Podcasts about Global commons

Klimaschutz – da war doch mal was? Während das Thema im Wahlkampf vor vier Jahren unter dem Eindruck der Ahrtal-Katastrophe eine zentrale Rolle spielte, finden wir es dieses mal eher unter der Rubrik: „Ferner liefen.“ Den Deutschen und damit auch den Parteien sind gerade offenbar andere Themen wichtiger als die Rettung des Klimas: Migration, Wirtschaftskrise, Krieg und Frieden. Trifft Klimaschutz nicht mehr den Zeitgeist? Welche Rolle spielt das Thema in den Parteiprogrammen? Raus aus dem Heizungsgesetz, aber wieder rein in die Atomkraft? Susanne Henn diskutiert mit Prof. Dr. Jan Steckel - Klimaökonom, Mercator Research Institut on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC, Prof. Dr. Maren Urner - Neurowissenschaftlerin, Professorin für nachhaltige Transformation, Prof. Dr. Joachim Weimann -Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Expertenrat für Klima und Energiepolitik der Denkfabrik R21

It's been a bad few months (and years and decades) for the global commons. Chinese trawlers have repeatedly knocked out internet cables in international waters. Outer space is being militarized by Russia and others, threatening the demilitarized posture adopted by the Outer Space Treaty. Chinese hackers are using cyber weapons to infiltrate the U.S. Treasury through the Salt Typhoon hacks, while Antarctica is being explored by multiple militaries in contravention of the peace proposed in the the Antarctic Treaty. Then there's the decline of the information commons, where paywalls increasingly move critical news and data out of reach of citizens. In short, the global commons is losing primacy. Friend of the podcast Scott Bade highlighted this theme for geopolitical strategy firm Eurasia Group's annual Top Risks report, and we decided to follow up with our own Riskgaming conversation. So Danny Crichton and Laurence Pevsner teamed up to talk through the global commons and what's endangering it. We discuss the privatization and securitization of the commons, how post-World War II institutions are buckling under new pressures from rising powers, why technology is both helping and hurting, and finally, what America can do as a nation to stay open under threat. Produced by ⁠⁠Chris Gates⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠George Ko

Episode 110: KI & Klimapolitik?! In dieser Episode »Karriere leupht« wird nachhaltige Transformation angestoßen, denn Doktorandin Josefine Hintz ist live bei Helena im Studio zu Gast. Durch ihre umfassende und vielfältige Forschung hat sich Josefine in den letzten Jahren zu einer wahren Expertin im Bereich städtische Klimapolitik und der Nutzung künstlicher Intelligenz entwickelt. Ihr wissenschaftlicher Weg begann als Teil des ersten Jahrgangs des Studium Individuale im Jahr 2012. Seitdem ist viel passiert. Heute ist sie u.a. am Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change an unterschiedlichsten Forschungen und Projekten beteiligt. Wie hat sie ihren Forschungsschwerpunkt entwickelt? Wie kann KI dabei unterstützen, nachhaltige Transformation voranzutreiben? Wie ist es, etwas zu studieren, was es vorher noch nicht gab? Hört herein und findet es heraus. In einer brandneuen, nachhaltigen leuphana story. Moderiert wird diese Episode von: Helena Minner Weitere Links und Informationen findet ihr unter: https://podcast.leuphana.de/karriere-leupht-als-doctoral-researcher-im-bereich-staedtische-klimapolitik-ki/ Triggerwarnung: In dieser Episode kommt es zu der Schilderung eines Verkehrsunfalls. Kapitelmarken: 00:00 Karriere leupht mit Josephine Hintz 01:15 Einstiegsfrage: Was ist KI für dich? 02:16 Josefines Arbeit als Doktorandin 10:36 KI und Gesellschaft 13:20 internationale Zusammenarbeit 15:41 spannende Themen und Projekte 19:45 Hoffnung & Begeisterung 24:02 Wie es ist, etwas zu studieren, was es noch nicht gab 25:53 Triggerwarnung: Verkehrsunfall 29:03 Zusammenhalt & Unterstützung 34:43 Schwerpunkte finden 37:51 Engagement 40:27 Erkenntnisse & Erfahrungen 43:37 Wem Josefine das Studium empfiehlt 46:00 Josefines bucket list 48:23 Josefines Entwicklung 50:16 Josefines Tipps Eine Produktion der Universitätskommunikation der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

On this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, host Stewart Alsop welcomes Swati Chaturvedi, CEO of Propel X, to explore the world of deep tech, frontier technology, and the forces shaping the future of human progress. Swati shares her decade-long journey in deep tech, reflecting on how the term evolved as a response to the "tech startup" boom, and discusses her focus on companies leveraging breakthroughs in science and engineering for humanity's advancement. The conversation touches on the role of government support, the power of hypothesis-free experimentation, and the critical importance of partnerships between startups and large corporations. They also discuss transformative technologies like AI, autonomous drones, bioinformatics, robotics, and the possibilities and perils of human augmentation. For more insights from Swati, visit Propel X at www.propelx.com or connect with her on LinkedIn, where she shares her thoughts on innovation, R&D, and the future of technology.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps00:00 Introduction to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast00:16 Defining Deep Tech and Its Evolution03:06 Challenges and Philosophical Insights in Deep Tech07:07 AI's Role in Engineering and Bioinformatics14:22 Future Shock and Human Augmentation14:35 The Evolution of Science and Technology22:58 The Future of Work and Social Dynamics24:06 Exploring Sci-Fi Genres: Cyberpunk vs. Solarpunk25:25 Exploring Solar Punk and Human Problems26:01 The Promise and Limitations of Deep Tech26:39 Economic Realities of Technological Advancements27:16 Future Impact of Emerging Technologies28:58 Challenges in Ag Tech and Environmental Concerns29:30 Global Environmental Change and Human Activity33:53 The Role of Modeling in Predicting Climate Impacts36:22 Scientific Method and Industry Collaboration39:23 Government's Role in Early Stage Research42:34 Investment Strategies in Deep Tech46:27 Consumer and Corporate Markets for New Technologies49:12 Conclusion and Future DiscussionsKey InsightsThe Rise of Deep Tech as a Distinct Category: Swati Chaturvedi explains how the concept of "deep tech" emerged as a response to the overuse of the term "tech startup" during the heyday of consumer technology. Unlike simple software apps like photo-sharing or delivery platforms, deep tech focuses on companies leveraging scientific and engineering breakthroughs to solve fundamental human challenges. This includes innovations in fields like AI, robotics, life sciences, space technology, and advanced materials. Her 2014 blog post defining deep tech has since become a widely referenced resource in the field, signaling a shift in focus from digital consumer solutions to tangible, science-based advancements.The Role of Hypothesis-Free Experimentation: Traditional scientific research follows a hypothesis-driven approach, where scientists predict outcomes before testing. Swati highlights the transformative potential of "hypothesis-free" experimentation, where AI and machine learning allow for large-scale experimentation without predefined assumptions. This approach mirrors the randomness of evolution, enabling faster discovery of unexpected results. Companies like Helix are applying this method in drug discovery, where AI-driven processes identify new therapeutic compounds. This shift could significantly accelerate R&D timelines and reduce costs in fields like pharmaceuticals and materials science.The Power of Government Support in Early-Stage R&D: Swati emphasizes the essential role of government funding in de-risking early-stage research. Through programs like SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grants, government agencies like the NSF (National Science Foundation) and the Department of Defense (DoD) fund exploratory research at universities and small businesses. These grants act as the "seed fund of America," investing billions annually into high-risk, high-reward projects. Companies that receive these grants often have their private sector investments matched by government dollars, providing significant leverage for investors and entrepreneurs. This public-private funding model enables startups to bridge the "valley of death" between research and commercialization.The Critical Role of Corporate-Startup Partnerships: Swati highlights the importance of partnerships between startups and established corporations, especially in deep tech. These joint development projects allow startups to access resources, validate their markets, and co-develop products with corporate customers. While some founders worry about protecting their intellectual property (IP), Swati believes that the benefits of corporate partnerships outweigh the risks. Corporate collaborations offer crucial early traction and revenue, helping startups de-risk their path to market. This is especially vital in sectors like healthcare, robotics, and clean energy, where the cost of developing and commercializing products is exceptionally high.AI as a Force for Human Augmentation: The episode explores AI's role as an augmentative force rather than a replacement for human intelligence. Swati notes that AI is best understood as a tool that allows humans to multiply their cognitive abilities—processing vast amounts of information, identifying patterns, and making faster connections. This augmentation goes beyond software, extending into physical augmentation with devices like robots and smart tools that help humans accomplish physical tasks. While AI-driven tools like ChatGPT may lead to job displacement, Swati sees it as a natural progression, requiring humans to upskill and shift to higher-value tasks.The Promise and Risks of Climate and Environmental Technologies: Swati identifies climate change and global environmental degradation as existential challenges that even the most advanced deep tech may struggle to address. Technologies like atmospheric water generation, carbon capture, and agtech are making strides, but she notes that they are not yet sufficient to solve global challenges like water scarcity, food security, and air pollution. Drawing from her personal experience with air pollution in India, Swati argues that we need to better price and internalize the "cost of the commons"—the shared environmental resources that are often depleted for private gain. Without a clear economic incentive to prevent environmental harm, she warns that climate issues will continue to escalate.The Future of Space Tech and Human Exploration: Swati expresses optimism about the commercialization of space technology, noting its growing impact on daily life. Technologies like satellite internet (e.g., Starlink) are already improving connectivity in remote areas worldwide. The use of satellites for earth observation, weather tracking, and resource management is also becoming essential for sectors like agriculture and disaster response. Looking ahead, Swati is bullish on the potential for space colonization on the moon and Mars, although she acknowledges the immense technical and ethical challenges involved. While space tech once felt like science fiction, companies like SpaceX have made it tangible and real.

In recent episodes of the ESG Insider podcast, we've been hearing about takeaways from COP29, the UN climate conference that recently wrapped up in Baku, Azerbaijan. In this episode, we hear about the rising private sector engagement at events like COP29, and how companies are collaborating across the public and private sector to find solutions to climate change. "When I look today just at the breadth of involvement there is in the private sector…I've really seen a step change in terms of the engagement," says Sagarika Chatterjee, Climate Finance Director and Finance Lead for the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, a group that aims to drive collaboration on climate action between governments, businesses and investors.  "The question, of course, is how good can we get at collaborating with the public sector on some very tricky areas and working fast enough so that we can reach the needs that there are of developing countries for climate finance," Sagarika tells us. In the episode we also speak to:   -Sherry Madera, CEO of the disclosure nonprofit CDP  -Kristen Sullivan, Partner at audit, consulting and advisory firm Deloitte where she leads Sustainability and ESG Services  -Nahoko Ishii, Director of the Center for Global Commons, a research center at the University of Tokyo  -Yevgeniya Bikmurzina, Head of the Innovation Ecosystem Department within Azerbaijan's Innovation & Digital Development Agency  Listen to our previous coverage of COP29 outcomes:  UN official says credibility of climate COPs at stake heading into 2025: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/un-official-says-credibility-of-climate-cops-at-stake-heading-into-2025   After COP29, what's next for carbon markets: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/after-cop29-whats-next-for-carbon-markets/id1475521006?i=1000680181847 Listen to our interview with CDP CEO Sherry Madera at Climate Week NYC: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/cdp-ceo-talks-climate-nature-and-the-future-of-sustainability-disclosure   This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global. Copyright ©2024 by S&P Global DISCLAIMER By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. S&P GLOBAL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST. 

Clearly we're at an inflection point in the history of humanity.  Our experiment with a notional democracy is failing and either we find something that actually works, or we sink into autocracy. And given that the current global flavour of autocracy is in deep denial of the climate and ecological catastrophe that's currently underway, then that's a pretty fast road to extinction: you can't deny your way out of biophysical reality. So what can we do, we who care deeply about passing an inhabitable - thriving - world to the generations not yet born?  We need to go back to basics. We all need clean water, clean air, safe shelter and good nutritious food - and we are rapidly heading for a space where just accessing these will become more of a priority than our recent experiment with unleashing ancient sunlight has led us to believe. But more than this, the community that grows around these, particularly the growing and sharing of food - is the glue that keeps us together. We are a prosocial species. We are astonishingly creative when we put our minds to it. So what happens when we put our minds to creative ways of growing and sharing food that are founded in solid values of cohesion and connectivity?  One of the things that happens is the Open Food Network which is a global community of farmers, growers, community food enterprises and software geeks with a common belief that world food systems are broken - and that better, more connected, open, resilient systems can arise in their place.  They are building alternative food systems from the bottom up: this is their theory of change and this is a recent podcast about a new OFN project called the Power of Food.So this week, I've been talking to Nick Weir who helped to set up the Open Food Network UK. Nick has a background in IT account management, but, as you'll hear, he is also a long-term grower who co-founded the Stroudco Food Hub and Stroud Community Agriculture and is deeply passionate about the role of innovative food systems in creating a kinder, more interconnected society, and the ways in which the Network can model a new way of working which empowers people to bring more of themselves to their work.  If you're feeling crushed by the global political chaos, I hope this conversation cheers you as it did me, with living examples of change happening on the ground, and the ripple effects it can have. Open Food Network Global https://openfoodnetwork.org/Open Food Network uk https://about.openfoodnetwork.org.uk/Power of Food podcast  https://www.wearecarbon.earth/power-of-food-collaboration/ Open Food Network resources https://about.openfoodnetwork.org.uk/resources/Landworkers' Alliance https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/our_vision/Sustain https://www.sustainweb.org/about/Social Farms and Gardens https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/about-us/what-we-doThe Power of Food theory of change https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oSn8g-b-GlVku9g9TOKoVO0GvxSRSuCy/Living Justice https://livingjustice.earth/projects/

