Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

We know many of the obstacles in the way of a creating a cleaner
planet - making cement green, decarbonising electricity or
creating affordable clean transport. But how do we get the
experts the funding they need to bring these solutions to the
world?


Many people see innovation prizes as the answer - from Prince
William’s ‘Earthshot’ to Elon Musk’s ‘X-Prize’ there are hundreds
of millions of dollars up for grabs. Is this the best way to find
solutions to the climate crisis? Who really wins from these
prizes, companies or the climate?


Joining presenters Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson are –


Marcius Extavour, Chief Scientist and Vice President for Energy
and Climate at the XPrize foundation


Robert Burrell, Professor of Intellectual Property and
Information Technology Law


Zorina Khan, Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College and Author
of Inventing Ideas


Vidyut Mohan, Co-Founder of Takachar


Plus an interview with Hannah Ritchie from Our World In Data, on
plans put forward by the New Zealand Government to tax cow burps.


Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com


Producer: Jo Casserly Reporter: Partha Prasad Researcher: Natasha
Fernandes Series Producer: Jordan Dunbar Editor: Richard
Fenton-Smith Production coordinators: Siobhan Reed and Helena
Warwick-Cross