Think Globally Radio

Guest : Prof. Valerie Masson-Delmotte, coordinating lead author WG I chap. 5 Stockholm this past week played host to the deliberations between scientists and representatives of 110 governments that resulted in the Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I section of the 5th IPCC assessment report. Think Globally Radio … more >>

Guest : Prof. Markku Rummukainen Stockholm plays host next week to the release of the first part of the fifth assessment report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Scientists and government representatives from all over the world will be in town to finalize the results of Working Group … more >>

Guest : Staffan Widstrand A spectacular outdoor exhibition of nature photography in Stockholm shows that, in many parts of Europe, certain species are rebounding after decades of downward trends. “Wild Wonders of Europe” is the world’s largest photography-based conservation project. It reflects the success of long-term conservation efforts in turning … more >>

Guest : Damien Degeorges and Elisabeth Heilmann Blind Dramatic environmental change in the Arctic has drawn the global gaze to Greenland and its vast natural resources. But can the 57,000 inhabitants of this huge Arctic expanse cope – socially, environmentally and politically – with the intense economic interest shown by … more >>

Guest : Prof. Libby Robin This week Think Globally Radio welcomes Prof. Libby Robin, an environmental historian at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. An array of topics pertaining to the encounter of man and nature will be discussed, including ideas such as rewilding … more >>

Guest : Henrik Karlsson, Biorecro This week’s episode of Think Globally Radio features an in-depth discussion with Henrik Karlsson, CEO and co-founder of Biorecro, a Stockholm startup company in the renewable energy field. Biorecro creates negative emissions through the implementation of projects that utilize BECCS – bio-energy with carbon capture … more >>

Guest : Marcus Hansson, U.S. Embassy Stockholm Whether in terms of carbon emissions, exploitation of energy sources, investments in transport infrastructure, development of new technologies or its role in international climate negotiations, the United States has a major impact on the trajectory of global sustainability. The American environmental position is … more >>

Guest : Lorentz Tovatt, Young Greens Green politics have become established in European parliaments both at the national and European Union level. The political ideology, with roots in environmental movements and animated by the spirit of grassroots democracy, has helped bring green thinking into policymaking circles. Climate change, overfished seas … more >>

Guest : Kajsa Nerdal In the aftermath of the World Bank report “Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided”, The Parents Roar (Föräldravrålet) was created as a network for bringing together concerned and frustrated parents, grandparents, teachers and others to counteract the lack of action … more >>

Guest : Prof. Garry Peterson Increasing global affluence and poverty reduction represent a success story of human development in the decades since the last world war. This period has, however, also been characterized as a time of rapid environmental decline and deterioration of the ecosystem services that mankind depends on. … more >>

Guest : Susanna Elfors, Sustopia.se As over half of humanity now dwells in urban environments, planning for sustainable cities has become a core challenge for the 21st century. Yet sustainability can be an ambiguous and contested concept, especially within the context of socio-economic-ecological entities as complex as cities. Think Globally … more >>

With Ambassador Bo Kjellén Three years after the deep disappointment of COP 15 in Copenhagen, recent developments within the UNFCCC process have provided international climate negotiations with a certain amount of renewed momentum. Negotiators are now setting their sights on 2015 for a potential new global agreement that could take … more >>

Guest : Prof. Will Steffen January 13 2013 Think Globally Radio starts 2013 with an in-depth discussion with Prof. Will Steffen on the Anthropocene, a powerful concept that has become widely embraced by scientists, scholars and environmental activists in recent years. Prof. Steffen – Executive Director of the Climate Change … more >>

Guest : Cecilia Mille, Animal Rights Sweden November 18 2012 The ethical treatment of animals at zoos has been the subject of much debate this autumn in Sweden, a country considered to have some of the best animal protection laws in the world. Several high profile incidents where cruel practices … more >>

Guest : Prof. Bill Adams November 4 2012 In an era when the reach of human activity has encroached upon ecosystems the world over, the notion of pristine nature has become problematic. How to best protect and appreciate nature as it is, not as how we imagine or wish it … more >>

Guest : Prof. Sverker Sörlin October 28 2012 September 27th marked the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring, the seminal environmental work of Rachel Carson. Silent Spring made such a powerful impact, raising grave concern over mankind impact on nature and human health, that many consider its publication the birth of … more >>

Guest : Owen Gaffney, IGBP October 21 2012 The Anthropocene is a major concept within the Earth systems science community, where it originated, and has of late captured the imagination of the environmental movement and even begun to influence thinking on global governance issues. It holds that humanity since the … more >>

Guest : Isadora Wronski, Greenpeace October 14 2012 A year and a half after the Fukushima accident in Japan, nuclear energy again made major headlines this week in Sweden after a critical evaluation by the European Union on the safety of certain facilities, the publication of a Greenpeace report called … more >>

Guest : Johan Berg, Nature and Youth Sweden September 30 2012 Plans to mine limestone in the Ojnare forest on Gotland have precipitated one of the most evocative environmental confrontations between activists and industry in recent memory in Sweden. A range of ecological values are at stake, incuding potential affects … more >>

Guest : Bo Kjellén and Maurice Strong June 3 2012 Twenty years after the watershed Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, later this month the “Rio +20” UN Conference on Sustainable Development will set the global environmental agenda for the years ahead. Ambassador Bo Kjellén played a key role in … more >>