Solidarity Networking and Ukrainian Mental Maps: Russia's War against Ukraine and The February 24th Archive Project About the Lecture: I am an East European intellectual and political historian by training, and a student of map prejudices by practice. For a digitally activist Ukraine, the February 24th Archive is a polyphonic treasure trove of solidarity and resistance to Russia's war of aggression. My archive bridges six main multilingual groups: (1) professionally trained field experts in Ukrainian Studies; (2) interested nonspecialists in and beyond academe; (3) leading journalists; (4) OSINT amateurs and mapmakers, who catalogue war crimes and build cases with evidence for criminal prosecution; (5) diplomats and policymakers; and (6) most crucially, a voting citizenry that crosses ideological lines, hoping to raise literacy against malignant disinformation. While we commonly think about how social media divides and polarizes in 2024, I will introduce strategies on how I have worked against over the past three years against currents of unseen algorithms on digital platforms. I take inspiration for my ongoing Twitter/X war archive from scholarly work in the history of social and radical cartography, and ongoing Ukrainian war documenting projects. My goal for the February 24th Archive is to respect Ukrainian privacy and ethical issues toward a future Nuremberg tribunal moment, while basing a rolling public war digital record in a daily working Global Commons which is too often flooded with disinformation. About the Speaker: Steven Seegel is Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2018); just translated into Russian (Academic Studies Press, 2024); Ukraine under Western Eyes (Harvard University Press, 2013); and Mapping Europe's Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the Age of Empire (University of Chicago Press, 2012). He has been a contributor to Chicago's international history of cartography series, and he has translated over 300 entries from Russian and Polish for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, in multiple volumes, published jointly by USHMM and Indiana University Press. Professor Seegel is a former director at Harvard University of the Ukrainian Research Institute's summer exchange program. From 2019 to 2022, he hosted 89 author-feature podcast interviews on the popular New Books Network. He is the founder of The February 24th Archive, an ongoing 24-hour community-driven, public-facing digital project focused on building global solidarity for Ukrainians, with 1000s of threads and averaging 30 million people in 75 countries per month across the world. Professor Seegel was awarded the Vega Medal of 2024 by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) for his scientific contributions to human geography. He received the gold medal from King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden on 22 April, celebrated annually as Earth Day.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Joshua Farley, an expert in ecological economics, about the urgent need to realign our economic systems with ecological and social justice imperatives by reclaiming our humanity from the destructive grip of mainstream economics. Highlights include: How mainstream economic ideologies disregard planetary boundaries and contribute to ecological damage through unchecked economic growth; A critique of the ‘Homo economicus' model in mainstream economics, which inaccurately depicts humans as purely rational, self-interested, competitive, and insatiable, and misrepresents our fundamentally cooperative nature; Why markets, while suitable for catering to individual tastes and preferences, are wholly inadequate in addressing ecological constraints and achieving secure sufficiency for everyone; How overpopulation disproportionately benefits the wealthy, driving down wages and inflating the costs of land, food, housing, and other basic necessities. See episode website for show notes, links, and transcript:  https://www.populationbalance.org/podcast/joshua-farley ABOUT US The Overpopulation Podcast features enlightening conversations between Population Balance executive director Nandita Bajaj, researcher Alan Ware, and expert guests that draw the connections between pronatalism, human supremacy, social inequalities, and ecological overshoot. Population Balance's mission to inspire narrative, behavioral, and system change that shrinks our human impact and elevates the rights and wellbeing of people, animals, and the planet. Learn more here: https://www.populationbalance.org/  Copyright 2024 Population Balance

Vor 10 Jahren war “das mit der Akzeptanz” noch nicht recht ein großes Thema. Fast Forward, heute ist die Herausforderung Akzeptanz ganz oben auf der Prioritätenliste nationaler, kommunaler und Europäischer Entscheidungsträger*Innen. Wie wird Akzeptanz wissenschaftliche definiert? Warum brauchen wir sie? Und was können Projektentwickler und politischer Entscheidungsträgerinnen tun, um im Vorhinein dafür zu sorgen, dass besonders sensible Themen addressiert werden? Antworten gibt es in dieser neuen Folge von Jan Hildebrand, der beim Institut für ZukunftsEnergie- und Stoffstromsysteme das Arbeitsfeld Umweltpsychologie leitet, und Katja Treichel-Grass die am MCC - Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Bürger-Interaktionsprojekte leitet. Diese Folge wurde live im Fraunhofer ENIQ aufgenommen. (00:07:35) Was ist Akzeptanz und Beteiligung? (00:10:07) Warum brauchen wir Akzeptanz für die Energiewende? (00:18:57) Welchen Einfluss haben Medien auf die Akzeptanz? (00:20:11) Was bringen Bürgerrat und co? (00:30:39) Welche konkreten Formen der Beteiligung gibt es? (00:43:10) Akzeptanz und Beteiligung in der Zukunft Der enPower Podcast ist ein Projekt von Markus Fritz und Julius Wesche. Für Folgen-Ideen oder Kollaborationsanfragen gerne via email an hallo(at)enpower-podcast.de.

Vor 10 Jahren war “das mit der Akzeptanz” noch nicht recht ein großes Thema. Fast Forward, heute ist die Herausforderung Akzeptanz ganz oben auf der Prioritätenliste nationaler, kommunaler und Europäischer Entscheidungsträger*Innen. Wie wird Akzeptanz wissenschaftliche definiert? Warum brauchen wir sie? Und was können Projektentwickler und politischer Entscheidungsträgerinnen tun, um im Vorhinein dafür zu sorgen, dass besonders sensible Themen addressiert werden? Antworten gibt es in dieser neuen Folge von Jan Hildebrand, der beim Institut für ZukunftsEnergie- und Stoffstromsysteme das Arbeitsfeld Umweltpsychologie leitet, und Katja Treichel-Grass die am MCC - Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Bürger-Interaktionsprojekte leitet. Diese Folge wurde live im Fraunhofer ENIQ aufgenommen. (00:07:35) Was ist Akzeptanz und Beteiligung? (00:10:07) Warum brauchen wir Akzeptanz für die Energiewende? (00:18:57) Welchen Einfluss haben Medien auf die Akzeptanz? (00:20:11) Was bringen Bürgerrat und co? (00:30:39) Welche konkreten Formen der Beteiligung gibt es? (00:43:10) Akzeptanz und Beteiligung in der Zukunft Der enPower Podcast ist ein Projekt von Markus Fritz und Julius Wesche. Für Folgen-Ideen oder Kollaborationsanfragen gerne via email an hallo(at)enpower-podcast.de.

This episode of 'Those Space People' features Alice Carruth, a podcast producer at T-Minus Space Daily Podcast for a deep dive into the world of space podcasting. Alice discusses her role as a podcast producer, the similarities and differences in podcast production within the space industry, and her career journey from broadcast journalism to becoming a key voice in space news dissemination. She emphasizes the importance of making complex space technology understandable for the general audience, the evolution of space industry marketing, and the critical role of human narrative in podcasting. Alice also delves into the use of AI in content creation, the globalization of the space industry, and the significance of cultural diversity in shaping the future of space exploration. This episode offers an insightful look into the interplay between media, technology, and human stories in building a more accessible and globally representative space sector.Chapters(00:00) - Welcome to Those Space People: Introducing Alice Carruth (00:40) - The Role of a Podcast Producer in the Space Industry (02:42) - Alice's Journey into Space and Media (04:02) - Demystifying Space for the Public (06:45) - The Impact of AI on Podcast Production (08:23) - Exploring the Future of AI in Content Creation (14:41) - The Global Landscape of Space Podcasting (18:05) - Making a Career in Space Podcasting (22:27) - The Importance of Diverse Perspectives in Space (31:58) - Cultural Differences in the Space Industry (35:38) - Closing Thoughts: Space as a Global Commons

In a world where more and more people burrow deeper into the silos of their way of thinking, the separation from an understanding of another view, much less an appreciation, is shrinking. In a healthy society, the moderate middle continues to grow at the expense of fringes competing against each other in deepening the wells of hate and misunderstanding. As a consequence, the reality of each of us, of all of us, belonging to a common humanity gets lost. Three decades ago, it was pointed out by author and  professor of geopolitics, Prof. Nalapat that the cultural DNA of the people of India is a fusion of the Vedic, the Mughal and the Western, something that was termed “Indutva”. No strand can stand alone, and yet not just within countries but between countries, there are outlier states that believe they and they alone have the right to assume primacy, even dominance, over the rest. In the 1930s in Europe, such a state, because it remained unchallenged throughout that decade, ignited a world war. The 21st century must not witness a similar holocaust, and such an outcome is preventable only through the coming together of those committed to the equality of nations and to a free, open and inclusive Global Commons that includes the entirety of the Indo-Pacific. In his book, Cold War 2.0, Professor Madhav Das Nalapat presents both the danger as well as the deterrent. What happened in the 1930s must not be repeated in the 2030s. The time for prevention is now. This episode of BIC Talks is an extract from a lecture that took place inthe BIC premises in October 2023. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.

America Emboldened with Greg Boulden – A judge has ruled that 180 names will be released from their involvement on Epstein Island in some capacity. We discussed the possibilities of names and why the individuals attended. There were likely both disgusting motives and invitations to create future bribery material...

America Emboldened with Greg Boulden – A judge has ruled that 180 names will be released from their involvement on Epstein Island in some capacity. We discussed the possibilities of names and why the individuals attended. There were likely both disgusting motives and invitations to create future bribery material...

How do the space-colony visions of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos meaningfully differ? What does a company like Space-X have in common with the old imperial company-states, like the British East India Company? And why are billionaire bros obsessed with “political exit” projects like seasteading and galactic escapism? We tackle all that and more with Alina Utrata, a scholar whose new article in American Political Science Review called, “Engineering Territory: Space and Colonies in Silicon Valley” is a banger.Morris Cohen, Property and SovereigntyRobert Nichols, Theft is PropertyAlina's PodcastSubscribe to Alina's NewsletterSubscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com

We are back! Did you miss us? Kicking off Season 3, Tom and Emily are exploring what it will take to grow the carbon removal industry to the scale we need. They speak to various actors in the carbon removal space, from project developers and policy experts to marketplaces and buyers. Their curiosity for the scaling problem took the team on a trip to Basel, Switzerland for a CDR conference hosted by Carbonfuture: Carbon Removal Basel. The team uses this episode to highlight some key themes around trust and scaling up that will be explored throughout the season. A huge thanks to our guests Jan Minx, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC and co-author of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report Hannes Junginger, CEO and co-founder at Carbonfuture Ben Brandt, CPO and co-founder at Ledgy Adam Sipthorpe, Senior Portfolio Manager - CDRs at South Pole Paolo Piffaretti, CEO and co-founder at Carbonx Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture Our guests for this episode were recorded in April 2023. Their input reflects the individuals' and organisations' views at that time. To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com. Thanks to Carbonfuture for hosting us at their inaugural Carbon Removal Basel even And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show. Resources State of CDR: https://www.stateofcdr.org/resources Carbonfuture's recap of Carbon Removal Basel: https://www.carbonfuture.com/magazine/recap-of-carbon-removal-basel-2023  Carbon Removal Basel retirement credits: https://platform.carbonfuture.earth/balancer/portfolios/view/main/50fa5b10-e4de-412c-8d75-0d1df060a63b

The next address of the IIEA's Development Matters series, which is supported by Irish Aid, will be given by Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In her speech, entitled Polyglobalisation: Debt, Trade and Geopolitics, she explores the links between development and trade and the place of developing countries in the complex world of international trade. Against the background of geopolitical shifts and competing visions of multilateralism, she explains the important role of UNCTAD in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and in amplifying the voices of least developed countries in multilateral fora. She also discusses reform of the international financial architecture which is urgently needed to ensure that the debt crisis does not become a development crisis. About the Speaker: Rebeca Grynspan is an economist and politician from Costa Rica who has been the Secretary General of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) since 2021. As the Secretary General of UNCTAD, Ms Grynspan has focused the world's attention on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South–South cooperation as a tool for development and achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the need for international financial architectural reform. She is also coordinator of the task team of the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance, set up by the United Nations Secretary-General to help support developed and developing countries face the economic shocks related to the war in Ukraine. Additionally, she is currently a member of the Group of 20 High-level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Prior to her appointment at UNCTAD, she was the Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Conference from 2014 to 2021. She is also a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as well as former Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining the United Nations, she served as Vice-President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998.

Our guests: - Keynote: Minister Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, who has successfully introduced a climate feebate (“climate bonus”) in Austria. - Svenja Appuhn, co-spokesperson of the German Young Greens, the youth organisation of Bündnis90/Die Grünen in Germany - Prof Dr Matthias Kalkuhl, Head of the Economic Growth and Human Development Working Group at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) Berlin - Katrin Langensiepen, Member of the European Parliament for Bündnis90/Die Grünen and co-negotiator of the EU Social Climate Fund - Ben Lennon, climate and energy expert at the European Trade Union Confederation ETUC

Unsere Gäste waren: - Keynote: Bundesministerin Leonore Gewessler, Bundesministerin für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie, die erfolgreich ein Klimageld („Klimabonus“) in Österreich eingeführt hat. - Svenja Appuhn, Ko-Sprecherin der Grünen Jugend, der Jugendorganisation von Bündnis90/Die Grünen in Deutschland - Prof. Dr. Matthias Kalkuhl, Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe Wirtschaftswachstum und menschliche Entwicklung am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) Berlin - Katrin Langensiepen, Europaabgeordnete von Bündnis90/Die Grünen und Mitverhandlerin des EU-Klimasozialfonds - Ben Lennon, Klima- und Energieexperte beim Europäischen Gewerkschaftsbund ETUC Moderation: Maximilian Fries, Geschäftsführer von Europe Calling

Am 22.8.2023 hat der Expertenrat für Klimafragen der Bundesregierung (ERK) seine Einschätzungen zu den nationalen Klimaschutzsofortprogrammen beim Verkehr und im Gebäudesektor vorgestellt. Beide Bereiche haben ihre Klimaziele verfehlt und müssen nachliefern. Zudem nehmen die Ratsmitglieder Stellung zum Klimaschutzprogramm 2023. In anderen Worten: Passen die Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung zu den Zielen des Klimaschutzgesetzes? Die Einschätzungen der Expert:innen werden mit Spannung erwartet, auch im Hinblick auf die große Diskussion zu den Milliarden-Subventionen aus dem Klima-Transformations-Fonds für die Chip-Branche und dem immer noch fehlenden Klimageld. Es gibt viel zu besprechen! Daher freuen wir uns sehr, dass wir mit Dr. Brigitte Knopf die Generalsekretärin des Mercator Research Institutes on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) und stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Expertenrates für Klimafragen für unser erstes Webinar nach der Sommerpause gewinnen konnten. Sie wird für uns die Ergebnisse des Expertenrats einordnen. Wir wollen auch über das große Thema Klimageld, den Klima-Transformations-Fonds und gerechte Transformation sprechen.

