Before the Tipping Point AI & Sustainability

Ocean Acidification: The Slow Climate Risk No One Sees | Myron Roth 03.07.2026 25min

The ocean absorbs roughly a quarter of the CO₂ we emit. That buffering comes with a cost: chemical changes that are quietly reshaping marine ecosystems and the industries that depend on them. A drop from $2.3B to $1.6B in a single year is a clear signal that something bigger is changing in BC’s seafood sector. In this episode, Lourdes welcomes back Myron Roth for his third conversation on Before the Tipping Point. With two decades spent tracking slow-moving climate threats, Myron focuses on t...

Shadow AI in Sustainability Teams (and How to Govern It) | George Diplas & Martin Sieg 26.06.2026 39min

AI is already inside your sustainability team's workflows. The question is whether leadership knows about it and whether it can hold up under scrutiny. In this episode of Before The Tipping Point, we sit down with George Diplas, AI governance lawyer, and Martin Sieg, sustainability tech builder and co-founder of Muuvment IQ, to talk about what responsible AI implementation actually looks like for lean sustainability teams navigating regulatory pressure and reporting overload. We also cover ho...

Beyond the Badge: Scaling Systemic Climate Leadership with Lucas Santos 16.06.2026 29min

How do we move from simply rewarding industry leaders to transforming entire global systems? In this episode of Before The Tipping Point, we sit down with Lucas Mereyes Dos Santos—a global sustainability catalyst, international project manager, and co-host of the Gossip Gills podcast. With over seven years of experience bridging the gap between policy, science, and on-the-ground implementation across five continents, Lucas shares his insights on how to scale responsible practices beyond stand...

ESG Without the Fluff: How Sustainability Intelligence Becomes a Consumer Advantage | W. Daniel Cox III 12.06.2026 20min

On this episode of Before The Tipping Point: Where AI & Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, we sit down with W. Daniel Cox III, CEO + Director of Green Parrot Sustainability Intelligence. With 30+ years across data, finance, and strategic governance, Daniel has led enterprise transformations where performance beats posturing. We unpack a defining milestone that tested leadership under pressure, the emerging data technologies he believes will shape the future, and the non-negotiables f...

Before the Tipping Point: The Real Bottlenecks Stopping Climate Startups from Scaling (with Sam Kullar, ClimateDoor) 05.06.2026 17min

Climate tech is hard to scale for real reasons: long sales cycles, infrastructure constraints, policy risk, and messy data. In this episode of Before the Tipping Point: Where AI and Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, Lourdes sits down with Sam Kullar, Executive Director at ClimateDoor and Director of Portfolio Growth, to break down what actually stalls early-stage climate ventures and how strong operators unlock traction. Sam brings the rare combination of consulting-grade rigor (ex-Delo...

Navigating the Blue Economy: Ocean Governance, Climate Leadership, and Sustainable Development Across Africa and the Indo-Pacific 29.05.2026 10min

The future of our oceans will shape the future of our planet. In Episode 5, Season 15 of Before The Tipping Point Podcast: Where AI and Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, host Lourdes Gant welcomes Xuefei Shi, an Ocean and Blue Economy Specialist whose work bridges marine policy, ecology, international development, and sustainable governance across Africa, China, and the Indo-Pacific. With more than 15 years of experience spanning fisheries, aquaculture, ocean governance, and development...

From Bycatch to Breakthroughs: How Mark Soetman is Reinventing Sustainable Food Systems with AI & Innovation 22.05.2026 12min

Innovation. Sustainability. Food systems transformation. In this episode of Before The Tipping Point: Where AI & Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, we welcome back serial entrepreneur and sustainability disruptor Mark Soetman — the visionary behind Crustalicious, the company transforming bycatch into premium fresh crab meat while challenging traditional thinking across the global food chain. Since joining us in Season 12, Mark has continued pushing boundaries in food innovation, sust...

From Catch to Consumer: The Technology Reshaping Seafood Sustainability 15.05.2026 19min

What happens when sustainability, technology, and global leadership converge beneath the surface of one of the world’s most complex industries? In Episode 3 of Season 15 of Before The Tipping Point, where AI and Sustainability meet Climate Leadership, we sit down with His Excellency Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan bin Khalid Al Qasimi — Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Seafood Souq, Executive Chairman of the Department of Government Relations in Sharjah, UAE, and a leading advocate for ocean stewardship and ...

Authentic Sustainability: AI, Regulation & Real Talk with Helen Neal 08.05.2026 18min

AI is becoming the last line of defense before a brand accidentally greenwashes itself. In Season 15, Episode 2 of Before The Tipping Point: Where AI and Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, we’re joined by Helen Neal, founder of HN Communications, a B Corp-certified sustainability communications consultancy whose clients include Bosch, Heineken, Asahi, Nissan, and Aston Martin. Helen’s background runs deep in regulation and reputation. She came up through the UK Parliament, then held gove...

From Ocean Cycles to AI Systems: Why I Bet Everything on Sustainable Intelligence 01.05.2026 3min

After four weeks away—and as we celebrate five years of Before The Tipping Point Podcast (formerly The Business of Aquaculture)—I’m sharing the story behind a major pivot. This isn’t a story about leaving aquaculture because it failed. It’s about recognizing what it taught me: patience, systems thinking, and how interconnected everything truly is. Working with nature showed me how cycles drive growth—but it also revealed something I could no longer ignore… inefficiency. In this episode, I unp...

