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Where the new economy gets built.

The Carrot Podcast

Conversations with the leaders building the green economy.

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The People Building It

Dan Ioschpe

Dan Ioschpe

Climate High-Level Champion

COP: Climate Champions Team

Durwood Zaelke

Durwood Zaelke

Founder & President

Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD)

Enzo Favoino

Enzo Favoino

Chair, Scientific Committee

Zero Waste Europe

Charlotte Morton

Charlotte Morton

Chief Executive

World Biogas Association

Janek Vähk

Janek Vähk

Zero Pollution Policy Manager

Zero Waste Europe

Ian McKee

Ian McKee

CEO of Carrot

About the Show

The Carrot Podcast is where the climate conversation gets concrete

Host Ian McKee — CEO of Carrot — talks with entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and policymakers redesigning the systems behind our economy. From energy and finance to waste and global policy, each episode goes deep into how large-scale change actually happens.

Climate — grounded in how things get built.

No jargon. No hedging. Just how the world moves carbon, capital, and materials.

Climate Is Not One Topic.
It's a System.

Methane & Superpollutants
Climate Finance & Incentives
Waste & Circular Economy
Infrastructure & Operations
Policy & Market Design

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COP: Action Agenda 2026
Ep. #5

Climate Champions

Brazil's High-Level Climate Champion for COP30 & COP31 | Chairman, Iochpe-Maxion.

The COP30 Climate Champion on why circular economy will dominate COP31, and how the $1.3 trillion climate capital roadmap actually connects to real projects.

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The Sprint Is On
Ep. #4

Superpollutants

Founder & President, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD).

The architect of the Kigali Amendment on temperature, time, and tipping points — and why cutting superpollutants delivers 90% of the benefit in a decade.

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The Climate Solution Hidden in Waste
Ep. #3

Composting

Lead Scientist, Zero Waste Europe | Co-founder, European Compost Network.

Why capturing organics is the master key to the circular economy — and how Milan's 80% food-waste capture unlocked every other recycling stream.

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A Fast Win-Win Climate Solution
Ep. #2

Biogas

Chief Executive, World Biogas Association.

How biomethane — chemically identical to fossil gas — can displace one-third of today's fossil gas demand using existing infrastructure.

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The Surprising Climate Change Solution
Ep. #1

Zero Waste

Zero Pollution Policy Manager, Zero Waste Europe.

Why 94% of global waste management finance goes to incineration — and the policy shift that could redirect it toward biological treatment.

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Why Listen

Every episode is built to give you something you can use — not just think about.

Follow the money

How $1.3 trillion in climate capital is flowing.

Decode the protocols that work

From Kigali to Paris, what actually moved the needle.

Cut through the noise

Experts making concrete claims, not hedged takes.

Connect the system

How waste, finance, policy, and infrastructure fit together.

Superpollutants are the fastest way to slow warming - and they're still widely overlooked.

Ian McKee, CEO, Carrot

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