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With: Marcus Carson, Stockholm Environment Institute Released late last year, the Arctic Resilience Report made headlines around the world for the warnings it contained over the future of the Arctic and the risk environmental changes there posed for the rest of the planet. The report identifies 19 potential “tipping points” … more >>

With:Owen Gaffney This week’s episode pays tribute to the late Prof. Hans Rosling, one of world’s most prominent public intellectuals in the realm of public health and sustainability, who radically changed perceptions of development and demographics through his gripping visual presentations of big data. The studio guest is Owen Gaffney, … more >>

With: Charles Parker, Uppsala University In the course of the past two weeks, the Paris Climate Agreement entered into force, COP 22 took place in Marrakech, and Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. To explain and analyze the significance of these major events, Dr. Charles Parker, a … more >>

With: Tom Arnbom, WWF Senior Advisor The recently released Living Planet report published by the WWF paints a gloomy picture of the state of biodiversity in the 21st century. A range of indicators point towards a large array of species in decline around the world. This week, Think Globally Radio … more >>

With: Amb. Bo Kjellén With the Paris Agreement officially entering into force, and the COP 22 climate meeting set to begin in Marrakech, Think Globally Radio this week welcomes back Sweden´s former climate negotiator Ambassador Bo Kjellén to explain and analyze the current state of climate governance. The Think Globally … more >>

With: Jonas Sjöstedt Climate and environment have become core issues for Sweden’s Left Party under the leadership of Jonas Sjöstedt. In an in depth interview this week on Think Globally Radio, Mr. Sjöstedt discusses his efforts at integrating environment and climate into the core of his party’s policies, and in … more >>

With: Hanna Sundqvist, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist and Paul Krusic Weather extremes in recent years, including droughts and downpours, have generally been regarded as emblems of increased anthropogenic climate change. New research published in the journal Nature, however, suggests that great variations in precipitation that eclipse those of the twentieth century … more >>

With: Bo Kjellén Think Globally Radio this week puts the positive outcome of COP 21 into the context of a quarter century of international efforts to combat climate change. Ambassador Bo Kjellén, who played a key role in the UNFCCC from its founding through the Kyoto Protocol, reflects on the … more >>

With: Dr. Charles Parker Dr. Charles Parker, a climate policy expert and associate professor at Uppsala University, was in attendance at the climate summit that resulted in the landmark Paris Agreement. This week on Think Globally Radio, Dr. Parker provides an assessment of COP 21 and his impressions and insights … more >>

With: Amb. Bo Kjellén With COP 21 reaching its critical final days, Think Globally Radio speaks with Sweden’s former top climate official Ambassador Bo Kjellén to explain and analyze the negotiations so far and what remains unresolved. In this special podcast episode, available at ThinkGloballyRadio.org, Ambassador Kjellén also shares his … more >>

With: Felix Dodds and Maurice Strong Maurice Strong, who passed away on November 27th, was a crucial figure in the emergence of global environmental governance. Think Globally Radio this week pays tribute to the Secretary General of the 1972 Stockholm Conference and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, and founding Executive … more >>

With: Gernot Wagner In an in-depth interview with Sweden’s ambassador for climate change Anna Lindstedt, Think Globally Radio this week examines the current situation surrounding climate negotiations just two weeks before COP 21 gets underway. The interview with Amb. Lindstedt takes up the advantages, complexities and challenges of the new … more >>

with Ambassador Anna Lindstedt In an in-depth interview with Sweden’s ambassador for climate change Anna Lindstedt, Think Globally Radio this week examines the current situation surrounding climate negotiations just two weeks before COP 21 gets underway. The interview with Amb. Lindstedt takes up the advantages, complexities and challenges of the … more >>

with Dave Trouba In a week in which the United Nations celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding, Think Globally Radio takes up the new global Sustainable Development Goals, situating them in the context of seven decades of postwar development work and efforts at achieving sustainability. This week’s show also … more >>

with Prof. David Christian Think Globally Radio this week explores what is unique and remarkable about the Anthropocene from a ‘Big History’ perspective, which traces time back to the Big Bang. Prof. David Christian is the founder of the discipline of Big History, and explains in an interview with Think … more >>

with Amb. Bo Kjellén With the pre-negotiations for COP 21—the upcoming climate summit in Paris—entering a critical phase, Think Globally Radio this week sits down with Ambassador Bo Kjellén, Sweden’s former chief climate negotiator and one of the architects of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Ambassador Kjellén provides … more >>

with Dr. James Hansen Think Globally Radio this week features an in-depth interview with Dr.James Hansen, the former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who has for over four decades played a central role—as a climate scientist and later in his career as an outspoken activist—in bringing … more >>

with Tom Arnbom, WWF The world’s oceans are in dire straits, with the abundance of marine species being cut in half since 1970, according to the Living Blue Planet Report just released by the WWF. Tom Arnbom, an expert on biodiversity at the WWF, joins Think Globally Radio this week … more >>

with John McNeill One of the world’s foremost environmental historians, Prof. John McNeill is a principal voice in discussions of the Anthropocene and Great Acceleration. He is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group that next year delivers its recommendation on whether to adopt the Anthropocene as a new geological … more >>

with Owen Gaffney Think Globally Radio this week speaks with Owen Gaffney, director of international media and strategy at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Owen has long been deeply involved in developing public understanding of the Anthropocene through his work as communications director at the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme. He also … more >>

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 >>

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 >>