In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, I speak with Joseph Constanty about his two decades in China, and his experience helping transform NIU from an early-stage Chinese electric scooter company into a global mobility brand.

Joe shares how China’s electric two-wheeler industry developed, why NIU saw an opportunity to take its technology overseas, and what it took to overcome skepticism toward both electric mobility and Chinese brands in international markets.

Joe also discusses one of China’s biggest competitive advantages: an interconnected supply chain capable of supporting extraordinarily fast cycles of product development and iteration.

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In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, I speak with Wesley Herche about the business case for supply chain decarbonization and his into energy, sustainability, and business.

Drawing on his experience across government, consulting, Amazon, and energy and sustainability leadership, Wesley explains why energy sits underneath nearly every layer of the modern supply chain—and why decarbonization can increasingly be understood not simply as a sustainability objective, but as a pathway to greater efficiency, resilience, and competitive advantage.

he conversation also explores the economics of the energy transition, the challenge of making long-term infrastructure investments within businesses driven by short-term financial expectations, and why sustainability professionals need to understand finance, engineering, strategy, and communication.

Wesley closes by discussing the importance of empathy, coalition building, and choosing a specific problem to solve when building a career in sustainability.

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In this episode of the Sustainable Ambassador Podcast, I speak with climate scientist Prof. Dr. Detlef van Vuuren about the recent release of CMIP7 climate scenarios, and what they tell us about our changing climate future.

It is a conversation that explores why scientists have updated the scenarios used to understand future warming, what has changed since the previous generation of models, and why recent temperatures rising faster than expected are creating new questions about climate sensitivity.

Detlef also discusses what current trends suggest about future warming, the progress being driven by renewable energy and climate policy, and why updating the scenarios represents better science—not evidence that the risks of climate change have disappeared.

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