Inevitable
Join Cody Simms each week as he engages with experts across disciplines to explore innovations driving the transition of energy and industry. Inevitable is an MCJ podcast. This show was formerly known as 'My Climate Journey.'
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 570
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ep 89: Jeffrey Schub, Executive Director at the Coalition for Green Capital
In today’s episode, we cover:
- What is CGC and its mission as a nonprofit?
- Why “green bank” is somewhat of a misnomer
- The history of green banks in the U.S. both on the federal and state level
- Where the C…
Ep 88: Daniel Huppmann, Energy Research Scholar at IIASA
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Role, function and mission of IIASA
- The context around SR15
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Dr. Huppmann’s work on the message integrated assessment model for environmental…
Ep 87: Alessandra Biaggi, New York State Senator
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Her journey to elected office and the challenges she faced in her campaign
- Her inspiration to run for state office
- What she discovered about the state of Albany politics
- How…
Ep 86: Zahra Hirji, Energy and Climate Reporter at Buzzfeed News
In today’s episode, we cover:
- How Zahra landed at Buzzfeed covering climate
- The Trump Administration and how its policies have affected climate
- Her audience and readership
- The positioning of her news roo…
Ep 85: David Heinemeier Hansson, Co-Founder & CTO at Basecamp
In today’s episode, we cover:
- David’s influential career in tech
- His advocacy of various causes
- DHH’s view that, regardless of one’s background, one should become versed in climate change
- How his attenti…
Ep 84: Roundtable with Shayle Kann from Energy Impact Partners and Abe Yokell from Congruent Ventures at the 1st SF MCJ Meetup!
In today’s episode, we cover:
• Shayle’s journey from energy transition in the market intelligence space to climate change venture capital at Energy Impact Partners (EIP)
• EIP, a VC with ~$1B in AUM w…
Ep 83: Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated
In today’s episode, we cover:
● The Rebound Effect and the ironic implications of improving energy efficiency
● Harry’s journey into Climate Change
● How Harry earned the moniker, “The Godfather of Rebo…
Ep 82: Rob Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO of Monolith Materials
Today’s guest is Rob Hanson, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Monolith Materials, where he leads the development of next-generation technology for producing low cost, low emission hydrogen and…
Ep 81: Matt Eggers, Investor & Company Builder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Today's guest is Matt Eggers, Investor & Company Builder at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a $1.1 billion, patient capital fund dedicated to building companies that will have a massive impact on green…
Ep 80: Phil Duffy, President & Executive Director at Woodwell Climate Research Center
Today’s guest is Phil Duffy, President & Executive Director at Woodwell Climate Research Center.
Expertise Climate modeling, extreme weather risk, societal impacts of climate change, domestic climate …
Ep 79: David Keith, Professor at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kennedy School, and Founder of Carbon Engineering
Today’s guest is David Keith, Professor at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Kennedy School, and Founder of Carbon Engineering.
David has worked near the interface between cli…
Ep 78: BJ Fogg, Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford
Today's guest is BJ Fogg, Founder & Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford, with an appearance by William Shan, one of his students who is project managing the launch of his new Behavior Design fo…
Ep 77: Clay Dumas, Partner at Lowercarbon Capital
This was an experiment using a new app Talkshow, which is a live discussion broadcast via twitter where listeners can text questions as we talk!
Today's guest was Clay Dumas from Lowercarbon Capital, …
Ep 76: Jigar Shah, President & Co-Founder at Generate Capital
Today's guest is Jigar Shah, President & Co-Founder at Generate Capital.
Jigar was the founder and CEO of SunEdison (NASDAQ: SUNE, TERP), where he pioneered “no money down solar” and unlocked a multi-…
Ep 75: Gary Cohen, President & Co-Founder of Health Care Without Harm
Today's guest is Gary Cohen, President & Co-Founder of Health Care Without Harm.
Gary has been a pioneer in the environmental health movement for thirty years. Cohen is President and Co-Founder of Hea…
Ep 74: Timothy Freundlich, CEO of ImpactAssets
Today's guest is Tim Freundlich, CEO of ImpactAssets.
Tim is a long-time innovator in new financial instruments in the social enterprise sector, which he now applies as the head of ImpactAssets, the $…
Ep 73: Akshat Rathi, Reporter at Bloomberg News
Today’s guest is Akshat Rathi, a London-based reporter, covering science, energy, and environment for Bloomberg News. He has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a BTech in c…
Ep 72: Joey Bergstein, CEO of Seventh Generation
Today's guest is Joey Bergstein, CEO of Seventh Generation, recently acquired by Unilever. Seventh Generation’s mission is to inspire a consumer revolution that nurtures the health of the next seven …
Ep 71: Stephen Fenberg, State Senator for Colorado's 18th District
Today's guest is Senator Stephen Fenberg, a Democrat who serves as state Senator in the 18th District in Colorado where he's served since 2017. He also serves as the Senate Majority Leader.
A few year…
Ep 70: Shreya Dave, Co-Founder & CEO at Via Separations
Today's guest is Shreya Dave, co-founder and CEO of Via Separations.
Via Separations has pioneered a new membrane based on graphene oxide for fine liquid filtration in harsh environments, with applica…