Think Globally Radio

with Sverker Sörlin The ‘planetary boundaries’ framework has been a scientific sensation since first presented in the journal Nature in 2009. It provides a powerful means of conceptualizing the impact of humans on the global environment, and how transgressing Earth’s biophysical boundaries risks compromising the Holocene’s ‘safe operating space for … more >>

with Victor Galaz The Anthropocene entails far more than measuring the impact humanity has had on the planet. It also encompasses a series of profound political choices and governance challenges that are entangled with the technologies, values and institutions of the increasingly interconnected 21st century. Think Globally Radio takes up … more >>

with Will Steffen Prof. Will Steffen has been one of the most prominent voices in articulating and advocating the Anthropocene as a new epoch in Earth history. He was also one of the authors of the original Planetary Boundaries article in the journal Nature, and is lead author of the … more >>

with Prof. Joeseph Masco For the second show in our series on the Anthropocene, Think Globally Radio meets Joseph Masco, Professor of Anthropology and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Prof. Masco is a scholar and prize-winning author who has written extensively on environmental crisis, national security and … more >>

Bill McKibben has authored an impressive array of groundbreaking books on the environment and how humans can inhabit the Earth more sustainably. He is also the founder of the advocacy organization 350.org, and is considered by many the most influential environmental activist in the United States. Recently in Stockholm to … more >>

with Prof. Erle Ellis Think Globally Radio was in attendance at the ‘Anthropocene Curriculum’ conference in Berlin in November 2014, and had the chance to speak with several of the leading thinkers and voices involved in deliberations on the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch in which mankind has come to … more >>

with Amb. Mark Brzezinski and Amb. Christiana Figueres In April 2015 the United States takes over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and towards the end of the year the critical COP 21 meeting of the UNFCCC will take place in Paris. With these two important events in mind, Think … more >>

with Sandra Postel The severe droughts of the past decade in the western United States and the ongoing water scarcity problems across the planet bring to the fore the importance of freshwater resources in the 21st century. This week’s guest on Think Globally Radio, Sandra Postel, is a world leading … more >>

with Carsten Peter Few have experienced the most extreme places on Earth as intimately as adventurer and National Geographic nature photographer Carsten Peter. Deep inside volcanoes, caverns and glacial crevasses, he has documented some of the wildest parts of the planet. This week on Think Globally Radio, Carsten Peter shares … more >>

With Richard Klein The recently released working group II section of the fifth IPCC assessment report analyses the impacts of climate change, the various vulnerabilities of mankind and nature, and features and expanded elaboration of the potential as well as the limits of adaptation. Prof. Richard Klein from the Stockholm … more >>

with Dima Litvinov A line in the ice was drawn by Greenpeace, which has made the Arctic the main focus of its global environmental protection efforts. The exploitation of natural resources, especially offshore energy reserves, is a particular cause for concern, as an eventual oil spill in the remote reaches … more >>

with Rob Nixon The world faces two great crises, according Prof. Rob Nixon: the post-war ‘Great Acceleration’ of unsustainable economic growth that has precipitated severe environmental degradation; and the ‘Great Divergence’ of accelerating inequality within societies across the globe. How mankind meets these challenges will profoundly affect the future of … more >>

Guest : Son Sung-hwan, Ambassador of South Korea South Korea is situated in an interesting position in the realm of climate diplomacy. Although it has become a country know for high technology and a highly developed economy, it is classified among developing countries in the Kyoto Protocol as a non-Annex … more >>

Guest : Ric O’Barry The documentary film The Cove was released in 2009 and won an Oscar in 2010, yet the slaughter of dolphins in Taijii, Japan continues unabated to this day. One of the deeper drivers behind this bloody practice is the marine park industry and the capture of … more >>

Guest : Ambassador Bo Kjellén Ambassador Bo Kjellén joins Think Globally Radio again this week to provide a post-event analysis of the latest installment of the UNFCCC climate change negotiations, the recently-concluded COP 19 in Warsaw, which included some dramatic moments and a fair amount of acrimony between the various … more >>

Guest : Prof. Graeme Wynn This week’s episode of Think Globally Radio features an in-depth interview with Prof. Graeme Wynn, who reflects on some of the main themes of his work as a world leading environmental historian, including natural resource exploitation and man and nature encounters in the Canadian Arctic, … more >>

Guest : Amy Rader Olsson Cities are vastly complex entities and crucial for sustainability both locally and globally. Stockholm is often cited as a beacon of progressive environmental policies and a model for aspiring sustainable cities worldwide. Yet in a metropolitan region undergoing major demographic and economic expansion, with enormous … more >>

The Arctic is a burning issue for both environmentalists and scientists, as well as for the energy and mining companies leading the race for Arctic resources as the ice melts. The indigenous peoples of the Arctic, meanwhile, are seeing their land become the battleground of powerful Arctic state like Russia, … more >>

Guest : Ambassador Bo Kjellén As COP 19 in Warsaw approaches, climate negotiations within the UNFCCC are preparing for a new international agreement to be in place by 2015. Meanwhile, the first part of the fifth IPCC assessment report, recently released in Stockholm, has provided new impetus for coordinated international … more >>

Guest : Pella Larsdotter Thiel Some see environmental degradation as a crime against nature. The idea of ‘ecocide’ has existed for several decades, with philosophical connections to Deep Ecology and Earth jurisprudence. It has recently given rise to a social movement dedicated to protecting ecosystems, considered the life support systems … more >>