Show Notes
Ravi Gurumurthy, CEO of Nesta, joins Alex Cameron to talk about decarbonising domestic heat
and the urgent changes needed to achieve net zero in the UK. Nesta is the UK’s innovation agency for
social good and in March, Nesta published it’s ambitious 10 year strategy which aims to improve the
lives of millions through mission-led innovation. Ravi Gurumurthy talks with Alex about how Nesta
drives innovation and his view on achieving net zero equitably and on time.
Ravi has extensive experience in this area having been one of the architects of the UK’s Climate Change
Act in 2008. Whilst at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, as Director of
Strategy, he was responsible for setting and meeting the UK’s Carbon Budgets and developing the
government’s 2050 decarbonisation plan.
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What is Decarb Connect?
Examining the strategies and deployments around decarbonisation in hard to abate sectors, we speak with CEOs, heads of corporate strategy, CTOs, Innovation/R&D, project directors & heads of carbon management from around the world. Hosted by Alex Cameron of the Decarbonization Leaders Network and Decarb Connect & produced by Janno Media.