Mission Shunya
Mission Shunya (Shunya=Zero) is all about the transition to a zero carbon economy. The podcast features conversations related to clean-tech and sustainability. A new podcast episode is released every fortnight. Experts from around the world are featured along with people whose businesses and actions are having a positive impact and aims to inspire every individual take action to do their bit for the planet. Renewable energy, electric vehicles, sustainable development, climate change, circular economy are just a few of the topics that will be covered.
Logo - H. Neve | Pics Credit - TerreGeneration | Prema | Unsplash | Guests | Theme Music - C. Henry
Logo - H. Neve | Pics Credit - TerreGeneration | Prema | Unsplash | Guests | Theme Music - C. Henry
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
54: Net-Zero Transition: The what why and how to get there
Everyone is talking about Net-Zero transitions, why is it important, why should you be involved and how can you be involved? All questions answered on this episode.
Girish Shivakumar also shares t…
00:14:36 |
Sun 25 Apr 2021
53: Trapping emissions ft. Aker Carbon Capture
What is Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)? How does it work? Is direct air capture an efficient solution? All your questions on CCUS answered on this episode.
Joining Girish Shivakumar i…
00:29:57 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
52: Delivering sustainability in the materials value chain ft. Umicore
Will we run out of Lithium for EV batteries? Is Cobalt ethically sourced? How much of metals can we extract through recycling? All your questions on the sustainability of material extraction, global …
00:41:41 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
51: How sustainable is urban farming? ft. Shalini Patwal
Is urban farming really sustainable? Is it the same throughout the world? Why should look at it holistically?
Shalini Patwal, an infrastructure development consultant passionate about climate change…
00:50:11 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
50: Building a career in cleantech ft. Rajesh Bhat
Do you want to know what it takes to build a career in cleantech? What should you consider if you are planning to turn an entrepreneur?
On this special episode Rajesh Bhat joins Girish Shivakumar an…
00:39:03 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
49: An upcycling story ft. Help Us Green
Help Us Green has pioneered the art of converting flower waste into a useful product recreating the fragrance as it upcycles the waste or called flowercycling. In the process they have created an eco…
00:24:12 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
48: UK’s 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution ft. Dr David Reiner
UK set the ball rolling for countries to commit to a transition towards a zero carbon economy. Recently UK announced the 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution, the first major piece of stra…
00:42:38 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
47: How does climate change impact renewable energy generation?
How does climate change impact renewable energy generation? New evidence on how marine temperature rise and the unseasonal cyclonic events caused the variance in wind generation is here. On an averag…
00:33:08 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
46: Converting waste to bio CNG and fertilizer ft. Carbon Masters
Kevin Houston , co-founder of Carbon Masters joins Girish Shivakumar on this episode to share his entrepreneurial journey. The product, Carbonlites is India's very first compressed biogas brand and i…
00:38:34 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
45: Enabling businesses and individuals go carbon neutral ft. Carbonfund.org
How can you reach your net zero goals if you can’t directly invest in a project? Carbonfund.org enables businesses and individuals go carbon neutral. Brian McFarland, Senior Vice President of Carbon…
00:24:42 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
44: Building and scaling up an energy analytics platform to support grid integration of Renewable Energy ft. REConnect Energy
Vishal Pandya, co-founder of REConnect Energy, an entrepreneur who has built India’s leading energy analytics platform joins Girish Shivakumar to share the REConnect story. It’s a very a candid and e…
00:50:21 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
43: Delivering sustainability projects in the developing world ft. Ecoforge
On this episode Girish Shivakumar is joined by Sagar Gubbi, Managing Partner at Ecoforge Advisors, who shares the story of Ecoforge and how they are working to enable access to technology and capital…
01:03:56 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
42: Solubag – Water soluble bags as an alternative to common plastic
“We want to eliminate single-use plastic bags” reads a statement on the website of Solubag, a company based out of Chile.
Roberto Astete, Co-Founder joins Girish Shivakumar on this episode to share …
00:26:54 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
41: FSC and Sustainable Forestry
What are the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifications all about?
Is a planned, managed forest area really sustainable?
Can the status quo be changed?
On this podcast episode Amar Deshpande (…
00:50:51 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
40: Decarbonisation Futures – Australia’s road to net zero emissions
Discussing the global transition to net zero emissions is one of the themes of Mission Shunya (Shunya =Zero). Recently, ClimateWorks Australia, published the Decarbonisation Futures study that outlin…
00:29:34 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
39: Carbon Initiative Forum – Climate Change Awareness at Grassroots Level
Carbon Initiative Forum (CIF) aims to create climate change awareness at grassroots level. Why is it important? How do they go about doing it? How can you get involved?
On this episode Sandeep Roy Ch…
00:34:23 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
38: Conversation on Zero Toxicity, Corporate Climate Actions, EU Green Deal & more
In the last few years we have come across commitments from a range of global corporations committing to going 100% RE, reducing their emissions to net zero or in fact turning to net positive. What ar…
00:29:47 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
37: Creating environmental awareness among children using behavioural economics & play based learning
How can behavioural economics and nudge be used to create awareness on environmental issues among children?
Amishi Parasrampuria from Upcycler’s lab joins Girish Shivakumar to share the story of how…
00:36:11 |
Mon 17 Aug 2020
36: The Energy Talk - Energy & Sustainability in India
Olubunmi Olajide, the host of The Energy Talk podcast joins Girish Shivakumar to share his interest and work around telling stories from the global energy transition. Olubunmi featured the work of Mi…
00:46:58 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
35: SDG 6: Access to clean water ft. WaterScope
1 in 10 people in the world don’t have access to clean water. The UN declared access to clean water and sanitation as a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) in 2015. WaterScope has developed an inexp…
00:39:16 |
Mon 20 Jul 2020
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