Climate Action News

What if we could regreen desert land into fertile farmlands? In this episode, meet Ole Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control. Desert Control is a company specialized in climate-smart agri-tech solutions to combat desertification, soil degradation, and water scarcity. Its patented Liquid Natural Clay restores and protects soil, reducing water usage for agriculture, forests, and green landscapes. Tune in to learn about how human activities accelerate desertification, and how to communicate the climate benefits of farmlands.

Meet the medical doctor and explorer Bertrand Piccard - famous for his solar flight around the world - talks about his firm believe in technology to save the environment. He explains why he will travel the world to present 1,000 solutions for decision-makers, that can protect the environment in a profitable way.

Tune in to listen to Nasreen Al-Amin from Nigeria talking about the organization Surge Africa that she founded and that addresses the multi-dimensional threat to Africa posed by the climate crisis.

In this episode of Climate Action News One-on-one we talk to entrepreneur and investor Carl Fredrik Sammeli about innovation, sustainability and how to help property owners in South Africa - particularly women - develop their pension asset, generate income and build more homes.

Meet Stuart Scott. He is an American environmentalist, educator, and founder of ScientistsWarning. On this episode of Climate Action News One-on-one, he will talk about how Scientists Warning is pursuing their mission in the time of the pandemic and explain why he is so strongly opposed to growth economics. Visit scientistswarning.org

On this episode Anders Wijkman talks about the Climate Emergency Plan that the Club of Rome has launched, of the necessity to increase our ambitions and about what climate leadership means to him.

Mindy Lubber heads CERES, a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy. On this episode she talks about the main actors that can and should act and the effect of the pandemic on the global business agenda.

In this episode, we have with us the Canadian environmental and climate activist Sophia Mathur. She is 13 years old and has been an activist for five years already. She has spoken at national conferences, received national media coverage, marched in many rallies, and is even suing the Ontario government. Sophia talks about her commitment, the lawsuit, and about the role of the youth in climate activism.

Meet Jakob Trollbäck, the designer that created the communications platform The UN Sustainable Development Goals. On this episode he talks about how the work with the Goals are affected by the pandemic and what we can learn from how we as a society handle Covid-19 in how to address the climate crisis.  He also answers the questions all the guests get: “What does climate leadership mean to you?”

Meet Jan Eliasson, a Swedish diplomat who has served in many roles at the UN and was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in 2012 to 2016.  Currently he is Chair of the SIPRI Governing Board.

Meet Laura Storm. Laura has spent more than a decade creating and heading projects and organizations to help create a more sustainable world and her book about a new leadership paradigm geared for the 21st century has gotten much attention. In this episode she shares her insights about the learnings we can draw from how we are handling the pandemic in how to address the climate crisis. She explains what regenerative leadership is and how it can be used in working with climate action.

Meet John Hope Bryant, an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and presidential advisor. In this first episode of Climate Action News One-on-one he shares his thoughts about what can we learn from the Corona-crisis in addressing the climate crisis. He talks about his views on the importance of diversity and about keeping social sustainability in focus in a crisis.

How can municipalities use We Don't Have Time to increase their citizen engagement? In this episode you will meet Susanné Wallner, Business Manager for Mariestad Municipality, who has answered that question by hosting a citizen dialogue in Mariestad to great success. Learn more about how municipalities and other governments can improve their climate work by including their citizens in this episode of Climate Action News: One-on-one!

Meet Thomas Kimber, founder and CEO of Karün, the company that aims to produce sunglasses in harmony with nature and local communities. Learn more about where Thomas got the inspiration to create such a unique company, how we can use local communities to create circular systems, and why they are Open for Climate Dialogue on We Don't Have Time in this episode of Climate Action News: One-on-one.

Meet Peter McKillop, previously Managing Director at BlackRock and now founder and CEO of Climate&Capital Media. Together with We Don't Have Time, Climate&Capital Media are hoping to change how climate reporting is done in the media. Learn more about this approach and the benefits for a media company to interact with large groups of people in this episode of Climate Action News.

Cassie Flynn is Strategic Advisor on Climate Change at the Executive Office of the UNDP. Partnering with We Don't Have Time and others, she ran the campaign Mission 1.5 to educate people around the world on climate solutions, which resulted in the People's Climate Vote - the largest survey on climate in history.In this episode, listen to her experience of partnering with We Don't Have Time and what we hope to do together moving forward.

Welcome to the first in a series of episodes where we interview We Don't Have Time partners! In this episode you will meet Christian Møller-Holst, founder and CEO of Goodwings, the hotel booking site that offsets all the carbon emissions of your trip.Listen to Christian explain how he got in touch with We Don't Have Time, what his views are on offsetting and greenwashing, and how we all need to work together to fulfill our climate goals post covid.