Bundespressekonferenz vom 22. August 2023 Thema: Veröffentlichung der Stellungnahme zum Klimaschutzprogramm 2023 und des Prüfberichts für die Sektoren Gebäude und Verkehr mit - Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning, Vorsitzender vom Expertenrat für Klimafragen, Fraunhofer ISE - Dr. Brigitte Knopf, Stellv. Vorsitzende vom Expertenrat für Klimafragen, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) 00:00:00 Beginn 00:00:35 Statement Henning 00:10:27 Stement Knopf 00:16:35 Fragen 00:20:59 Tilo zu Tricks der Regierung 00:23:52 Weitere Fragen 00:57:25 Tilo zum Urteil Verfassungsgericht 00:59:39 Tilo zu Leugnung klimaschädlicher Subventionen 01:01:11 Weitere Fragen 01:07:31 Ende Bitte unterstützt unsere Arbeit finanziell: Konto: Jung & Naiv IBAN: DE854 3060 967 104 779 2900 GLS Gemeinschaftsbank PayPal ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaiv #CO2 #Emissionen #Tempolimit

In this podcast we interviewed Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer, Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University of Berlin, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and Director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin (MCC). In this interview we ask Prof. Edenhofer about the social implications of the EU ETS II and about the Social Climate Fund. One take-away is that using the ETS revenues for social compensation will be key to sustain public support for carbon pricing. The interview was led by Marie Raude and Lea Heinrich, Research Associates at the Climate Team of the Florence School of Regulation.

“The legacy of Earth colonization… is still [in its] early days. We can protect this shared environment and also what I see as the intangible heritage of humanity. Space belongs to us all.” In this episode, we are joined in conversation with Dr. Aparna Venkatesan, a cosmologist working on studies of “first-light” sources in the universe. She also works actively in cultural astronomy and space policy, is recognized internationally for her research and DEI leadership, featured widely in the media, and received numerous prizes and awards. Dr. Venkatesan is deeply committed to increasing the participation and retention of underrepresented groups in astronomy and the sciences and is active in developing co-created scientific partnerships with Indigenous communities worldwide. Invoking us to think deeply about the ‘culture of science,' Dr. Venkatesan offers an invitation to examine tapestries of life in relation to the more-than-earth world. Through joyful rhetoric and a love for the language of science, she calls for reflective examination deemed necessary to preserve the heritage of our ancestral global commons—space—that is currently under threat by extractive and colonial interests. In response to the growing privatization of the cosmos, Dr. Venkatesan urges for the immediacy of un-rooting these legacies by inviting other ways of knowing and engaging in communal practices of interplanetary justice as luminous as the night sky itself. (The musical offering featured in this episode Carolina by Mother Juniper. The episode-inspired artwork is by Lucy Haslam.) This episode was brought to you by our supporting listeners. Join us on Patreon to help us keep our show alive: www.greendreamer.com/support

#economics #decentralized #climatechange #education #podcast #toctw Professor A. Damodaran is a Distinguished Professor in the Digital Economy, Start-up and Innovation team. Prior to joining ICRIER, {Indian Council for Research on international economic relations} Damodaran was a senior Professor in the Economics Area at IIM Bangalore. His areas of specialization include the application of new-generation digital technologies, the economics of the Metaverse and NFTs, the architecture of distributed economic systems, blockchain applications for the defense sector, IoT models for the food industry, climate and biodiversity financing models based on digital platforms and sui generis regulation of cryptocurrency/crypto assets etc. He has authored Encircling the Seamless: India, Climate Change and the Global Commons & Managing Arts in Times of Pandemics and Beyond. Timestamp 0:00 to 04:21-Into & India's economy post Covid 19 04:21 to 06:00- Why Big companies & banks got financial support from the Atmanirbhar Bharat fund, while SME's & individuals received only loans 06:00 to 11:35- India's environmental crisis 11:35 to 14:06- Microclimate management 14:06 to 18:53- Climate Crisis & Decentralization 18:53 to 23:25- Can crypto replace fiat currency, India's Web 3.0 Ecosystem 23:25 to 27:59- Big tech vs Nations + Metaverse opportunities 27:59 to 39:10- Future of Education, Generative AI, Artists + Managing Arts in the times of pandemic & beyond 39:10 to 44:37- advice & exciting times for educators + students Watch our highest-viewed videos: 1-DR R VIJAYARAGHAVAN - PROF & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AT TIFR India's 1st Quantum Computer- https://youtu.be/ldKFbHb8nvQ 2-TATA MOTORS- DRIVING THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY IN INDIA- SHAILESH CHANDRA- MD: TATA MOTORS-https://youtu.be/M2Ey0fHmZJ0 3-MIT REPORT PREDICTS SOCIETAL COLLAPSE BY 2040 - GAYA HERRINGTON -DIR SUSTAINABILITY: KPMG- https://youtu.be/Jz29GOyVt04 4-WORLDS 1ST HUMAN HEAD TRANSPLANTATION- DR SERGIO CANAVERO - https://youtu.be/KY_rtubs6Lc 5-DR HAROLD KATCHER - CTO NUGENICS RESEARCH Breakthrough in Age Reversal- https://youtu.be/214jry8z3d4 6-Head of Artificial Intelligence-JIO - Shailesh Kumar https://youtu.be/q2yR14rkmZQ 7-STARTUP FROM INDIA AIMING FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMY - SANJEEV SHARMA CEO SWAAYATT ROBOTS - https://youtu.be/Wg7SqmIsSew 8-MAN BEHIND GOOGLE QUANTUM SUPREMACY - JOHN MARTINIS  - https://youtu.be/Y6ZaeNlVRsE 9-BANKING 4.0 - BRETT KING FUTURIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR & FOUNDER MOVEN - https://youtu.be/2bxHAai0UG0 10-E-VTOL & HYPERLOOP- FUTURE OF INDIA"S MOBILITY- SATYANARAYANA CHAKRAVARTHY https://youtu.be/ZiK0EAelFYY 11-HOW NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING WILL ACCELERATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - PROF SHUBHAM SAHAY- IIT KANPUR- https://youtu.be/sMjkG0jGCBs 12-INDIA'S QUANTUM COMPUTING INDUSTRY- PROF ARUN K PATI -DIRECTOR QETCI- https://youtu.be/Et98nkwiA8w Connect & Follow us at: https://in.linkedin.com/in/eddieavil https://in.linkedin.com/company/change-transform-india https://www.facebook.com/changetransformindia/ https://twitter.com/intothechange https://www.instagram.com/changetransformindia/ Listen to the Audio Podcast at: https://anchor.fm/transform-impossible https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/change-i-m-possibleid1497201007?uo=4 https://open.spotify.com/show/56IZXdzH7M0OZUIZDb5mUZ https://www.breaker.audio/change-i-m-possible https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMjg4YzRmMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Dont Forget to Subscribe www.youtube.com/ctipodcast

Thema: "Expertenrat für Klimafragen: Veröffentlichung des Prüfberichts zur Berechnung der deutschen Treibhausgasemissionen für das Jahr 2022" Bundespressekonferenz vom 17. April 2023 - Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning, Vorsitzender vom Expertenrat für Klimafragen, Fraunhofer ISE - Dr. Brigitte Knopf, Stellv. Vorsitzende vom Expertenrat für Klimafragen, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) - Dr. Barbara Schlomann, Ratsmitglied ERK, Fraunhofer ISI - Prof. Dr. Thomas Heimer, Ratsmitglied ERK, Hochschule RheinMain und Technopolis - Prof. Dr. Marc Oliver Bettzüge, Ratsmitglied ERK, Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln (EWI) 00:00:00 Beginn 00:00:58 Eingangsstatement Henning 00:18:36 Tilo zum Nichtstun im Verkehrssektor 00:26:39 Hans zu Energie-Emissionen 00:39:33 Tilo zu Ausgelagerten Emissionen 00:42:30 Hans zu LNG-Terminals 00:57:02 Tilo zu Emissionen & Wachstum 00:01:00:15 Hans zu Tempolimit Bitte unterstützt unsere Arbeit finanziell: Konto: Jung & Naiv IBAN: DE854 3060 967 104 779 2900 GLS Gemeinschaftsbank PayPal ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaiv Auf dem Cover-Bild der Episode seht ihr heute: Hans-Martin Henning

Mit dem Volksentscheid "Berlin 2030 Klimaneutral" möchte das Bündnis "Klimaneustart" erreichen, dass Berlin bis 2030 klimaneutral wird – und nicht wie bislang vorgesehen erst 2045. Bei rbbKultur sprechen wir darüber mit Felix Creutzig, Wissenschaftler am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.

Co-founder of the Commons Stack and Token Engineering researcher at BlockScience Jeff Emmett tells us about the wonders of mycelia - and why we may all want to start considering ourselves mycopunks.

Welcome to a Cosmos Insights podcast, where we talk to scientists in Australia about the impact of their work.Daisuke Kanazawa is a collaborative researcher at the Centre for Global Commons in the University of Tokyo, Japan. He is one of the authors of the Planet Positive Chemicals report, which details how the global chemical industry, responsible for 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, can get to net zero.Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian spoke to Kanazawa to find out more.Find the science of everything at the Cosmos Magazine websiteSubscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos WeeklyListen to all our Cosmos PodcastsSpecial 10% discount on Cosmos magazine print subscriptions (1 or 2 year), or 1 year Cosmos Weekly subscriptions for Cosmos Briefing podcast listeners!  Use coupon code COSMOSPOD in our shop.

It's like 1492 all over again, but this time with rockets. Yes, the age of commercial space exploration is upon us—so what does that mean? That's the theme of "Stellar Singularity: Navigating the Space Economy" by bestselling author Elizebeth Varghese. She's our guest on this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast A futurist and the bestselling author of "[Block]Chain Reaction: The Future of How We Live and Work", Elizebeth invites us to view the dawn of the spacefaring economy with optimism. She outlines how every organization will need to understand, leverage, and operate in space, and how every company is becoming a space company. In Stellar Singularity, Elizebeth discusses how space exploration improves life on Earth, and how our definition of life and sentience needs to expand, making the case for an “Interstellar Magna Carta” to act as the framework for collaboration across countries and companies. She articulates “Principles to Navigate Space as Global Commons” and outlines the four leadership qualities needed during the space age…and much more. Praise for Stellar Singularity “A Grand Tour of the issues, options, promises, and challenges! Elizebeth touches every side of the multifaceted, and daunting, notion of a spacefaring economy. A fascinating read!” Dan Geraci, President, Voyager Space Services, Chairman, The Planetary Society. “A thoughtful, personal, well-researched, and timely piece of our human space exploration efforts… Read more about the space industry's history, cultural connections, influential socioeconomic factors, key technological drivers, and how space exploration benefits all.., directly and indirectly, in from Elizebeth's must-read latest work.” Dr. S. Anand Narayanan, Research Professor, Florida State University, Expert in Space and Medical Physiology, Global Health, Interdisciplinary STEAM Research and Education, NASA Fellow “Elizebeth Varghese may not be the first space philosopher, but she certainly deserves the title. Stellar Singularity integrates the technological aspects of our expansion into space with imperatives for human behavior—particularly economic, diplomatic and ethical behavior. Knowledgeable people outside of the traditional space enterprise can and must contribute to this next phase of human development. Stellar Singularity is the work they should begin with to appreciate its challenges and opportunities.” Gordon Roesler, Ph.D., President, Robots in Space LLC, and former DARPA space robotics program manager “This book is a must-read..it provides a great summary of historical and technological developments through to shifts in democratization, policy and value chain realization.” Steve Ramage, Chief Engagement Officer - Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Governing Board - Digital Earth Africa, Earth Observation Advisory Committee - UK Space Agency Elizebeth Varghese is a futurist, people & technology strategist, senior executive, and bestselling author. She is a Board member and Co-Chair of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee at Columbia Business School, Women's Circle. She is also on the Council of Advisors at the SETI Institute. Elizebeth was recognized as among the top experts and inspirational leaders of 2022 per The HR Gazette and she has also been recognized as among The Outstanding Asian Americans in Business in 2021. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.

Unsere Zukunft liegt in der Arktis. Davon ist Thomas Henningsen überzeugt. Den promovierten Meeresbiologen packte das Polarfieber. Seit Jahrzehnten bereist er den vereisten Kontinent - per Schiff nach Grönland oder Spitzbergen ebenso wie per Zug durch Russland. Durch die Pandemie musste er drei Jahre darauf verzichten. Im August 2022 kehrt er erstmals ins norwegische Svalbard zurück und stellt entsetzt fest, dass dort in der Hocharktis kein einziger Gletscher mehr intakt ist.

Liz Karan, Project Director of Protecting Ocean life on the High Seas with the Pew Charitable Trusts, highlights the challenges to protect the marine life and water quality in the oceans.  The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty and the International Seabed Authority are the foundations for a comprehensive global approach to preserve biodiversity, prevent pollution and contamination of the oceans. The International Seabed Authority is working to develop the regulations for safe mining the seas to extract valuable ores, such as manganese nodules. Several countries, such as Chile and Costa Rica, are pushing to develop environmental regulations and guideline to prevent environmental disasters. Some countries want to ban deep-sea mining because, if not properly regulated, it can create environmental devastation. Recent United Nations Conferences on oceans and deep-sea mining have contributed to developing these critical guidelines.

