The climate change problem can often seem intractable and in a political sense, painfully slow.

But it's important to remember that some progress is being made and we are innovating new techniques and technologies to address the issue.

One such innovation is CO2 upcycling - Andrea Ramirez Ramirez, Professor in the Faculty of Low-Carbon Systems and Technologies at Delft University of Technology joined Jonathan to discuss.

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