Welcome to Everything Is Changing, a podcast where forward-thinking conversations spark real-world impact. Hear directly from leading sustainability experts, innovators, and visionaries as we explore how people and organisations embrace sustainability to shape a better future. From renewable energy and sustainable farming to water conservation, mobility solutions, and circular economies, we dive deep into the challenges and opportunities transforming our world.
This season finale breaks down renewable hydrogen with Ileana Okumuş of the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition. We explore what it is, why it matters for Europe’s climate goals, and what must happen next for the technology to scale.
Read it here: Europe’s Renewable Hydrogen Reality Check
Agnes Szalkai-Lorincz from Friends of the Earth Hungary joins Everything Is Changing to discuss the rise of solar energy and the early development of energy communities in Hungary. The episode explores why trust, cooperation, and citizen-led innovation are key to a fair energy transition, as well as the cultural and policy barriers to a more inclusive, climate-just future.
Read it here: Building Community Power in Hungary’s Solar Transition
In this episode, we talk with Martin Simonneau, Acting Head of Policy & Advocacy at Cool Earth, a climate charity working directly with rainforest communities across the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and New Guinea. We explore why providing direct, no-strings-attached cash is helping Indigenous peoples protect their lands and stop deforestation.
Read it here: The People Protecting the World’s Last Rainforests
In a world shaped by climate shocks, supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical shifts, can industry drive the solutions we urgently need? UNIDO’s Representative to the EU, Christophe Yvetot, explains how innovation, clean tech, and global partnerships can turn today’s polycrisis into a springboard for sustainable growth.
Read it here: Why Industrial Diplomacy Matters in the Global Polycrisis
Journalist Daniel Nardin joins to discuss the road to COP30 in Belém and the paradox of the Amazon, rich in nature but marked by deep inequalities, deforestation, and political tension. From oil exploration to indigenous rights and local solutions through Amazonia Vox, this episode explores what’s at stake for the rainforest and its people as the world turns its eyes to Brazil.
Read it here: The Amazonian Paradox
What happens when water security meets climate change and technology? Dr. Maria Kottari explores Europe’s fragile balance, from agriculture’s vast water use to the rising demands of data centres. We discuss how AI and innovation can transform water management, why the Mediterranean faces growing risks, and what solutions could secure our future.
Read it here: Water and Energy Security in a Warming Europe
Policy experts Amélie Laurent and Mark Preston Aragonès from Bellona Europa unpack their latest brief, explaining why the EU’s 2035 and 2040 climate targets are a North Star for both climate action and Europe’s competitiveness.
Read it here: Cutting Emissions Now to Secure Europe’s Future
Stavroula Zervopoulou discusses how waste biomass can be transformed into sustainable aviation fuels, focusing on feedstocks like agricultural residues and waste wood, the challenges of scaling advanced biofuels, and their potential to cut aviation emissions. The circular economy and innovative renewable solutions can reduce flying’s environmental impact while supporting EU climate goals and more sustainable supply chains.
Read it here: From Old Waste to New Wings
Dr. Debbie Saunders shares her journey from tracking endangered parrots with drones to founding NatureHelm, a platform helping companies make sense of biodiversity data. She explores changing views of conservation, the role of regulation, and how ecological data drives sustainability. She also highlights NatureHelm’s support for farmers and regenerative agriculture, reflects on being a woman leading in tech and science, and sets out her bold vision for positive biodiversity change across 10 billion hectares.
Read it here: Building Nature-Positive Futures with Data and Drones
How do we make renewable energy both fast and fair? In this episode, Arthur Hinsch dives into the Fast and Fair Renewables and Grids Initiative, exploring how community engagement, transparency, and local leadership can unlock the energy transition. From overcoming resistance to building trust and empowering community-led initiatives, we look at why fairness isn’t a barrier to progress, it’s the key to accelerating it. Note: REScoop.eu is an association, not a project.
Read it here: Fast Enough, Fair Enough? Europe’s Race for Renewables
Why do some floods come from “old” water? Hydrologist Dr. Marius Floriancic unpacks the old water paradox, how forests store and later release rainfall from months or even decades past. From DIY sensors to a long-term forest lab in Zurich designed to run for 100 years, we explore how soil, deadwood, and tree roots can help forests survive a changing climate.