Carolyn Harding with James Quilligan and Greg Pace, leaders with Economic Democracy Advocates, focusing on our Common Resources, our Water, Food and Energy Resources, for the good of all people. James Quilligan has been an analyst and administrator in the field of international development since 1975.He has served as policy advisor and writer for many international politicians and leaders, including Pierre Trudeau, François Mitterrand, Julius Nyerere, Olof Palme, Willy Brandt, Jimmy Carter, and Prince El Hassan. He has been a monetary consultant for government agencies in Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tanzania, Kuwait, India, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the United States. In addition, Quilligan has served as an advisor for many United Nations programs and international organizations. He is presently Managing Director of Economic Democracy Advocates. Greg began his advocacy in 2005 studying the peak oil phenomenon with the Central Ohio Relocalization Effort (CORE). In 2008, he attended the Convention for the Global Commons in Berlin, Germany, as his focus became centered around commons-based solutions for resource management. As the hydrofracking boom came to Ohio in 2011, Greg became involved with holding the industry accountable in Ohio and eventually joined Carolyn Harding in helping to create ‘Columbus Community Bill of Rights',where he remains as webmaster and treasurer. In 2019, Greg also became part of the executive committee as treasurer of Economic Democracy Advocates, where he also is engaged with the state legislation team. He has been active in educating local high school students on sex trafficking through Shared Hope International, as well as being a member of the Friends Committee on National Legislation Central Ohio Advocacy Team where members of Congress are lobbied for issues FCNL selects each year to focus on. https://sustaineda.org GrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/ Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8 There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!

In this episode, Ina is joined by Joe Roussos, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, Marcel Jahn, a PhD candidate at the Department of Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and Lukas Beck, a postdoctoral researcher in the Scientific Assessments, Ethics and Public Policy working group and a member of the Rivet Project at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin. Together, they discuss the authors' recent work on models in science and philosophy that aim to provide normative guidance to agents, so-called normative models. Today's episode focuses on the authors' recent papers on the topic, the relevance of normative models and the core philosophical challenges they pose.

During the CCG I interviewed a co-founder of the event and organization that runs it, the Crypto Commons Association, Felix Fritsch (@FelixFritsch2) . Felix is a PhD student who focuses on the synthesis of cryptocurrencies with commons theory and has written articles like  "Challenges and Approaches to Scaling the Global Commons" with many others including those who have been on the podcast before. During the interview we spoke about his story for getting involved in the crypto commons movement, starting the Crypto Commons Association and Gathering, and Autonomist Marxism. This will be the final installment of the CCG Chronicles.This episode is a continuation of the CCG Chronicles series which is a collection of interviews conducted during the Crypto Commons Gathering (CCG) in Austria back in August 2021. The interviews were also filmed to potentially be a part of a documentary I'm making with a few others.If you want to financially support our efforts in making the documentary, you can donate so far with bitcoin, ethereum (any layer), or NEAR at the addresses listed on the website. We're still unsure when exactly anything will be published, but we're hoping within the next year although that will depend on the amount of support we can get from the community.ICYMI - The first documentary teaser was just released! You can watch it here. Be sure to subscribe to the channel on YouTube and follow the account on Twitter. You can read a lot more information about the documentary on the website at www.cryptofuturesdoc.comSupport the show

Dr Brigitte Knopf (pictured) is the Secretary General of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and here discusses the group's "Carbon Clock". Other climate links are: "Ice Covering Swiss Mountain Pass Since at Least Roman Era Will Soon Be Gone"; "Energy ministers power up renewables transition with new deal"; "IAG chief says climate change is adding to rising insurance costs"; "How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions"; "Arctic now warming four times faster than rest of the world, scientists say"; "Carbon emissions from French wildfires hit record"; "House Passes Sweeping Climate, Tax and Health Care Package"; "Expanded access to solar power in Africa can stimulate economic development – but there are risks"; "‘Really cheap': Electric Vehicles now up to 93 per cent cheaper to run than petrol cars"; "Some Republicans see climate danger. They voted 'no' anyway."; "People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. The Sources Are Everywhere."; "NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice"; "Climate risks dwarf Europe's energy crisis, space chief warns". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

The exponential rise of technology and its widespread adoption has led to a dual effect. On the one hand, there are a rising number of devices and electronics in the market, exacerbating an already growing waste and resource challenge. On the other hand, new technology has also led to an increase in digital solutions and innovation that is a catalyst to transforming electronic value chains towards a circular model. Doreen Bogdan-Martin speaks with Dr. Naoko Ishii, Executive Vice President, Professor at Institute for Future Initiative, Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo, on the opportunities that digitalization and connectivity bring to the transition towards a circular economy for electronics, particularly in building sustainable e-waste management systems. Interviewer: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

Regenerative Finance (ReFi) is about combining web3 finance tools with regenerative purposes like tackling climate change or cleaning up the oceans. In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Rufus Pollock and Jeff Emmett discuss the promises and pitfalls of ReFi for providing public goods and nourishing the commons. Find out more about the project here: https://web3.lifeitself.us/ Find the notes for this episode here: https://web3.lifeitself.us/notes/jeff-emmett-on-regenerative-finance Jeff Emmett is a Token Engineering researcher and Communications Lead at BlockScience, and co-founder of the Commons Stack. Drawing inspiration from mycelial networks and biomimetic processes, his goal is a toolkit for customizable regenerative economies that support purpose-driven communities. Author of Rewriting the Story of Human Collaboration and Challenges & Approaches to Scaling the Global Commons.

Zu Gast im Studio: Brigitte Knopf, Physikerin und Klimawissenschaftlerin. Sie ist seit Februar 2015 Generalsekretärin des "Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change" und seit dem 1. September 2020 Mitglied im Expertenrat für Klimafragen Ein Gespräch über Brigittes Werdegang, ihr Studium, das Paris-Abkommen, klimaschädliche Subventionen, Wissenschaft vs Politik, die Macht des Expertenrats für Klimafragen, CO2-Preis und CO2-Zertifikate sowie Transparenz der Mercator-Stiftung + eure Fragen Bitte unterstützt unsere Arbeit finanziell: Konto: Jung & Naiv IBAN: DE854 3060 967 104 779 2900 GLS Gemeinschaftsbank PayPal ► http://www.paypal.me/JungNaiv

DIE IDEE ist ein Podcast des NDR. Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer ist ein führender Experte für die Ökonomie des Klimawandels und Direktor des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung. Er ist Professor für die Ökonomie und Politik des Klimawandels an der TU Berlin und Direktor des Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. Von 2008 bis 2015 war Ottmar Edenhofer Co-Vorsitzender der Arbeitsgruppe III des Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – er hat maßgeblich am Fünften Sachstandsberichts zum Klimaschutz gearbeitet. Ottmar Edenhofer ist Mitglied der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina und wurde von Papst Franziskus zum Berater am Dikasterium für die ganzheitliche Entwicklung des Menschen berufen. Podcast-Tipps: Zeitkapsel – NDR Info und funk Jack – Gier frisst Schönheiten. Jetzt in der Audiothek, der Audio-App der ARD. Unter ARDAudiothek.de oder in den App Stores Eurer Smartphones. Vielen Dank an das Team: Producer: Klaus Wehmeyer und Marvin Leesch Online N-JOY: Dennis Bangert Kontakt: dieidee@ndr.de

We speak with Jan Minx, Head of Applied Sustainability Science at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, and a visiting Professor of Climate Change and Public Policy at The Priestley Centre at the University of Leeds. Jan has published widely on climate and sustainability issues and has a keen interest in evidence synthesis which he developed through his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Jan was a coordinating lead author on the latest IPCC assessment report on mitigation and in this episode, he shares his take-aways from the report. We discuss the roles of individual choice, technological development, and carbon dioxide removal in meeting our climate goals. Jan also explains how thinking systematically about evidence synthesis can lead to better reviews of the literature and better research overall.Links:Jan's Profile IPCC Working Group 3 report on mitigation The chapter that Jan was a coordinating lead author on: Chapter 2 - emissions trends and drivers The chapter that addresses demand-side options: Chapter 5 - Demand, services and social aspects Figure SPM6 from Summary for Policymakers that shows demand-side mitigation options Carbon Brief article that maps CO2 imports and exports The 2015 systematic review study which provides an overview of impacts attribution, covered in the IPCC's 5th report The machine learning effort to provide a more comprehensive overview of impacts attribution that Jan was involved in The paper by Gunnar Luderer on the feasibility frontier of climate ambition in economic models of climate change in integrated assessment models Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/challengingclimate)

Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact speaks to Pascal Lamy, president of the Paris Peace Forum, and Naoko Ishii, director at the Centre for the Global Commons at University of Tokyo, about marine chemical pollution in a broader context. Is chemical pollution a key anthropogenic challenge on a par with climate change and biodiversity loss? Why do we need to include chemical pollution as a broad set of global environmental challenges? Are we already at a tipping point? Relevant content: Report | The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the oceanData story | Chemicals and our oceans: A gathering crisisVideo | The Invisible WaveBack to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charles Goddard, editorial director at Economist Impact speaks to Pascal Lamy, president of the Paris Peace Forum, and Naoko Ishii, director at the Centre for the Global Commons at University of Tokyo, about marine chemical pollution in a broader context. Is chemical pollution a key anthropogenic challenge on a par with climate change and biodiversity loss? Why do we need to include chemical pollution as a broad set of global environmental challenges? Are we already at a tipping point? Relevant content: Report | The Invisible Wave: Getting to zero chemical pollution in the oceanData story | Chemicals and our oceans: A gathering crisisVideo | The Invisible WaveBack to Blue is an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation.

Current international responses to climate change continue to place the world on a trajectory beyond 1.5°C global warming, with impacts posing severe risks to natural and human systems. Discussions on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) globally has grown since the publication of the IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C, which reaffirms that large-scale CDR is required in all of its pathways to limit global warming to 1.5°C, with limited or no overshoot to achieve net-zero mid-century and global net negative emissions thereafter, until the end of the century. By removing between 100 to 1000 billion tonnes of CO2 depending on the speed of emissions reduction in respective pathways. CDR methods vary and include the use of nature-based approaches, such as afforestation and enhancing wetlands, or engineering-based approaches to directly capture carbon dioxide. At scale, they all present potential benefits and risks of negative side-effects and pose significant governance challenges as many governance gaps exist. Most CDR approaches are currently theoretical and far from being ready to deploy at the speed or scale necessary to prevent overshooting the Paris Agreement temperature goal of 1.5–2°C. Discussions around CDR governance, in particular on and around nature-based approaches to CDR as well as direct air carbon capture and storage, have more recently gained growing interest in light of the wave of net-zero commitments or pledges by governments, companies and other actors over the last two years. However, important knowledge gaps persist around the role CDR could play in achieving net negative emissions after net-zero to deliver the Paris Agreement's goal. This C2GDiscuss features three global experts sharing their views on the role that CDR could play to achieve net negative after net zero. Some of the topics explored in this discussion are: what needs to be done now to have CDR functioning by the time we need it; how can CDR's full potential be realized as a climate response while making sure that the co-benefits are maximized, and trade-offs minimized in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); what role could the public and private sector play to scale up the required CDR and is there a role for other non-state actors. Understanding these issues is crucial and urgent for meaningful societal deliberations and decisions today. Jan Minx is head of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change working group Applied Sustainability Science. James Mwangi is the executive director of the Dalberg Group, and a partner with Dalberg Advisors. Shuchi Talati is chief of staff for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) at the U.S. Department of Energy. Janos Pasztor (moderator) is executive director of C2G and a senior fellow at Carnegie Council. This discussion was recorded on September 8, 2021, and is available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français. For more, please go to C2G's website. 

Wir sind wieder aus unserer Lets Talk Change Winterpause zurück. In unserem Auftaktgespräch für 2022 geht David Wortmann mit Brigitte Knopf die Klima-Highlights des Jahres durch: wann kommt der nächste Weltklimabericht und was wird drin stehen? Was hat die neue Bundesregierung nun konkret vor? Was ist von der EU und dem nächsten UN-Weltklimagipfel in diesem Jahr zu erwarten? Welche Rolle spielt dabei der neue Expertenrat für Klimafragen der Bundesregierung, dessen stellvertretende Vorsitzende Brigitte Knopf ist? 2022 verspricht ein sehr ereignisreiches Jahr zu werden und hoffentlich in die Geschichte eingehen als das Jahr, in dem wir nicht nur über den Klimaschutz reden, sondern endlich ins große „Machen“ kommen. Neben ihrer Rolle beim Klimarat ist Brigitte Knopf Generalsekretärin des Mercator Research Institutes on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). Als Physikerin und Klimawissenschaftlerin hat sie u.a. am Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, PIK, gearbeitet, war Mit-Autorin des 5. Sachstandsberichts des IPCC und versteht ihr aktuelle Aufgabe insbesondere darin, die oft nicht einfache Brücke kommunikativ zu schlagen zwischen einerseits der Wissenschaft und andererseits der Politik und der Öffentlichkeit. Damit ist sie genau richtig hier bei Lets Talk Change. Wir wünschen Euch viel Spaß bei dieser ersten Episode im neuen Jahr und hoffen, dass wir Euch eine gute Orientierung über die wichtigsten anstehenden Ereignisse des Klimajahr 2022 geben können. Das nimmst Du mit: - was sind die Gross-Ereignisse mit Klimabezug im Jahr 2022? - wann finden diese Ereignisse verteilt über das Jahr statt? - welche Rolle hat der neue Expertenrat für Klimafragen der Bundesregierung? - wie hilft der Klimarat die Bundesregierung auf den 1,5 Grad- Klimapfad zu bringen?

