together to take action on the climate emergency. Alongside the University of Oxford’s Business School and B Lab, Raj and his team at Provoc led a research effort to build a Climate Justice Playbook for Business.

Yang Hong is the founder of Shoshin Insights, a data and engineering consultancy practicing to minimize harm and work for humans.
She also leads a Climate Justice learning group as part of Work on Climate, a positive, action-oriented Slack community for people serious about climate work. The Climate Justice Learning Group has put together a “Climate Justice 101 Guide”, a beginner-friendly guide that offers a starting point for folks wondering what climate justice is actually about, what it looks like in practice, and why it’s so important.

Notes:
04:08 – Tracey's entry point into understanding injustice and climate change

06:18 – The evolution of B Corp movement by Raj Aggarwal
08:49 – Yang's quarter life crisis
12:53 – Mindset shifts and aha moments experienced on the climate justice journey

30:01 – Challenges faced by business leaders and systemic changes in policies
34:45 – The changes and shifts within the climate justice movement as seen through Tracey's eyes

38:29 – Yang's advice on making climate justice part of our personal practice
45:53 – Redressal of past injustices look and ideal world scenarios
55:32 – Call to dig deeper with Terra.do's Climate Justice Workshop. More details below....

Resources:

1. Sign up for our Climate Justice Workshop on March 13 and March 14
2. B Corp Climate Collective’s Climate Justice Playbook for Business
3. Sign up for updates on Work on Climate’s Climate Justice 101 Guide
4. Work on Climate, an action-oriented Slack community for people serious about climate work.
5. The plethora of resources shared by Yang Hong

Micah Lang is catalyzing the zero carbon transition as Sr Green Building Planner at the City of Vancouver. He is a climate change and sustainability professional with expertise in green building policy; local climate change mitigation strategies; greenhouse gas quantification and inventory protocol; sustainable development, water and wastewater access in North America, Latin America, Africa and South Asia. Micah holds an M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley.

In this podcast, Micah describes his journey towards sustainability, the significance of green buildings, how to incorporate equity issues into green building policy planning design and what the players across the building's value chain need to be doing to fix emissions.

Notes:
04:02 – Micah's environmental journey

15:31 – Ongoing projects
17:43 – Incorporating equity issues into green building policy planning design
21:20 – Market research on customers

25:58 – Technologies that are enabling the transitions for green buildings
37:47 – Canada Green Building Council's 'The Climate Forward report'

42:58 – Awareness in the media
49:07 – Call to action - broaden social networks (both professional and personal)

Prasanna Colluru is the Director of Corporate Strategy at Future Proof Shipping (FPS), a Netherlands-based company that provides zero-emissions marine transportation services to enable players across the value chain to make the energy transition in shipping. At FPS, Prasanna is responsible for maintaining a strategic overview of alternative fuels and zero-emissions technology markets, assessing technologies (on their commercial, technical, operational, and financial) viability, and enabling holistic decision making on the choice of technology/solution for zero-emissions vessels. Prasanna holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) and a bachelor’s degree in design from NIFT (New Delhi).

In this podcast, Prasanna describes her journey as well as that of Future Proof Shipping which is looking at changing the way marine transportation is for the future. Their first zero emissions ship will be setting sail later this year, further proof that hydrogen can lead the way forwards towards a new economy.

Notes:
01:47 – All about Future Proof Shipping

03:35 – Prasanna’s journey in sustainability
06:07 – Zero emissions vessel setting sail
10:39 – Market research on customers

13:13 – Hydrogen infrastructure
10:39 – Market research on customers

13:13 – Hydrogen infrastructure
15:51 – Shipping's multi fuel future
18:45 – The New Hydrogen Economy course from Terra.do
19:25 – Decarbonizing ships
23:02 – Politics and policy
25:42 – Call to action - repair, reuse, recycle