Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Green Gown Award winning Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, Mya Harvey, Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Podcast communications: Tyler Domone-Hollands, Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Personal Carbon Budgets: a vital contribution to tackling the climate crisis or a step too far?
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In this episode of the Meliora Podcast we are discussing Personal Carbon Budgets. Our host Professor Simon Kemp is joined by Alice Brock, Sustainable Development Goals Officer in the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, and PhD student in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton where she is researching this complex area.
Throughout this episode we delve into the environmental, social, cultural and economic aspects of this newly emerging subject, from what is a Personal Carbon Budget, the controversies that surround this concept, and the findings from Alice’s research.
Links to papers of interest from this episode:
Brock, A., Kemp, S. Williams, I.D. 2022. Personal Carbon Budgets: A Pestle Review. Sustainability. 14(15), 9238. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/15/9238
Brock, A. Williams, I.D., Kemp, S. 2023.. “I'll take the easiest option please”. Carbon reduction preferences of the public. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623035564
Fuso Nerini, F., Fawcett, T., Parag, Y. et al. 2021. Personal carbon allowances revisited. Nat Sustain 4, 1025–1031. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00756-w
Carbon Trust. Personal Carbon Allowances White paper. https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/personal-carbon-allowances-white-paper
Fawcett, T. 2010,Personal carbon trading: A policy ahead of its time?, Energy Policy, Volume 38, Issue 11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421510005239
Host: Prof Simon Kemp
Guest: Alice Brock
Editor: Lily Killner
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