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The World Resources Institute launched its "State of Climate Action 2021" report during a recent webinar, recent being in the past 24-hours. Read the World Resources Institute story - "We're Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?". Other Quick Climate Links today are: "Yarra Energy Foundation" - Connecting people to better energy for a zero-carbon future; "GV Community Energy"; "Our Planet Is Heating Up. Why Are Climate Politics Still Frozen"; "World's chief scientists urge Cop26 attendees to step up low-carbon policies"; "‘Cop26 own goal': despair over budget backing for flights and roads"; "Government pledges £1.7bn of public money to new nuclear plant"; "Dire threat to health from climate change addressed by the Australian Government"; "‘Not a solution itself': India questions net-zero targets ahead of Cop26"; "‘Hollow': how the Australian government's 2050 net-zero pledge was reported around the world"; "Congress constraints mean the US and Australia aren't so far apart on climate after all"; "‘Go grab a rifle': Barnaby Joyce says the only way to meet methane reduction targets is to start shooting cattle"; "Feral hogs are a problem for the climate, researcher says"; "World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds"; "Cop26 must focus on poorer countries, says UN development chief"; "Oil executives face ‘turning point' US congressional hearing on climate crisis"; "Hot air flies in methane debate over net-zero target"; "Introduction of the Center for Global Commons (in Japanese only)"; "Crucial Elements of Spending Plan Remain in Flux After Biden's Appeal to Democrats"; "For millions of West Africans, climate change is already here"; "Turning over a new leaf: the humble hedge stages a remarkable comeback"; "The dirty dozen: meet America's top climate villains"; "Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison's climate contradictions"; "Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy"; "Labor doesn't have a 2030 target yet either – what do we know of the ALP's climate policy so far?"; "The ‘97% climate consensus' is over. Now it's well above 99% (and the evidence is even stronger than that)"; "Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia's southwest is on the climate frontline"; "Degrowth: why some economists think abandoning growth is the only way to save the planet – podcast"; "Angus Taylor to promote fossil fuels at Glasgow Cop26 climate summit"; "Cormann pushes Morrison government to adopt carbon price"; "Former finance minister who helped sink carbon price now urging Australia to adopt one"; "Morrison government hasn't finished writing net-zero modelling, department says"; "Voters would ‘come back at us with baseball bats': How 18 Libs pushed Morrison to net zero"; "Victorian greenhouse emissions drop 25 per cent below 2005 levels"; "What's in, what's not: how does Australia's emissions plan stack up?"; "Secret Liberal group pushed for net-zero to halt the Nationals"; "‘Secret' modelling underpinning Scott Morrison's net-zero policy still in spreadsheet form"; "Australia's net-zero by 2050 target wins praise from Fiji's PM, attracts disappointment from across the Pacific"; "Wealthy nations urged to meet $100bn climate finance goal"; "Australia v the climate part 5: a plan for net-zero?"; "South Australia adopts electric vehicle tax, joining New South Wales and Victoria"; "Could planting a trillion trees stop global heating? This man thinks so"; "China Hurries to Burn More Coal, Putting Climate Goals at Risk": "Climate change is already hitting Africa's livestock. Here's how COP26 can help"; "Michael Pascoe: Morrison's ‘net zero' is that trust and integrity thing again"; "There's No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis"; "Evolution and Climate Change Through the Lens of Power"; "Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis"; "Grow concrete? Now we know the climate deniers' nonsense can be debunked"; "Australia's zany prospectus for net-zero can't hide its carbon addiction"; "How a bacterium may help solve the plastic pollution crisis"; "SEC Releases Sample Letter Concerning Climate Change Disclosures"; "Juliana v. United States"; "Combating Climate Change in Your Animal Shelter - Vets for Climate Action & Getting 2 Zero"; "The Climate Council". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".     Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

In der ersten Folge stellen wir euch einen dänischen Energiekonzern vor, der nur ein paar Jahre gebraucht hat, um vom Klimasünder zum Vorreiter zu werden. Der Weg von Dong Energy zu Ørsted war nicht einfach und das Ergebnis ist noch nicht perfekt. Aber man kann etwas Wichtiges daraus lernen: Der Wandel ist möglich! Und wenn wir wirklich wollen, dann geht‘s auch mit Tempo. Darüber sprechen wir auch mit Brigitte Knopf. Sie ist Klimawissenschaftlerin und Generalsekretärin am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. Außerdem sitzt sie im Expertenrat für Klimafragen, der die Politik der Bundesregierung bewertet. Im Gespräch erklärt sie uns, was die größten Klima-Baustellen sind und warum es im Kampf gegen die Erderwärmung auf jedes Zehntelgrad ankommt. Wo Offshore-Windenergie schon genutzt wird: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Von-Dong-Energy-zu-0rsted-Frueher-Klimakiller-jetzt-Klimaretter,orsted100.html Essay von Brigitte Knopf zur Energiewende: https://www.bdew.de/online-magazin-zweitausend50/schwerpunkt-aufbruch/essay-energiewende-als-gesellschaftliche-herausforderung/ Neue Studie von Ökonom Nicholas Stern zu Kosten der Krise: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/a-time-for-action-on-climate-change-and-a-time-for-change-in-economics/

Politologe Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl über Weltraumrecht, Weltraumpolitik, Militarisierung & Kooperation im und um den Weltraum, Climate & Geo Engineering, Clean Space / Space Debris / Weltraumschrott, Global Commons, Common Heritage of Humanity, Elon Musk u.v.m.

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute's Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush speaks with Guntram Wolff, the director of Bruegel, which is regularly ranked one of the top global think tanks. In early 2021, he was appointed to a new G-20 panel on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. Wolff discusses the challenge of being better prepared for future pandemics, climate risk in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, and prospects for Europe's economies as they begin to recover from the shock of the pandemic. He answers questions including the following: — With your economist's hat on, if you had to choose, what would be the one insight you would take away from the pandemic? — What is the aim of the High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response? — Is the balance of incentives tipping in the right direction for an effective response to climate change? — Is Europe in good shape to recover from the pandemic? — How could the tapering of pandemic-related economic support work with the very large economic imbalances between Northern and Southern Europe? This conversation was recorded in September 2021. To read a transcript of this episode, visit: https://mck.co/GuntramWolff Follow @McKinsey_MGI on Twitter and the McKinsey Global Institute on LinkedIn for more.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute's Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Janet Bush speaks with Guntram Wolff, the director of Bruegel, which is regularly ranked one of the top global think tanks. In early 2021, he was appointed to a new G-20 panel on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. Wolff discusses the challenge of being better prepared for future pandemics, climate risk in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, and prospects for Europe's economies as they begin to recover from the shock of the pandemic. He answers questions including the following: — With your economist's hat on, if you had to choose, what would be the one insight you would take away from the pandemic? — What is the aim of the High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response? — Is the balance of incentives tipping in the right direction for an effective response to climate change? — Is Europe in good shape to recover from the pandemic? — How could the tapering of pandemic-related economic support work with the very large economic imbalances between Northern and Southern Europe? This conversation was recorded in September 2021. To read a transcript of this episode, visit: https://mck.co/GuntramWolff Follow @McKinsey_MGI on Twitter and the McKinsey Global Institute on LinkedIn for more. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:18) >

Deutschland hat gewählt, jetzt gehen Koalitionsverhandlungen los, Grüne und FDP werden dabei eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Kernthema der Verhandlungen wird der Umgang mit der Klimakrise. Über Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede beider Parteien hat Miriam Stumpfe mit Dr. Brigitte Knopf gesprochen, der Generalsekretärin am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC).

Season 3, Episode 1: For the first episode of season 3, ISD Director of Programs and Research Kelly McFarland talks to Axios politics editor Glen Johnson. Glen guides listeners through the main challenges facing the Biden administration and global leaders today, from climate change to China, and helps set up our new season looking at challenges in the Global Commons. In addition to his career as a journalist, Glen served as a deputy assistant secretary of state for strategic communications under Secretary of State John Kerry from 2013 to 2017. He is also the author of a book, Window Seat on the World, about his experiences traveling with the secretary of state: https://www.glenjohnson.com/ Episode recorded: Tuesday, August 20th, 2021.  Episode image: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard an Air Force jet as he prepares to depart from Andrews Air Force Base for a trip to Egypt, the Middle East, and Europe for consultations on Iraq and other regional matters on June 21, 2014. [State Department photo/Public Domain] Diplomatic Immunity: Frank and candid conversations about diplomacy and foreign affairs Diplomatic Immunity, a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, brings you frank and candid conversations with experts on the issues facing diplomats and national security decision-makers around the world.  For more, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter @GUDiplomacy. Send any feedback to diplomacy@georgetown.edu.

Klimaprämie, Energiegeld, Pro-Kopf-Klimageld: Das System der Rückvergütung von Einnahmen aus der CO2-Bepreisung an alle Menschen hat viele Namen - und ist die klimapolitische Hauptforderung der Caritas an die kommende Bundesregierung. Doch was hat es genau auf sich mit der Klimaprämie? Warum ist sie bei vielen politischen Akteuren so unbeliebt - und wie stark muss der Preis pro Tonne CO2 steigen, damit marktwirtschaftliche Anreize funktionieren?Diese und weitere Fragen beantwortet Dr. Brigitte Knopf in der fünften Episode des Caritas-Klimapodcasts. Sie ist Klimaforscherin und Generalsekretärin am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin sowie stellvertretende Vorsitzende des 2020 eingeführten Klimarats der Bundesregierung - und warnt: "Am teuersten wird es, wenn wir gar keinen Klimaschutz machen." Das sehe man an den immensen Kosten, die beispielsweise das jüngste Juli-Hochwasser in Westdeutschland angerichtet hat. "Klimaschutz müssen wir schon aus ökonomischen Interesse betreiben", so Knopf.Knopf: "Wir brauchen einen Preis für CO2-Emission!""Wir brauchen einen Preis für CO2-Emission", fordert Knopf. Es dürfe nicht weiter so sein, dass jeder CO2 in der Atmosphäre ablagern könne, ohne dafür zu bezahlen. "Mit den Einnahmen aus der Besteuerung, kann der Staat, dann für einen sozialen Ausgleich sorgen", so Knopf, die eine Rückvergütung dieser Einnahmen an alle Bewohner Deutschlands langfristig als sozial fairsten Weg bewertet. "Damit können wir leider nicht schon morgen anfangen - zunächst muss Finanzbeziehung zwischen Staat und Bürgern geschaffen werden, die die Auszahlung an alle regelt - ähnlich wie es die Kindergeld-Stelle tut", so Knopf.Weiterführende Links:CO2-Rechner: Online-Rechner zu CO2-Bepreisung mit sozialem Ausgleich des MCCMehr Infos zu Dr. Brigitte KnopfCaritas-Klimapodcast goes Spiegel: Stimmenfang – Der Politik-Podcast: Wer zahlt die Zeche für den Klimaschutz? Klimanews feat. GermanwatchIm Newsblock erörtert Kai Bergmann von Germanwatch, wie eine neue Attributionsstudie eine steigende Wahrscheinlichkeit für Starkregen und Hitze als Folgen der Erderwärmung bestätigt. Außerdem geht es um den neuen Projektionsbericht des Umweltbundesamts, der eine große Handlungslücke in Sachen Klimaschutz aufweist.Weitere Infos: Mehr Infos zum geleakten Projektionsbericht: UBA-Projektionsbericht 2021: Klimaziele 2030 dürften verfehlt werdenMehr Infos zur Attributionsstudie: Studie zeigt Zusammenhang: Klimawandel, Flut an Ahr und Erft – und die Frage nach dem VerschuldenFolge 5 des Caritas-Klimapodcasts kommt leider urlaubsbedingt ohne theologischen Impuls.Alle weiteren Folgen des Caritas-Klimapodcasts finden Sie unter: https://caritasklimapodcast.buzzsprout.com/shareMehr Infos zur Caritas Jahreskampagne unter: https://www.caritas.de/magazin/schwerpunkt/klimaschutz/

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I am so honored to introduce you to Rebeca Grynspan, the Ibero-American Secretary General, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Secretary General and a former Vice President of Costa Rica. In this Episode: The conception of Ibero-American, and how it continues to bind seventeen countries of Latin-American descent, and the discourse of sustainable development goals for 2021. Rebeca recalls her experience of being the only woman in a state-sponsored “meeting of minds” and her first connection to a life of governance. She shares her journey as the person occupying the second-most top position in the government and how it impacted her life as a mother. Discussing the most exciting initiatives that she consistently works on from her day of vice-presidency until now. Rebeca tackles Covid-19 strategies from vaccination rollouts, aid, and recovery processes. Rebeca's nuggets of wisdom especially for women wanting to start a sustainable change in their respective communities. Rebeca inspires everyone to find unity in diversity and she explains how this progression will positively impact women's rights. Rebeca Grynspan was born in San José, Costa Rica. She was unanimously elected as Ibero-American Secretary General at the Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Ciudad de Mexico, on 24th February 2014.  She took office on 1st April 2014 and in 2018 her mandate was renewed for a further four-year term. She has since coordinated the 22 member state Iberoamerican Conference and led four key summits of Heads of State and Government in Mexico (2014), Colombia (2016), Guatemala (2018), and Andorra (2020-2021). In 2010 she was named Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). From 2006 to 2010, she was UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining the United Nations, Ms. Grynspan served as Vice-President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998.  She was also Minister of Housing, Minister Coordinator of Economic and Social Affairs, and Deputy Minister of Finance. In addition, she has been a member of the High-Level Panel on Financing for Development, convened by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2001. She is a renowned advocate of human development, who has helped to focus the world's attention, and also that of Latin America, on relevant issues such as the reduction of inequality and poverty, gender equality, South-South cooperation as a tool for development, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), among others. She was also a delegate to the United Nations Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti, a group consisting of the Haitian government, the former President of the United States Bill Clinton, and other prominent international partners. In June 2014 she was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), a leading global organization at the forefront of development and environmental policy research. Ms. Grynspan is a member of the steering committee of the UNICEF Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement; member of the Governing Council of the Society for International Development (SID), a global network of individuals and professionals at the forefront of development; member of the International Labour Organisation's Global Commission on the Future of Work; member of the Advisory Board of the Expansión International Economic Forum 2021 and in 2021 became a  member of the G20 High-Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. In addition to her experience as a conference lecturer and advisor to a number of international organizations and institutions, she has been actively involved in key United Nations initiatives, such as the Millennium Project's Task Force on Poverty and Economic Development and the High-level ...

