The GreenWave Podcast

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 36: SBTi Revisions Close Out Summer on a Serious Note

SYNI, your indefatigable hostess, focuses on the Science Based Targets initiative and its draft revision to the Corporate Net Zero Standard, which were recently updated. We hope you didn’t think we would go for a light and cheerful topic to close out the summer? No, no! Instead SYNI plunges into the deep end of sustainable governance and corporate regulation, taking a close look at STBi Version 2.0 and the fine line between pragmatic target setting and protecting long-term reductions that the net zero carbon emissions goal requires. So grab your notebook and sit at your desk for this one as we're working through complex policy and making recommendations how to best navigate the changes.   

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 35: What's Wrong With the EU Hydrogen Bank? (Or Why Have GH2 Projects Walked Away from €589 Million of Funding This Summer?)

SYNI, your host, tears into today's topic, the European Union Hydrogen Bank. Specifically, what is wrong with the Bank and why are winners of the biggest subsidies walking away from completing their green hydrogen projects? We’re talking about three of the largest green hydrogen projects in the EU turning an icy shoulder €589 million of future EU support during this blazing hot summer. We’ll need more than sun cream and a beach umbrella to unravel this one. Thankfully we have SYNI's take on both problems and solutions, so sit back for the next 23 minutes and enjoy the cool breeze of our pod. 

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 34 - The Role of Crypto and Tokenisation in Sustainability

This week join SYNI, your host, as she dives into the role of crypto currencies in sustainability with a special look at the growing role of tokenisation in carbon credits. It’s been a subject on our radar for several weeks, and with the growing mania over bitcoin’s rapid price rise in recent weeks, it’s seems like the perfect time to tackle the subject of how the explosive world of digital currencies are producing sustainable outcomes and private funding solutions. So it's both the dog days of summer and time to put on your crypto thinking cap. We hope you enjoy the pod! 

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 33: EU Opens Policy Consultations on AI in the Energy Sector

Your host SYNI explores the European Union’s latest push to harness artificial intelligence in the energy sector as a tool against climate change. The EU has recently opened consultations for a Strategic Roadmap on Digitalisation and AI in the Energy Sector, reflecting its commitment to ensure the digital and green transitions go hand-in-hand. We’ll explore how AI can accelerate decarbonisation across Europe’s power grids, buildings, and industries, discuss the most important AI use cases highlighted in the EU plan, and provide a balanced view of the opportunities and concerns that AI brings to the energy industry. So sit back and enjoy this August break with our summertime pod! 

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 32 - Summer Mini-Pod Series: Global Climate Finance Enters the Trillion Dollar Club

SYNI, your hostess with dry wit and a sharp tongue, launches into the second in our Summer mini-pod series, well aware that many of you might currently be lounging beachside, mountain-bound, hiking on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, or spending the long August days on your island in the Baltic Sea, not exactly keeping pace with the latest in climate finance literature. So allow SYNI to bring you up to speed on everything you missed. Specifically, the freshly released "Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2025" report details the leaps and bounds of climate finance into the trillion dollar stratosphere, so, settle in comfortably, grab your beverage of choice, and hit play.

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 31: Summer Mini-Pod Series Opens with UN's HLPF

SYNI launches our summer series of mini pods, shorter more focused episodes intended to match the shorter attention spans of our summertime listeners. Today’s topic is the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, better known to its friends as the HLPF. Specifically, we’re diving into the launch of the Climate and SDG Synergy Solutions reports and the wider signals sent at this year’s forum in New York. If you missed it, think of this as your guided tour of what was said, what was meant, and what might happen next.

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 30: Riding the Breeze of Sailing

SYNI is riding the breeze for today’s pod topic of sailing – its heritage as a sustainable means of transport and sailing’s place in today’s world of sustainable sport and pastimes. As the saying goes, we cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails. The sailing world is doing exactly that, adapting its practices to protect what it loves. In the process, it keeps alive the spirit of exploration and freedom that sailing has always embodied, while steering that spirit toward healing our blue planet. We'll also check out three sailing clubs - San Diego Yacht Club, Clube Naval de Ponta Delgada and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, to zoom in on the way sustainable is the new form of clubability. We invite you to unfurl your spinnaker with SYNI!  

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 29: EC Climate Law Amendment Quadruple Down - Part 2

SYNI launches into Part 2 of our mini-series on the European Commission’s proposed 2040 Climate Law amendment, a plan that would legally bind the European Union to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by the year 2040. This week we’re zooming in on the Iberian Peninsula, unlocking the likely impact of the EU’s initiative specifically on Spain and Portugal, and then circling back to the traditional European heavyweights of Germany and France. We’ll also dive into carbon credits, market design, and climate governance shifts under this 2040 proposal. It’s a statement that the EU is not taking the foot off the accelerator after 2030 but rather pressing harder. The direction is set, towards deep decarbonisation.

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 28: EC 2040 Climate Law Amendment Doubles Down, then Doubles Down Again!

SYNI, your host, tackles the European Commission’s 2040 Climate Law amendment – a plan that would legally bind the European Union to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by the year 2040. Now, that’s a hefty goal and a mouthful of policy-speak, but fear not: we’re going to unpack what this 2040 target really means in this Part 1 of a 2 part mini-series, why it matters right now in 2025, and how it could reshape everything from how Europeans get their energy to how they travel, manufacture goods, grow food, and even how businesses plan for the future.

The GreenWave Podcast by Synergy International Episode 27: Sustainable Tourism Part 2 - Reshaping Eco Travel

This week, SYNI is zooming out to look at sustainable tourism on a broader scale in Part 2 of a mini-series. We’ll discuss the global trends that are reshaping travel in the name of sustainability, examine if all these green ideas are making a dent in the tourism industry’s environmental impact, and see what’s being done about the not-so-sustainable side of mass tourism. Plus, we’ll take a little tour of some of the world’s most environmentally friendly resorts – from rustic eco-lodges to high-end retreats – and tackle a thorny question: is eco-tourism becoming just another luxury good for the rich, or can it be accessible to everyone? So, grab your reusable coffee mug and settle in, because we’re about to ride the green wave into the world of sustainable travel.