Read it here: Revealing the Secrets of Forest Water Cycles
What happens when the planet’s frozen frontiers melt? Mountain athlete and glaciologist Pascal Egli joins us to explore the shrinking cryosphere, from disappearing glaciers to collapsing permafrost. We talk climate feedback loops, methane threats, rising seas, and his work on the EU’s CryoSCOPE project using AI and satellite data to model what comes next. Whether you live in the Alps or on the Mediterranean coast, this frozen story affects us all.
Read it here: The Vanishing Ice and What It Means for Us All
Giulia Conforto joins us to explore how the ESCALATE project is helping cities across Europe decarbonize heating and cooling. From energy efficiency wins to the struggles of lower-income regions, we dig into the policy gaps, project successes, and why clear guidance is key to a just energy transition.
Read it here: Making City Heating Smarter and More Fair
Andrew Winder joins Everything is Changing to explore how electric vehicles, teleoperation, and urban innovation are reshaping transport in Europe. From affordability to charging, what’s next for clean mobility?
Read it here: Plugging into the Future: EVs, Cities, and Clean Mobility
Legendary polar explorer Alain Hubert joins Everything Is Changing to share how a lifetime of expeditions, from the North Pole to Antarctica, led him to build the world’s first zero-emission research station. He discusses the hidden science in polar ice, why the poles matter for climate action, and how optimism can drive the change our planet needs.
Read it here: Real Change Begins Where Extremes Meet
We speak with Eleanor Scott, EU carbon markets expert at Carbon Market Watch, about the new Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2) and the Social Climate Fund. As carbon pricing expands, so do concerns about affordability and fairness. Eleanor explains how these tools work, why they matter, and what’s needed to ensure a just green transition, especially for low-income households.
Read it here: The New Emissions Trading System’s Impact on Your Energy Bills
What will the cities of tomorrow look like? Giacomo Lozzi explores how the EU is reshaping urban mobility, prioritizing greener, smarter, and more inclusive transport systems. From cycling infrastructure to policy innovations, we map out the road ahead for climate-friendly cities.
Read it here: How Sustainable Mobility Can Reshape Our Cities
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Read it in English: Can Water Be a Tool for Cooperation?
As heatwaves intensify, how do we keep our cities cool without heating up the planet? Jean-Sébastien Broc unpacks innovative solutions from the CoolLIFE project, rethinking space cooling through passive, nature-based approaches. Learn how we can balance comfort and climate in a rapidly warming world.
Read it here: Rethinking Space Cooling for a Sustainable Future
We speak with environmental scientist Dr. Uygar Özesmi about the prosumer economy, an alternative to profit-driven systems. He shares the story of Good4Trust.org, where producers and consumers collaborate to build a just, sustainable economy. We explore trust as currency, measuring impact, and why this model offers a real path forward.
Read it here: For an Economy Rooted in Care and Regeneration
Recorded at the 2025 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, this episode features an intimate coffee chat with Nithin Coca, a Japan-based climate journalist uncovering the deep connections between climate change, human rights, and global supply chains.
Read it here: Exposing Injustice in the Clean Energy Transition | REVOLVE
BlueBoard is a podcast series by Everything Is Changing in collaboration with the BlueLightS Project exploring how blue and freshwater education can drive sustainability, innovation, and ocean literacy across Europe. Through conversations with educators, scientists, policymakers, and practitioners, the podcast examines how education systems can evolve to better prepare current and future generations to care for marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Gergely Hankó and Bendegúz Bachrathy join BlueBoard to explore how the Tisza Plastic Cup turns river cleanup into community action, creativity and youth leadership. They discuss the journey from local trash collection to cross-border river protection, why a landlocked country matters for ocean health, and how hands-on river experiences can spark blue citizenship in a new generation.
Marine educator and researcher Géraldine Fauville joins BlueBoard to talk about “double immersion” underwater VR, why emotions like wonder and empathy matter for ocean literacy, and how this technology could democratise access to the sea. They explore behavior change, ocean inequality, and what the future of blue education might look like.
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Sign UpAhmetcan Uzlaşık is a journalist, podcaster, and communication officer at REVOLVE. He specializes in and covers a wide range of topics in sustainability, foreign policy and Mediterranean politics. Ahmetcan holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where he also pursued a Master's degree in European Studies. Additionally, he holds a Master's degree from VUB in Brussels through the Journalism in Europe program and is an alumnus of the European Journalism Institute. His work has been published in various media outlets, and he is passionate about Constructive Journalism.
