Shaken Not Burned
Shaken Not Burned is the podcast that helps you make sense of sustainability. We unpack the big debates shaping climate, business, food, and society: debunking myths, clarifying trade-offs, and sharing ideas you can actually use to think, decide, and act in a changing world.
Episodes
108 episodes
Why the world feels unpredictable – and what's really going on
The world is starting to feel unpredictable in ways that are difficult to pin down.Not just because of individual events, but because of how many different pressures are building at the same time. Climate impacts are becomi...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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37:53
Season 6: sustainability and resilience, one sector at a time
Two years on, we have reached season 6!We have explored a wide range of topics, from the just transition to the planetary boundaries, through the circular economy and climate risk. Now, it's time to delve even deeper into our quest to h...
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Season 6
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1:09
What happens when agriculture stops guessing? With Agzen
The food system underpins our entire society. Its stability is crucial: when it starts to wobble, prices rise, availability becomes uncertain, and stress travels quickly from farms to household. Yet, much of modern agriculture still...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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41:55
Climate decisions hidden in plain sight with Verdical Group
Buildings shape much of our daily lives, but their environmental impact often goes unnoticed. Yet the built environment accounts for nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions, from the energy used to heat and power buildings to the m...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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38:11
Why we don't need billionaires with Patriotic Millionaires UK
There are talks of endless economic crises, yet the rich are getting richer. Even though many countries promise a welfare system, healthy job markets, and in general decent quality of life for the masses, the numbers suggest that inequality is ...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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43:11
Rethinking climate leadership with Sweep
Climate action is facing political backlash, from watered-down EU regulation to the overturning of the EPA’s endangerment finding in the United States. Yet beneath the headlines, systemic climate risk is becoming harder for central banks, insur...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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41:13
Why trust is the real currency of nature finance with Native Squared
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia Jackson speaks with Rob Cobbold, founder of Native Squared, about...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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45:18
Climate finance isn’t broken, our assumptions are with Climate Bonds Initiative
What happens when the world is on fire – and someone tells you the solution is a financial instrument?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felici...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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42:39
Developing corporate strategy in an unstable world with CDP
At last week's 2026 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, the language of cooperation and resilience may have been everywhere, but the world seems to feel more fragmented, more uncertain and more politically charged than e...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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42:30
Food, climate, and the risks we don’t see coming with Helios AI
In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks with
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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46:33
Unlocking the power of Quiet Capital with Sallyann Della Casa of GLEAC
In a world obsessed with financial capital, what if the assets that matter most for resilience don’t show up on a balance sheet at all?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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49:22
Sustainability: are we f***ed?
2025 hasn’t been the easiest year. Amid ongoing genocides, Trump becoming US president again, and the EU backtracking on some of its most innovative policies, it feels like progress on sustainability matters has been slow, even non-exist...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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41:38
Rethinking water use starts in the shower with Showerkap
Water scarcity is already one of the world’s biggest risks — so why do we treat long showers as inconsequential?In this episode of Shaken Not Burned, Felicia talks to Carly Hunt, head of strategic partnerships at Showerka...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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33:08
The power of visuals in sustainability with Getty Images
We are a podcast, but we have to admit: images can speak more than words. A powerful visual can tell a story, evoke sensations, and even inspire action. And isn’t that an essential tool in communicating about climate and sustainability?Y...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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42:51
Preventing PFAS pollution with Ship & Shore Environmental
PFAS, or forever chemicals, are one of the most urgent but misunderstood issues in environmental health. This group of nearly 15,000 man-made substances are used to make many products more durable or waterproof, but they don’t break...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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44:00
Can blockchain solve the carbon markets' transparency woes? With KlimaDAO
Carbon markets are intended to be the backbone of climate finance – but they’re often criticised for being opaque, inefficient, and riddled with credibility issues. This week, Giulia talked to
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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44:43
What lies beneath: the ocean’s hidden climate risk with Professor Callum Roberts
Europe talks a big game on marine protection but, beneath the surface, the picture is far more fragile. This week on Shaken Not Burned, Felicia speaks with
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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41:53
Making the invisible visible: how impact measurement drives decarbonisation with ClimatePoint
Let’s dive into a part of climate action that too often sits behind the scenes: the hard work of making impact measurable and decision-ready. Sustainability teams may spend years drowning in data, frameworks and reporting demands, yet bu...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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43:10
The shape of trust: inside the new ISO net zero standard
What does it really mean to be net zero? In a world overflowing with climate claims, standards are becoming the new currency of trust, as they set technical definitions and create common ground.This week, we’re explorin...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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46:28
COP30, connection and the courage to keep showing up with Impatience Earth
The Conference of the Parties, or COP30 this year in Brazil, can seem remote – bureaucratic, elite, hard to connect with. But it’s also one of the few spaces where solidarity can still take shape. The same is true of...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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43:06
Storytelling and cultural nuance in climate action with Narratives
Working in sustainability means getting the story right. We may have crunched the numbers and estimated the risks of biodiversity loss in a certain area, or the opportunities arising from decarbonising a certain sector. But i...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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30:30
Facts, feelings, and the fight for climate reality with the Conscious Advertising Network
Every day we read new headlines about climate extremes, yet behind the noise lies a quieter, more corrosive threat: misinformation.In this week's episode of Shaken Not Burned, we explore why climate misinformation isn’t a...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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39:31
The sustainability correction: hard truths for finance with Vlerick Business School
This week, we are talking about the turbulence surrounding ESG and sustainable finance. The question we’re exploring: is the backlash against ESG a crisis, or a necessary correction?Joining us is
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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41:49
Challenging the consumer products status quo with Asan
Think about the products you use every day at home. The hand soap. The cleaning spray. The sponge for the dishes. The face cream. The toothpaste. Why do you buy certain brands, with certain packaging and certain ingredients?&...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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26:22