Our Head of Commissioned Projects in Central Europe, Hanns Koenig is joined by Dr. Brigitte Knopf, Secretary General of the Berlin-based climate research institute MCC (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change). Brigitte is one of Germany’s leading experts on climate change and has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Council of Experts on Climate Change by the German Federal Government. The Council has recently published its first report assessing Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Hanns and Brigitte discuss: • MCC’s leading role in the climate change debate • The Council of Experts on Climate Change’s report findings and lessons learned • The European Green Deal and Germany’s decarbonisation targets • COVID-19 impact and emissions reduction during lockdown

Naoko Ishii is a professor, executive vice president and Director of the Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo since August 2020. The Center for Global Commons has the mission of putting academia at the forefront of achieving sustainable developmentFrom 2012 to 2020, Dr Naoko Ishii was CEO and chair of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF is a grant providing organisation with a focus on environmental initiatives. She played a key role in producing the organisation’s first long-term and mid-term strategies. During her time in office, she managed to secure more than $4 billion in funding for the GEF. Naoko Ishii was Deputy Vice Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2012, - after a long career in finance – both domestic and international: she spent a large part of her career at the World Bank (Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives between 2006 and 2010, program coordinator for Vietnam between 1997 2001) and the International Monetary Fund.Naoko Ishi holds a BA in economics and a PhD in international development, both from the University of Tokyo.  She is the author of a number of papers and award-winning books – she received the Suntory Prize in 1990 and Okita Memorial Prize for International Development Research in 2004. She is the recipient of the 2006 Enjoji Jiro Memorial Prize. LinksCenter for Global Commons https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/units/cgc/Report on the pilot version of the Global Commons Stewardship Indexhttps://www.tokyoforum.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/report_list.htmlNaoko Ishii’s Ted Talk: An economic case for protecting the planet (September 2017)https://www.ted.com/talks/naoko_ishii_an_economic_case_for_protecting_the_planetThe University of Tokyo is reminding the world to save our planet (March 2021)https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-university-of-tokyo-is-reminding-the-world-to-save-our-planetPositive Analysis for Long-Term Economic Development, Nikkei Publishing Inc. (2003)https://www.fasid.or.jp/english/okita_memorial_prize/

About William NordhausWilliam Nordhaus was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which is part of the United States). He completed his undergraduate work at Yale University in 1963 and received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1967 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. He has been on the faculty of Yale University since 1967 and has been Full Professor of Economics since 1973 and also is Professor in Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Professor Nordhaus lives in downtown New Haven with his wife Barbara, who works at the Yale Child Study Center.He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is on the research staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has been a member and senior advisor of the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, Washington, D.C. since 1972. Professor Nordhaus is current or past editor of several scientific journals and has served on the Executive Committees of the American Economic Association and the Eastern Economic Association. He serves on the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Economic Experts and was the first Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He was the first Chairman of the newly formed American Economic Association Committee on Federal Statistics. In 2004, he was awarded the prize of “Distinguished Fellow” by the American Economic Association.From 1977 to 1979, he was a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. From 1986 to 1988, he served as the Provost of Yale University. He has served on several committees of the National Academy of Sciences including the Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems, the Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming, the Committee on National Statistics, the Committee on Data and Research on Illegal Drugs, and the Committee on the Implications for Science and Society of Abrupt Climate Change. He recently chaired a Panel of the National Academy of Sciences which produced a report, Nature's Numbers, that recommended approaches to integrate environmental and other non-market activity into the national economic accounts. More recently, he has directed the Yale Project on Non-Market Accounting, supported by the Glaser Foundation.He is the author of many books, among them Invention, Growth and Welfare, Is Growth Obsolete?, The Efficient Use of Energy Resources, Reforming Federal Regulation, Managing the Global Commons, Warming the World, and (joint with Paul Samuelson) the classic textbook, Economics, whose nineteenth edition was published in 2009. His research has focused on economic growth and natural resources, the economics of climate change, as well as the resource constraints on economic growth. Since the 1970s, he has developed economic approaches to global warming, including the construction of integrated economic and scientific models (the DICE and RICE models) to determine the efficient path for coping with climate change, with the latest vintage, DICE-2007, published in A Question of Balance (Yale University Press, 2008). Professor Nordhaus has also studied wage and price behavior, health economics, augmented national accounting, the political business cycle, productivity, and the “new economy.” His 1996 study of the economic history of lighting back to Babylonian times found that the measurement of long-term economic growth has been significantly underestimated. He returned to Mesopotamian economics with a study, published in 2002 before the war, of the costs of the U.S. war in Iraq, projecting a cost as high as $2 trillion. Recently, he has undertaken the “G-Econ project,” which provides the first comprehensive measures of economic activity at a geophysical scaleAbout Amanda WhiteAmanda White is responsible for the content across all Conexus Financial's institutional media and events. In addition to being the editor of Top1000funds.com, she is responsible for directing the global bi-annual Fiduciary Investors Symposium which challenges global investors on investment best practice and aims to place the responsibilities of investors in wider societal, and political contexts.  She holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters of Art in Journalism and has been an investment journalist for more than 25 years. She is currently a fellow in the Finance Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute. The two-year program seeks to develop the next generation of responsible, community-spirited leaders in the global finance industry. What is the Fiduciary Investors series?The COVID-19 global health and economic crisis has highlighted the need for leadership and capital to be urgently targeted towards the vulnerabilities in the global economy.Through conversations with academics and asset owners, the Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series is a forward looking examination of the changing dynamics in the global economy, what a sustainable recovery looks like and how investors are positioning their portfolios.The much-loved events, the Fiduciary Investors Symposiums, act as an advocate for fiduciary capitalism and the power of asset owners to change the nature of the investment industry, including addressing principal/agent and fee problems, stabilising financial markets, and directing capital for the betterment of society and the environment. Like the event series, the podcast series, tackles the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption,  and asks investors to think differently about how they make decisions and allocate capital. 

