Anne is a professor of ecology at the University of Roehampton in London. Water ecosystems are in the centre of her research and teaching, including topics like freshwater biodiversity- and in particular the biodiversity of groundwaters, the impact on freshwater ecosystems of disturbances such as climate change and emerging contaminants including microplastics, and monitoring and conservation of groundwater ecosystems.

Ash is an experienced workshop facilitator and climate educator. He is Director of Climate Clarity whose mission is to raise awareness and empowerment around the climate and ecological crisis using mainly Climate Fresk workshops, and any other tools that effectively facilitate change. He has delivered workshops to nearly 2000 people, and has personally trained over 600 facilitators. He has made it his mission to get as many people as possible skilled up and empowered to act on the climate crisis. Before this role he was volunteering in the climate movement and activist spaces after working as a technical business analyst. This followed on from engineering contracting after time spent studying for an Aerospace Engineering degree.

Attila is a strategic communication leader, educator, and consultant with a rich, interdisciplinary background that spans the practice and the education law, public relations, and conflict resolution.  He is Professor of Practice at the University of Oregon, and currently serves as Public Relations Area Director at the University’s School of Journalism and Communication. He is known for pushing curriculum innovation, embedding industry best practices and future-facing skills, and mentoring students into impactful careers.

Benedek is a Hungarian biologist, environmentalist and green politician. Currently he is Head of the Representation of Budapest to the EU. Between 2014-2019 he was Member of the European Parliament,( and the first vice-chair of the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; green coordinator and substitute member of the Committee of  Industry, Research and Energy; as well as the Budgetary Control Committee.) and focused on climate-, environmental and energy-policy, anti-corruption policy and Roma inclusion during his term there. Previously he was also member of the Hungarian National Assembly and one of the founding green politicians of the country. He was a founding member of the environmental NGO Védegylet (Protect the Future!) and holds a PhD in biology.  Benedek is the author of several articles and publications on environmental threats, ‘going green’, energy policy, the rule of law and the future of Earth.

Chitzi Ogbumgbada is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter, with a PhD in Law from the University of Strathclyde, an LLM in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen, and an LLB from Rivers State University. His PhD thesis developed an African communitarian approach to global energy justice and demonstrated how this approach could be operationalised through international climate law and international human rights law to address renewable energy injustices.  

His primary research interests lie at the intersection of international energy and environmental law and are mainly concerned with how legal obligations interact with issues like climate change, energy security, and clean energy. His current research project investigates the justice issues arising from the energy transition and how these can be conceptualised through the energy justice framework developed along African philosophy. 

Filipe Machado Franca, a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, and Researcher at the Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Brazil. Filipe is a native of Brasil, has a PhD in the science of tropical environments, and studies lives of the smallest insects to the largest tropical forests.

Franzisca is Professor in Organisational and Sustainability Communication at the Department of Business Communication at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria. She has over 20 years of experience in researching, writing and teaching in the areas of Organisational Communication and Public Relations with a specific focus on Sustainability Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility. Before joining the Department of Business Communication, Franzisca worked as Associate Professor at the University of Queensland (School of Communication and Arts, Brisbane) and the University of Klagenfurt (Department for Media and Communication Studies, Austria).

Leo Rayman is the founder & CEO of the Eden lab and the former Chief Executive Officer at Grey Consulting, where he led corporate innovation and transformation programs. His main focus is to make sustainability something that leaders and customers want to do, and to how, through communications and marketing, we can make sustainability more engaging and exciting. He is working with company managements to reinvent their businesses successfully.

Our guest for today is Rodrigo Silva de Souza. Rodrigo is a a senior lecturer in finance at the Business School of the University of Roehampton. He has a significant professional and academic experience in financial and non-financial firms particularly in areas of risk management, corporate governance, internal controls and internal and external auditing, and related areas including cost and management control accounting. He is especially interested in the implementation of risk management in relation to controllership, audit, corporate governance, environmental management and business planning.

Simon King is a senior partner in Edenseven, a management consultancy firm that helps companies of all sizes achieve their sustainability goals and work towards net zero emissions. Edenseven provides sustainability solutions across a diverse range of industries in both the public and private sectors, for example focusing on buildings, electricity, supply chain, and transport. They develop effective strategies informed by data to ensure quantifiable results that deliver carbon reduction, cost savings, compliance with regulations, and enhanced credibility with stakeholders.

Veronica is an ESRC funded PhD student exploring visions of the future of farming in England, and a photographer and outdoor adventurer. She describes herself as a creative and passionate environmental social scientist, researching visions for the future of farming and food production in England. She is a skilled written and visual communicator, with experience in both corporate and research environments.