Our guest in the podcast studio this time is Ian O’Donnell MBE.

He was co-opted to the Federation of Small Business Board in March 2023, following more than ten years as an active FSB member volunteer.

Ian has been a business owner since his school days, running a creative design and marketing agency.

He serves as a non-executive director and business growth consultant for other SMEs and is the entrepreneur in residence and teaching fellow at Coventry University.

This episode also features guest voiceovers from Team Salix members Kevin Holland and Amanda Okoye.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

Hannah's guest for this episode is Julian Atkins, net zero programme director for the Church of England.

Julian leads the C of E's net zero carbon 2030 programme, working in partnership with colleagues across the church to help to deliver upon the ambitions set by General Synod in 2020.

Julian's job - alongside key stakeholders is to develop a joined-up programme, allocating national church funds to local and innovative projects and always assessing the impact of that funding.

This episode also features guest voiceovers from Team Salix members Ally O'Donnell and Charles Pegg.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode of The Decarbonisation Dialogue, our guest is Emma Holland-Lindsay. The presenter is Hannah Walker.

Emma is the head of public affairs at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes. She oversees the NFWI’s campaigning and influencing work focused on securing positive change on the issues that matter to WI members.

This includes the provision of a research and policy development function, campaign development and managing relationships with decision-makers.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this, our 18th episode, we welcome Morten Duedahl to our podcast.

Morten is a recognised expert on heat networks. He knows everything there is to know about the development and implementation of district heating in Denmark.

He spends much of his time working in the UK explaining the value of heat networks and providing insight into their operations.

Morten chats to presenter Hannah Walker about the part heat networks have to play in our cities and communities.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode, our guests are Charlotte Lastowecki and Olivia Horne.

They chat to presenter Hannah Walker about their work with UK Youth Climate Coalition (YCC).

Charlotte and Olivia are on a mission to mobilise and empower young people to take positive action for global climate justice.

The YCC's projects span from the analysis of MP climate change voting record to delivering workshops to young people to educate and equip them with the skills needed to achieve climate justice.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode of The Decarbonisation Dialogue, Hannah speaks to Jenna Hegarty.

Jenna is a highly experienced policy advocate with years of experience in the third sector.

She speaks about her work with The Nature Friendly Farming Network. It is a membership organisation led by farmers, working alongside other organisations and public supporters.

The network aims to provide a platform or voice for sustainable food and farming in the UK.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode, Hannah's guest is Graham Duxbury OBE. He is the chief executive of Groundwork and is also a member of the UK100 board. It is the UK’s only cross-party network dedicated to supporting ambitious local government leaders committed to tackling the climate crisis.

Graham is passionate about community and what it means for our world. His focus has been on improving neglected spaces, helping households out of fuel poverty, education, energy efficiency, the green economy and environmental regeneration.

He tells Hannah about his work and how what’s happening to our planet is fundamental to it.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.

In this episode of our podcast, presenter Hannah Walker chats to Veronica Sekules.

Veronica is an art curator, educator and writer with a background in the environmental movement, and is director of GroundWork Gallery in King’s Lynn.

She opened the gallery in 2016 to showcase art and to campaign for the environment. It hashosted over 20 exhibitions and won several awards.

Veronica's essay on The Art and Heritage of Waste is the third in the Longer feature, where Climate Cultures members share original works, or ones that haven’t appeared online elsewhere, and which don’t fit easily into the regular blog.

Longer provides space to explore in more detail creative and critical responses to our ecological and climate crisis.

The Decarbonisation Dialogue is brought to you by Salix. We’re on a mission to help save the planet.

We enable, and inspire, public sector organisations to move towards net zero and we support the creation of warmer and healthier homes.

We deliver and administer government funding schemes that support local councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities and many other public sector organisations.