In this interview of Sue Grey, lawyer from Nelson who has also researched Health issues and has a degree in biochemistry, we learn that things are definitely not as they seem. She has been an activist on the battle front over the last decade endeavouring to bring transparency to so many of the issues that now are bearing down on us and now - totally surround us. She is also the Co leader of the OutDoors Party - Outdoorsparty.co.nz -  and sees clearly that humanity and the ecology of our entire biosphere is at the crossroads of either we come together as a ‘conscious’ caring humanity - and in essence a global family … or continue down the path of becoming victims to corporations in cahoots with captured Government - who themselves are caught up in their own self serving agenda to not truly engage and empower the community from the grass roots up. When did you hear them mention ‘empowering the grass roots?’  To relocalise and work cooperatively with NZ’s communities?  I start by thanking Sue for her continuous selfless effort to want to educate the NZ people on ‘other’ specific health issues that are being ignored by the Government and Health Boards. As a lawyer, she could have gone into the corporate structure and become very successful, but she knows that we as a planetary civilisation are at the precipice and as a mother she wants a healthy future and planet for her children.  I wish we had more people both male and female in NZ who are committed as we need more conscious people engaged and activated. Lock Down - Vaccinate - Reset   Today, sadly - it appears that Western governments globally are working towards locking down their people. With no apparent let up.    This is taking away choice -  freedom to choose.   Whereas Freedom is one thing -  but, it’s also a great ‘discipline’ for us as well.   The issues Sue has been involved in lately is the calling for transparency due to the rapid deployment of 5G - in relation to the lack of research on health and what is the accumulative effect on humans, animals, birds, insects and the vegetable kingdom?  Now Covid and Water Control have impinged on her valuable time. These below are some of the questions and answers that came up during this interview. That due to time constraints it has been impossible to transcribe this interview - however I trust that ‘you are able to listen’ as there is much valuable information that you need to know. Because, if you wish to know the full context of what she conveys - please listen - it is only the memory equivalent of 3 or 4 photographs   This link below was a very recent presentation to the NZ Parliamentary Health Committee by Sue and Alan Simmons of the Out Doors Party - on  both questioning and stopping the taking of our water rights away from us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct-AJNY6nT8 In today's interview, Sue was asked that when she was a candidate in the last election here in NZ, did the Labour Government mention or signal back then that if they remained in power they would fluoridate and chlorinate NZ’s water supplies throughout the nation?  Was this in their manifestos?  She said that as far as she knows - this was never flagged or mentioned.  This being the case, is this not deceitful of our Government to now set about doing this virtually behind our backs? Because this is a gigantic issue that affects the health of the whole nation. Is this what has become of NZ’s socialist Labour Government ? If David Lange ex PM of the 4th Labour government had been alive today, he would surely call his own party out? Was it Labour’s intention to always want to Nationalise more private property?  Tim mentions that when he was a teenager living near Matamata, in a farming community, the big statement then among some farmers and those involved in small business, was that Labour would eventually, one day - want to nationalise all of our farms, because they were socialists. But, for now they are wanting water … Thus the question, have our elected representatives in Wellington - run away with their own political party agenda and subtly, but very clearly made it known to all party MP’s that they must not go against the party dictate? Even if the electorate that the MP specifically represents have got an alternative view point and want their elected servant to openly debate that alternative.   ‘Toe the party line is the name of the game, especially if you want an interrupted steady income for life.’   Nationalising all Drinking Water Nationwide? So now we have Labour moving to nationalise our water - and it appears all other parliamentarians (the opposition) are silent. That the Labour Government wants control of all water taken away from District Councils and have the Government through the Department of Health control this life giving resource - the natural commons. Whereas for generations across NZ the District Councils are elected and are answerable to the local electorate. The people. This current situation means centralising Government power towards a ‘command & control’ economy. Like that of the ex Soviet Union. This is where the Central Government can now dictate what it does to our water such as chlorinate and fluoridate all water that is for drinking.  Yes, they have their standardised ‘scientific’ viewpoints but there is ample evidence that fluoridation affects children’s intellectual capabilities. See GreenplanetFM.com -   https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/dr-paul-connett-dr-vyvyan-howard-declan-waugh-fluoride-is-a-neurotoxin-that-reduces-iq-of-children Then scroll on down to the bottom of this page and there are three other GreenplanetFM.com - links on fluoride.  Even if it’s rainwater from your roof or a spring somewhere on your land, it will come under Government control. This time to add chlorination. Because the Government Health Department who are not elected officials will do the bidding of the Government in power.  Which is strange - because for years now - multinational corporations have been extracting water out of various rural areas that have ‘water rights’ situated across NZ. This has been happening for many years and all that water has been free of charge other than a minuscule rental fee. Thus ambiguity continues to this day. Here is an interview of this. https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/niki-gladding-should-new-zealand-be-bottling-our-water-and-sending-it-overseas The Commons  Sue mentions the Magna Carta of 1297 in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta - stating that ‘water is in essence a human right’ and that it cannot be taken over as it is an integral part of the web of life and the ‘Global Commons. Listen.  The ‘Commons’ needs to be taught at all levels of the educational curriculum - so that NZers become aware of its importance.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons COVID - this was the 2nd part of the interview.  With regard to the Covid equation Sue mentions that the Government has not complied with the legal requirements to further this Government's agenda it now wants to use lockdowns, when appropriate or needed and to roll out vaccinating the whole country. She has a link on www.outdoorsparty.co.nz - for you to see more. As a result of this interview - the following is an opinion piece by Tim   - apologies for the poor grammar and structure - due to time constraints   Wearing the Public Down Today rapid change is being forced upon us - usually by corporate expansion and enterprise and abetted by government - especially in the cases of new technologies or land developments etc. These are being continuously deployed or actioned and are forcing change due to their financial power, control and connections. In NZ the Government ‘does its bit’ by asking for submissions from the NZ public. However after decades of being continually ‘on the back foot’ - the concerned and aware public are tired, under resourced and time constrained to have to ‘continually’ complete submissions or sign petitions, that have time constraints on them - that it has become an energy sapping process of continued letter writing, going to meetings, rallies and protests with placards and signs. This is a ‘controlled’ game that the Government carry on because ‘they are all fully paid’ during all these times. As the upper controlling echelons of these political parties always remain in power - for decades.  Whilst the struggling electorate are unpaid and continually volunteer to stand up for the rights of the children of today and future generations - as well as the land and the sacredness of the environment, that sustains our very bodies. It should be incumbent on those wanting to change the laws or release new technologies  - that they pay for the public costs of submissions. User pays.  With the Government tying us down in having to write time consuming submissions, attending meetings etc, we have to ask, who really knows anything about the ones who have been chosen (hand picked)  to read or listen to these submissions - who may not necessarily be fair adjudicators or discerning of what is being conveyed, or lack the capabilities of being impartial. Hence more and more people within the community don’t believe these officials will carry their concerns forward, but instead defer to the status quo. The System is Designed to Wear Us Down. This is a carefully crafted game-plan devised by powerful interests - corporations/bankers in lockstep with whatever current Government is in power, to continually put the populace on the back foot and ‘wear them down’.  Because they have the resources and connections to power, big money, lawyers etc they eventually steam roll the little person and the ordinary man into submission. Meanwhile, the politicians draw their salary, smug in the thought that they are above it all, and are still ‘seen to be giving the people a chance’ - to voice their opinion. This is where 21st century politics has descended and no wonder people have become cynical of the political process.  What is Agenda21 and Agenda2030 We now have Agenda21 and Agenda2030 being sneakily enacted (infiltrated) across the country whilst an unconscious NZ public are totally distracted with countless other issues. Especially with Covid, contact tracing and the population being ‘readied’ for mass vaccinations, (and there may not be any trace of the Covid19 in the vaccine itself). There is so much going on. However the ‘astute’ people within the NZ public have gone around MSM and via Social Media (and it has its pitfalls) - and these people are wising up. Especially now since the Governments open door immigration policies - these many new immigrants are realising that back in their country of birth - the Covid ‘thing’ - is taking many various and strange twists - see what’s happening in Israel, Britain and South Africa but essentially all of Europe and that the farmers of India are not becoming infected!  Check out Globalresearch.ca   - in this case - https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-2020-worldwide-corona-crisis-destroying-civil-society-engineered-economic-depression-global-coup-detat-and-the-great-reset/5730652   The Wellbeing Budget, though a World First is it a Red Herring?  At present the current NZ Government has a ‘Wellbeing Budget’ which is touted as a world leading initiative - and it is - it sounds fantastic, warm, and signifies compassion. That it is produced by a Government that cares and is kind - but look behind it and there is another story. It parallels all the ubiquitous orange cones that you constantly see on so many roads and streets throughout NZ. They are training us and conditioning us to ‘stay in line’ and to obey and stop on demand. To slow us down. It’s a program that is deftly applied under the theme of public safety.  The Wellbeing Budget has some exceptionally good contingencies but it’s a red herring to showcase that the Labour lead government supposedly cares. Yet, if it is truly honest it will show health statistics that are going through the roof - Sugar usage in food and drink increases, cheap unhealthy cooking oils, obesity increases, junk food increases, medication for depression increases, divorce increases, family violence increases, mental health increases, tooth decay - suicides (numbers are now suppressed etc)  Accomodation costs increases, housing increases, immigration to pay for escalating infrastructure increases. It will also show the increased use of Monsanto’s glyphosate to spray complete paddocks ‘orange’ and that much of the Recycling System is being surreptitiously hidden in landfills. Even the continued poison 1080 use and who actually owns this company. The list goes on and the snowball gathers pace, whilst every day Joe Sixpack and Caroline Cardigan - grimly stare into their 72 inch telly, programmed and hypnotised by the 6pm news and worried that the All Blacks rugby team may lose and that their pizza delivery better not be late …    Here is Dr Ron Colman being interviewed in July 2018 on ‘genuine success indicators’ - this will bring home what it is meant to have transparent government and the challenges in implementing such a far reaching and important policy.  https://www.ourplanet.org/greenplanetfm/ron-colman-genuine-economic-indicators Is the NZ Media Captured by the State?  New Zealanders who are in their late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s realise from past experience that the NZ media seems to be coming part of the system’ - nearly like Pravda and Izvestia that were the mouthpiece of the failed Soviet Union and the communist agenda. That NZ media appears to be toeing the government line and we have to ask is it daily edging closer towards George Orwell's 1984? They have recently received $50 million from this Government and have tame journalists that will not question any discrepancies that Sue Grey points out in the Covid roll out.  Especially within the acquiescent parliamentary press gallery. This Government has made financial handouts to MSM to keep them silent especially with the 5G health narrative and now with Covid and the planned vaccination of every soul that inhabits Aotearoa. There are more questions than answers that are being ignored. Phone and book a time and take a delegation to visit your MP at their electoral office, don’t go alone - because unity is strength. Tell them that their vote hinges on ‘this meeting.’   COVID Doctors here in NZ will not speak out about Covid Vaccines because the NZ Medical Association answers to big Pharma - which is basically based in America but with ties to Britain and other pharmaceutical corporations in Europe. Which in essence is a global control mechanism that goes back to ties to the Rockefeller’s in the USA.  Hence Doctors are too afraid to speak their minds because they are terrified that they will have their license to practice revoked. This is a worldwide phenomenon and Big Pharma is in essence a legalised drug cartel and they are totally against any natural therapies because these cannot be patented. So whenever you see your doctor - he or she is very constrained in what they can say for fear of losing their licence and basically become unemployable.  Note that John D Rockefeller and his son David, who recently died at 104 were ardent uses of homeopathy - just like the British Royal Family. Can you connect some dots here? Note, hydroxychloroquine was mentioned as a cure for covid especially if you got to the patient within the first 24 hours or so. However Big Pharma instantly came out globally and clamped down on it and actually stopped it being sold here in NZ even though hydroxychloriquine has been on the market here for over 20 years. Remember how Dr Simone Gold and America's Front Line Doctors were excoriated by the US Corporate controlled media, for even mentioning that this was a cure for covid - such is the power of Big Pharma in lockstep with the 6 media conglomerates that control the US and the 7th being the BBC out of Britain.  A Global Government Coup? In the interview with Bill Watson 3 weeks ago - he mentioned that we are in the middle of a global coup especially in the West. However controlled MSM does not focus on this at all (Why would they? As they are the communication arm for it) - and in fact do everything to obscure the fact - choosing to give us scattered news items that distract us into a fragmented understanding of the global situation.  Unbeknown to most, there is a battle going on for the soul of our planet, by those that do not believe in soul, or are anti-soul. Bill intimated for those adept enough to grok the big picture that under the guise of Covid - the plan is that Bill and Melinda Gates are to vaccinate the whole human race with an untested vaccine that more and more independent and courageous doctors are saying - is not even a vaccine. Note that Sue in this Interview says’ that there is no responsibility by the vaccine manufacturers in the case of any health or death issues that may result.’ They get a free pass. Listen to her  share how Grant Robertson our Government Minister brought this in.  Sue says anyone who takes the vaccine is part of a global experiment.  The Great Reset This is also the ‘planned’ time for the Great Reset. This has been touted by the World Economic Forum out of Davos Switzerland - to be put in place across the whole Western world. (and eventually beyond) This being ‘guided’ by Klaus Schwab as the only way forward and this will bring us the digital currency - and the end of the fiat cash regime and that we will not have any cash. ‘That we will eventually not own anything and that we will be (laughably) - happy.’ The end result will be that we will be living in the Fourth Industrial revolution where the Surveillance State will become the Security State all connected in the ubiquitous silent 24/7/365 day silent hum of 5G wireless frequencies that will interfere with our bodies health - but this does not matter because we are also in the midst of a depopulation agenda that Roy Harlow so sadly over the last two weeks expounded on.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones When you die before the vaccine - you only die of COVID - when you die after the vaccine - you die by everything but the vaccine … It’s an Experimental Vaccine  The Vaccine manufactures have no liability if any injuries or deaths occur.   The vaccine manufactures have it both ways - a free pass, to both riches and no responsibility.  No responsibility for ongoing daily health Health - the NZ Government Health Authorities are not telling us how to be healthy - by taking brisk walks in nature  swimming - being barefoot on the grass, breathing fresh air - eating vital organic food, drinking unsanitised ‘vital’ water - Yes it’s expensive - but get innovative and grow food in tubs - take some time out in sunshine and taking vitamin C. It is relatively cheap now.  Eating Supermarket Factory and Industrial food is not going to bring ultimate health and vitality to your being.  Use this as your search engine.  DUCKDUCKGO.com - for all your searches - far more than Google as it does not censor. The vaccine was not brought in for COVID - COVID was brought in for the Vaccine - once you understand this - everything makes sense. Higher discernment .   Always important … so we encourage you to do your own research …    Also - How much joy do you experience? - Tim and Sue talk health and wellbeing and that we have to take time to regroup internally and that meditation and prayer are important to becoming present. That thankfulness and gratefulness are a daily practice etc  Sue’s web addresses. www.letsbefree.com Outdoorsparty.co.nz suegrey.co.nz Forget about who the messenger is - just listen to this 2009 message. https://davidicke.com/2021/03/29/david-icke-predicting-the-covid-hoax-in-detail-in-2009-but-theres-no-conspiracy-zzzzzzzz/ Youtube alternatives: Bitchute.com  Brighteon.com   Rumble.com - check covid  ForbiddenKnowledgeTV.net Beforeitsnews.com - it is VERY out there - so I encourage higher discernment UKColumn.org - in Britain - very good. In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act - George Orwell. https://envirowatchrangitikei.wordpress.com/2021/02/19/hear-nz-lawyer-sue-grey-speak-on-informed-consent-your-legal-rights-around-vaccination/ https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.com/exclusive-former-pfizer-vp-to-aflds-entirely-possible-this-will-be-used-for-massive-scale-depopulation/  Exclusive: Former Pfizer VP to AFLDS: ‘Entirely possible this will be used for massive-scale depopulation’ March 25, 2021 | Comments Offon Exclusive: Former Pfizer VP to AFLDS: ‘Entirely possible this will be used for massive-scale depopulation’ by Mordechai Sones America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) spoke to former Pfizer Vice President and Chief Science Officer Dr. Mike Yeadon about his views on the COVID-19 vaccine, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, the regulatory authorities, and more. At the outset, Dr. Yeadon said “I’m well aware of the global crimes against humanity being perpetrated against a large proportion of the worlds population. “I feel great fear, but I’m not deterred from giving expert testimony to multiple groups of able lawyers like Rocco Galati in Canada and Reiner Fuellmich in Germany. “I have absolutely no doubt that we are in the presence of evil (not a determination I’ve ever made before in a 40-year research career) and dangerous products. “In the U.K., it’s abundantly clear that the authorities are bent on a course which will result in administering ‘vaccines’ to as many of the population as they can. This is madness, because even if these agents were legitimate, protection is needed only by those at notably elevated risk of death from the virus. In those people, there might even be an argument that the risks are worth bearing. And there definitely are risks which are what I call ‘mechanistic’: inbuilt in the way they work. “But all the other people, those in good health and younger than 60 years, perhaps a little older, they don’t perish from the virus. In this large group, it’s wholly unethical to administer something novel and for which the potential for unwanted effects after a few months is completely uncharacterized. “In no other era would it be wise to do what is stated as the intention. “Since I know this with certainty, and I know those driving it know this too, we have to enquire: What is their motive? “The good news is that there are multiple choices available: hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, budesonide (inhaled steroid used in asthmatics), and of course oral Vitamin D, zinc, azithromycin etc. These reduce the severity to such an extent that this virus did not need to become a public health crisis.” Moderna Chief Medical Officer Admits mRNA Alters DNA by Suzanne Hamner Several prominent physicians, doctors, Sons of Liberty Media Health and Wellness expert Kate Shemirani, her colleague Dr. Kevin Corbett, and I have postulated that the current experimental mRNA injection for coronavirus, aka COVID-19, could alter one’s genetic code or DNA. Bill Gates stated it, which was included in my video “Human Genome 8 and mRNA Vaccine” on Brighteon.com. It is one reason the term “experimental human genome altering mRNA injection” has been used to describe the jab being foisted onto the mostly unsuspecting public.  While many in the media, Dr. Anthony Fauci and his merry band of chronic liars, and “fact checkers” have declared this claim as false, a video of a TEDx Beacon Street talk by Tal Zaks, chief medical officer of Moderna, Inc., one pharmaceutical company manufacturer of the experimental mRNA technology injection, confirms mRNA injection for COVID-19 can change your genetic code or DNA. This TEDx Beacon Street talk occurred in 2017. H/T to YouTube channel Silview Media Backup Channel. Zaks calls it “hacking the software of life”. In the first minute of the video Zaks states, “we’ve been living this phenomenal digital scientific revolution, and I’m here today to tell you, that we are actually hacking the software of life, and that it’s changing the way we think about prevention and treatment of disease.” [Emphasis mine.]He even repeats that they (Moderna) think of it like an operating system, which the Moderna website indicates as “Our Operating System”.At one minute in, Zaks states, “In every cell there’s this thing called messenger RNA or mRNA for short, that transmits the critical information from the DNA in our genes to the protein, which is really the stuff we’re all made out of. This is the critical information that determines what the cell will do. So we think about it as an operating system. …. So if you could actually change that, … if you could introduce a line of code, or change a line of code, it turns out, that has profound implications for everything, from the flu to cancer.” [Emphasis mine.]When “changing” a line of code or “introducing” a line of code” (referring to DNA), the “code” or DNA is then altered, meaning the individual or “subject” has now had their genome changed to what the “scientists” have coded. The individual or subject is no longer a creation of God but a creation of man, meaning the individual or subject could be the object of a “patent”. He goes on to say, the mRNA would tell the cells to “code” for the protein of the “virus”. This “viral protein” is foreign to the body. The individual’s body is making a foreign protein the immune system is to attack. When the body makes a protein the immune system then attacks, your immune system is attacking a protein your body is making, meaning what is occurring in an “auto-immune response” or “auto-immune disease”.This has been repeated a number of times by experts, physicians, nurses and countless others. As readers can see, none of us were “whistling Dixie”. Zaks talks about turning this system on; however, there is no way to turn it off. When do the cells know to stop making this “viral protein”? The cells don’t; therefore, this continues for the duration. In a normal vaccine, the immune system attacks the limited amount of “particles” in the adjuvant to produce antibodies or immune response that the body can recognize at a later time if the individual comes in contact with the same or similar “particle”.The study Zaks cites at the 3:12 minute mark can be found and read here. The abstract is contained on the NIH Pub Med Library website. In the full test of the study on ResearchGate, the mention of “Luciferase” occurs on page 10. A crucial piece of information in this study is contained on page 4 – “Ferrets immunized with 200 micrograms and challenged [exposed to influenza H7N9 via IN (intranasal)] on day 49 had viral loads below the level of detection”. If a viral load was  “below the level of detection”, two questions emerge: 1) did the ferrets even contract H7N9 through intranasal challenge; and, 2) if a viral load is below the level of detection, how do you know the animals even had a viral load? This would bring into question the efficacy of the injection. Moreover, the studies Zaks cites as occurring in humans only lasted approximately 18 months.At about the 4:00 minute mark, Zaks begins discussing mRNA vaccines for cancer. Immediately following that, Zaks discusses a children’s condition where a gene or “code” is missing that causes production of a certain enzyme critical for metabolism where the current treatment is to transplant an entire organ – in this case, the liver. Zaks proposes to inject mRNA that codes for the missing gene, a gene contained in DNA on the human genome, it would “correct” the genetic defect.Ask this question: what causes the cells/body to produce needed enzymes/proteins? Zaks answers that by saying the genetic code or DNA. So, mRNA has to alter a genetic code or the DNA for the body to produce the proteins of COVID-19 for the body to mount an immune response.Out of the words of Tal Zaks of Moderna, mRNA can alter the human genome. Whether by design or “unintended consequences”, this technology is being used to do just that. He calls this “information therapy”; although, some would call it “mad science”. In attempts to “rewrite” genetic code to correct defects, studies have shown there were “cascading failures”. In other words, changing one “defective gene” in one genome caused other genes to “fail” or cause problems. And, it was not just one subsequent gene becoming defective, but many. This is more than likely why there are over 400 adverse events surrounding the experimental mRNA injection.So, the next time someone claims these “vaccines” do not alter the human genome or DNA, you can refer that individual to Tal Zaks of Moderna, Inc. who claims otherwise. Dr. Fauci should be eating some four and twenty blackbird (crow) pie.