Turning the Tables: Lourdes Gant on Influence, Sustainability, and Leadership 03.04.2026 35min

In a captivating role reversal, the Find Your Influence podcast welcomes Lourdes Gant, a luminary typically found behind the microphone, as she steps into the guest seat. Anton Guinea has the privilege of interviewing Lourdes, a distinguished strategist and operator at the forefront of sustainable industry, governance, and emerging technologies. Prepare to be inspired as Lourdes shares her powerful definition of influence—"walking your talk" and leading with integrity, even when no one is wat...

AI, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Climate Leadership with Yeritza Bohorquez 27.03.2026 17min

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Yeritza Bohorquez, a powerhouse partner in one of the world’s leading AI agency groups. Yeritza isn’t your typical tech expert—she brings over a decade of experience in molecular biology and chemical ecology to the table. This unique background has taught her how to detect hidden patterns, manage extreme complexity, and make high-stakes, data-driven decisions under pressure. Today, she’s applying those same analytical superpowers to lead process optimiza...

The World in 2050 - AI, Sustainability, and Empowering Future Generations with Nicolai Rottbøll 20.03.2026 18min

Welcome to Episode 12, Season 14 of Before The Tipping Point, the podcast where AI and Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership. In this insightful episode, we delve into "The World in 2050" with our distinguished guest, Nicolai Rottbøll. Nicolai, the visionary Founder of Our World 2050 and Chair of Quercus Group Kenya Ltd., brings a wealth of experience from breaking down silos between diverse organizations and individuals across more than 45 countries. His career is dedicated to forging futur...

AI & The Food Revolution: Cultivating a Sustainable Future with Carissa Campeotto 13.03.2026 18min

Welcome to Episode 11, Season 14 of the Before The Tipping Point podcast, where AI and Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership. In this compelling episode, we sit down with Carissa Campeotto, the visionary Founder of Food Revolution. Carissa is at the forefront of transforming our food systems, designing award-winning food recovery solutions that make sustainable food both possible and profitable. For over a decade, she has been turning food loss into opportunity, leveraging technology, design...

From Underwriting to ROI: How AI is Transforming Real Estate Investment with Jonathan Wright 06.03.2026 14min

Can AI actually move the needle in physical real estate, or is it just more digital noise? In Episode 10 of Season 14, we sit down with successful real estate investor and film producer Jonathan Wright to discuss the "measurable lift" AI is bringing to the property lifecycle. We move beyond the tools and dive deep into the operational systems that make AI results repeatable, not founder-dependent. In this episode, we cover: Which stages of the deal lifecycle (from sourcing to property managem...

You Dream It, We AI It: Scaling to 9-Figures with JT Foxx 27.02.2026 7min

Is AI a threat to your business, or the ultimate equalizer? In this episode, Lourdes Gant sits down with "World’s #1 Wealth & Business Coach" JT Foxx to deconstruct the mindset shift required to thrive in the age of automation. JT shares the "Business is War" philosophy, explaining how to replace routine transactional work with "AI employees" to amplify your best talent by a thousand. We dive deep into: The 9-Figure Brain: How AI acts as a $5M executive team without the overhead.Speed Ove...

AI in the Water: Scaling Sustainable Seafood with Umami Bioworks 20.02.2026 15min

What happens when you combine AI platforms with "brick and mortar" biotechnology? You get a revolution in how the world eats. Today, Mihir Pershad of Umami Bioworks explains how their ALKEMYST platform is slashing the cost per liter of cultivated seafood and automating the experiments that used to take years. Tune in to hear how they are building a durable, AI-backed advantage in the race to save our oceans. Support the show

Trailer: Before the Tipping Point AI & Sustainability 14.02.2026 1min

Hello, you're listening to Before the Tipping Point. This is the podcast for the AI sustainability movement. This podcast aims to amplify the voices of sustainability practitioners addressing the United Nations global goals, aka The Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Number 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Number 17: Partnership for the Goals. Listen to fellow practitioners in their journey of implementing new technology, such as artificial intelligence, that is sustainabl...

Before the Tipping Point: How AI Is Re-Engineering Energy and Sustainability 13.02.2026 13min

Energy and sustainability sit at the heart of today’s climate challenge — and artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a key force shaping what comes next. In this episode of Before The Tipping Point: Where AI & Sustainability Meet Climate Leadership, we’re joined by Suraj Naik, Founder of AutoNurture.AI, StudentAI.app, TeacherAI.app, and Third Dimension Fitness, Board Member at NYSE: GNS, and a member of Microsoft for Startups. Suraj brings deep experience across strategic leadership,...

Pricing the Ocean: Valuing Ecosystem Services from Seaweed Farming 06.02.2026 8min

How do you put a price tag on nature? In this episode of Before the Tipping Point — where AI and Sustainability meet Climate Leadership, we explore the economics behind seaweed farming and ecosystem services with Ngoc Pham, Aquaculture and Marine Economist at Wageningen Social and Economic Research, Wageningen University & Research. Ngoc has worked on blue economy projects since 2012, and in this conversation, we unpack the complex challenge of assigning monetary value to ecosystem servic...