Five Degrees of Change: Alan Matthews, professor emeritus of agricultural policy and economics at TCD

Five Degrees of Change is the Business Post’s PwC sponsored energy and environment podcast, where guests choose three policy changes and two personal change for a greener world.

This week’s episode features Alan Matthews, a retired professor of agricultural policy and economics at Trinity College Dublin.

Matthews is one of Ireland's leading experts in farm economics and sustainability, Matthews chose for his policy changes to tackle the climate problem in agriculture through measurement and a land based emissions trading scheme, to reform the Common Agricultural Policy for sustainability, and toe help consumers make for sustainable choices. For his personal changes, he spoke about cooking more vegetarian meals, and getting involved in influencing policy.

This episode is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.