Towards Sustainable Future Akshay Jamdade

In this episode, Akshay Jamdade talks with Jan Wisniewski about Energy Justice. This episode covers:

- Importance of Social Perspective in Energy Transition

- Three tenets of Energy Justice: Procedural, Distributive and Recognitional based justice.

- Prioritizing bringing marginal voices to the forefront 

- Advocating Fair and Just Energy Transition

- A case study of Australia, thesis topic of Jan. 

Energy Transition from carbon-intensive sources to clean energy supply is imminent for limiting the global average rise in temperature to 1.5C to 2C. This transition is dependent on a lot of variables, one of them being technological advancements, deployments and adoptions. This episode presents the need for energy transition, basics and overview of energy transition along with some engineering behind energy transition. 

This episode discusses current standing of Global Carbon Budget. 

- Global Carbon Budget indicates the maximum amount of CO2 (cumulative) emissions that can be released in the atmosphere to limit the rise in global average temperature to 1.5 C and 2C by 2100. 

- For 50-50 % chance of staying within 1.5C as per the sources mentioned in the episode, the budget is 380Gt which can be depleted in 9 years, with current levels of emissions.

- SSP represent Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. 

In episode 17 of the 'Towards Sustainable Future' podcast, Miss Duru Barbak- Climate Activist and Country Coordinator at COY16 presents her views on climate justice and social justice. She talks about the consequences of the climate crisis and also sheds light on the importance of youth in solving the crisis. She concludes her talk with a strong and inspiring message. 

In this episode, Mr. Geoffrey Mboya- a young humanitarian and sustainability advocate shares his insight into SDG 1: No Poverty. He is one of the founders of SDGs Mtaani, he highlighted his work, motivation, and ambition to work towards SDG 1. In this inspirational talk, he depicts issues faced by the vulnerable and marginalized communities and proposes solutions to address them.

In the 15th episode, Miss Valentina- Student, coordinator at FridaysForFuture talks about her journey to climate activism. She also talks about the climate related issues in Brazil followed by consequences. She mentions that climate crisis has no boundaries and follows that statement with takeaways for other countries for designing sustainable future. She sheds light on global impact of Rainforest fires. She sums up her talk with a strong message.