Episode transcript available here.After the Hart House Global Commons and the Global Climate Strike, a lot of us are left with questions about climate change. How will the climate crisis impact different parts of the world? How can we combine social justice and climate action? What's the best way for an individual to make a difference? What gives us hope? In our latest episode of The West Meeting Room, climate justice activists Ruvimbo, Naomi, Olivia and Abigail join us for a roundtable to address these questions and more.To find out more about UTEA (University of Toronto Environmental Action Group), visit their website: https://uteautoronto.wixsite.com/utea

In the third panel of a monthly panel series featuring 25+ members of the UN Food Systems Champions Network, Ruth Richardson and Danielle Nierenberg sit down with four UN Food System Summit Champions to talk about hidden costs of food systems. Join us to listen to our guests: João Campari (World Wildlife Forum); Dr. Naoko Ishii (Center for Global Commons, the University of Tokyo), Michael Taylor (International Land Coalition), and Sandrine Dixson- Declève (Club of Rome). While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

In diesem CONVOCO! Podcast spricht Corinne M. Flick mit Brigitte Knopf, Generalsekretärin am Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, zum Thema: Warum ist der Green Deal ein Deal?

Links:1. Explaining Japan's post-Cold War security policy trajectory: maritime realism by Tokuya Matsuda, Australian Journal of International Affairs, June 20, 20202. Navies and Foreign Policy by Ken Booth3. Dragon Against the Sun: Chinese Views of Japanese Seapower, by Toshi Yoshihara, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments4. Geopolitics Redux: Explaining the Japanese-Korea Dispute and Its Implications for Great Power Competion by Takuya Matsuda and Jaehan Park, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2019

In this weeks Episode of ATBS we sit down with Michael Furniss. Michael is an expert on a wide variety of subjects but today we are focusing on Climate Change and how it impacts our global community. One thing is clear, the world is warming and humanity is at fault. The question is what can we do to change it? We cover this and more in today's episode Climate Change - Important Distinctions and Differences Program Notes: Some basics on Climate Science. Climate is what you expect and weather is what you get. Distinctions between Mitigation and Adaptation. “Mitigate we may, Adapt we must.” Will Climate Change occur the same the world over? Climate Refuges: Arcata, CA , Red Woods Michael talks snow pack and water storage: California, Colorado, Utah Sea Level rise, Vietnam & the Mekong Delta Early Warning? Arrhenius 19th Century 1980’s - Warming trend begins. The Scientific Uncertainty is not there anymore. It’s warming, It’s warming fast, it’s us and we are sure about that. Setting carbon on fire has been an absolute boon to humans. HOPE! There is much to do and we must do it internationally. Corona virus and Climate Change. Similar? One Species / One Globe. Climate change as a global pandemic… Both are subject to wishful thinking, Solutions are clear and behavior matters. Timing matters, acting sooner is better than later. Do we have time to pull our shit together? There is an urgency in both cases. Solutions: Energy generation - Push towards non fossil energy. Michael STRONGLY recommends Draw Down, the project and the book - drawdown.org/the-book ( https://gate.sc/?token=849a1a-1-1596647829780&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrawdown.org%2Fthe-book ) Teach children to Value, Steward and Honor the Global Commons. What is the best single thing an individual can do?

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR's senior director of public affairs Dan Aum interviews Dr. Kristi Govella to discuss the opportunities and challenges for U.S.-Japan cooperation in the global commons.

Speaker: Carla Freeman, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies This event is part of the Critical Issues Confronting China lecture series, hosted by Professor Ezra Vogel. This event was recorded on Zoom.

In this episode, Emma looks at income inequality and the concept of the global commons for your A Level Geography exam. She goes through Gini coefficient as well as the concept of the global commons. Perfect for the AQA exam board. Ideal for preparing you for your A Level Geography exam. Click here for the full course, or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2tYp6YV

Kathryn Newfont joins us for this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES to tell us about the upcoming 43rd Appalachian Studies Conference taking place at the University of Kentucky. The conference theme is "Appalachian Understories: Growing Hope and Resilience from Commonwealth to Global Commons" and will be taking place March 12 - 15.

Diskussion zwischen Naomi Klein und Brigitte Knopf, Generalsekretärin des Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. Gemeinsam rückten sie einen Tag vor dem Ende der UN-Klimakonferenz 2019 in Madrid in den Fokus, welche Rolle der Emissionsrechtehandel, soziale Bewegungen und die Politik in der Zukunft spielen können und sollen.

Die Bundesregierung hat ein Klimapaket auf den Weg gebracht. Schon jetzt wird es stark kritisiert und vor allem scheiden sich die Geister am CO2-Preis. Wie hoch müsste der sein, damit er wirksam ist und wirklich etwas ändern kann? Was ist eigentlich die Klimadividende, die uns Verbraucher entlasten soll? Wie funktioniert der Zertifikate-Handel, um sich quasi von Klimasünden freizukaufen? Darüber habe ich mit Dr. Brigitte Knopf vom Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) gesprochen.

Climate change is increasingly considered a security threat with potentially far-reaching implications for the geostrategic environment. Through large-scale migration, increased border tensions, and greater demands for rescue and evacuation efforts, climate change potentially impacts the individual security of people and the viability of vulnerable states to an extent that exceeds existing disaster-response capabilities. As a result, Germany has announced that one focus of its membership in the United Nations Security Council will be on climate related security risks. Links to climate change have slowly started to enter UN resolutions in recent years, but there is still controversy about the extent to which climate related security risks can and should be addressed by the UN Security Council. How can the international community best address resource conflicts driven by climate change? What consideration needs to be given to climate change in conflict prevention? And what are the long-term consequences of including climate change in the agenda of the UN Security Council with regards to sanctions and peacekeeping? A discussion on the security implications of climate change and the role of the UN Security Council in this context, with speakers Ottmar Georg Edenhofer, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Professor for the Economics of Climate Change at the Technical University Berlin and founding director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Nina von Uexkull, Assistant Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and Associate Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and Karl-Heinz Kamp, Special Envoy of the Political Director in the German Ministry of Defence. Welcome and introduction by Detlef Dzembritzki, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Association of Germany, event chaired by Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice at the Hertie School, Director of the school’s Centre for International Security and Chairman of the Munich Security Conference.

Es diskutieren: Michael Bauchmüller - Süddeutschen Zeitung, Berlin, Dr. Brigitte Knopf - Mercator Institut MCC (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change), Berlin, Dr. Jörg König - Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, Berlin

Abstract Putting a price on carbon has - for good economic reasons - become an undisputed policy proposal. But in reality, many economic activities (e.g., heating or transportation) are still not covered by such a price in many countries and existing carbon prices (e.g., in the EU Emission Trading System) are considered insufficient to drastically reduce emissions. In this session we want to discuss how to overcome the hurdles to more sensible carbon prices. Chair Georg Zachmann / Senior Fellow, Bruegel Panel Brigitte Knopf, Secretary General, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Lapo Pistelli, Executive Vice President, Eni Jasper Wesseling, Deputy director-general tax and customs policy and legislation at the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands

Host Kristin Hayes talks with Dr. Christian Flachsland, head of the Governance Working Group at Germany's Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, and an assistant professor for Climate and Energy Governance at the Hertie School of Governance. They discuss the ongoing carbon pricing debate in Germany, the EU Emissions Trading System (EUETS), and ways to make these policies more efficient while still achieving climate goals. References and recommendations made by Christian: "Carbon Budget 2018" by Global Carbon Project; https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/index.htm

Liberal Education, Equity and Democracy Susan Albertine is a senior scholar in the Office of Liberal Learning and the Global Commons at AAC&U and a career-long literacy educator and advocate for educational reform. In this conversation, she addresses the role of democracy in education and the challenges of being an educator in the 21st century.

When the Christchurch Earthquakes struck 6 years ago - Project Lyttelton was already in operation and they were in many ways pivotal in assisting in and around Lyttelton during and after this disaster. Project Lyttelton in the South Island could be deemed one of the more unique communities in NZ - as enterprising people are doing effectual things as they build warm community relationships that support each other in their daily life. Situated on the other side of the Port Hills only a few kilometres from Christchurch  http://www.lyttelton.net.nz - Why does a community come together? Because these people enjoy warm hearted company that belongs to a creative and caring organisation. One that has the component of Time Banking being integral and is within the umbrella of Project Lyttelton - it is in many ways the glue that along with mindfulness and love - hold this little community together. When the Christchurch Earthquakes struck 6 years ago - Project Lyttelton was already in operation and they were in many ways pivotal in assisting in many areas of this disaster. That as a community it is very open to ideas - if someone comes to them with a concept they will first - run it past their ‘vision’ - and if it fits and if there is a champion of this vision - they will take it on and support that idea. The important component, is having a champion to run it - as often ideas do come up, but if they have no champion it fails because no one is ‘eating  breathing and being it.’ When they take on an activity or enterprise, Project Lyttelton also puts an advisory group around it, as it can be quite lonely, and this advisory group can then offer ‘group wisdom’ to support and assist it in steering this idea or concept into fruition. Mind Maps & Time Banks Are Important So they draw up a Mind Map to get a spatial plan of what ideas come up - many of them innovative and what Margaret has found that time and again, that a Time Bank is integral in nearly every mind map that they draw up - because a Time Back has the names of people who have the skills and the know-how and connections to make projects happen. Time Banks, Margaret says, are the blood supply or the nervous system of the whole area - that as a singular person championing their own project where you have to be your own lawyer, accountant, marketeer, artist, salesperson, go-for - when you are part of a team - you draw from the collective skills of your Time Bank. This is the gift and magic of organising a time bank in your localised area. You are resource rich! In NZ Time Banking is based around people’s secondary skills - that are not their main form of income - as they are taxed if they are following their primary financial means of earning a living.  For example - if you are a builder who can do hedge cutting by swapping an hour with a florist who is prepared to paint your garage - one hour of each doing what they are ‘2nd best at’ - is how time banks are structured here in NZ. In the USA and the UK - time banks are exempt from tax - so NZ is very behind with the times on this issue. Where in future there may be an opportunity in NZ when more Time Banks become ubiquitous across the country - there may then be legislation passed that allows an accountant to swap an hour of their accountancy time to have one hour of lawn mowing done, by a full time lawn mower - in return. A Large Membership for Their Area. The localised Lyttelton Township has a population of 2,500 and around the broader basin it’s naturally a lot larger - yet their Time Bank has around 780 members - which offers up a very broad area of skills that can be drawn on. They also have Savings Pools where people save collectively and yet lending to each other interest free - and the trust that is around this unique way of pooling money is very abiding. Huge Amounts of Trust. Margaret says that one of our biggest blocks is around how we think and that we need to have a totally new look at how we bank, because we have in some ways a large collective block on how we see banks these days - from the large ubiquitous commercial banks and our unknowing-ness around Savings Pools, Cooperative Banks - Trust Banks  Time Banks and Green dollars. Strong Values Base Project Lyttelton is strongly values based - which they don’t actually name - but have a postcard with pictures of these values on - which ‘hint’ as to what these values might be. Margaret talks a lot about love and also generosity and kindness and the practice of generosity does amazing things and to offer things to people - not expecting anything in return - allow marvellous things to happen. Rebecca Solnit’s book: A Paradise Built in Hell - Extraordinary Communities that Arise from Disaster - http://www.onthecommons.org/paradise-built-hell#sthash.R8lu4JYo.dpbs Where in disasters people do come together - Whereas Hollywood may show mayhem and everyone running amuck but in reality - people all pull together - they sense a deeper connection - Margaret says that when a disaster happens, everyone ‘drops their stuff’ and only think about helping their neighbour - that before the authorities finally show up - that little window before - is like paradise (group mind connects) - because everyone is working together - and now today, with that disaster behind them - many people go back to how they were prior to the Earthquake and forget what once was - and Margaret understands that - because our world is run on a financial model - that earning money and getting money to buy things is the central thing - and this brings about disconnection again. Listen to Margaret talk about how the Time Bank came to be of huge assistance in the Earthquake that also affected Lyttelton - big time. Associate Professor Lucy Ozanne  has written a document on Time Banking - http://timebanks.nz/resources - That during the time of a disaster, was actually documenting the Lyttelton Time Bank before that disaster struck and was able to follow through giving major insights to its efficacy - as there is very little research on a group being monitored prior to and during a disaster. This document has gone world wide showing that a Time Bank can be pivotal when disaster strikes. Challenges The NZ Authorities acknowledged and appreciated what Project Lyttelton accomplished during and after the Earthquake with no financial support. However Margaret says that Time Banks need to be acknowledged in such a way as to pay the administrators, because they cannot live on just credits alone etc - as there is rent to pay and all the other costs in living are many. She says this needs to be changed (because at another level they can act as an auxiliary Civil Defence) and it’s too hard for Time Banks to just exist without greater support from the established order. As Time Banks can run far more efficiently if there is someone working in a paid role. This way the community would become far more cohesive, mindful and caring. Funding for local initiatives like Project Lyttelton is becoming more difficult to obtain too - for reasons unknown - community initiatives of closer knit neighbourhoods is very difficult to enable Government officials to comprehend - so she and the Project Lyttelton team are looking at social enterprises to enable them to support themselves. Social Enterprises Their farmers market falls into this category - on good Saturdays they have 50 plus stalls at their market - which all pay a fee that pays the Farmers Market manager as well as supporting the community garden. That Garage Sales* are another social enterprise - and this is continuing from strength to strength. (Listen to this interview) People will give stuff and earn ’time credits’. Plus Project Lyttelton have rented an earthquake deserted (but safe) building where people also bring all their items* that they want to sell. Community Group Involvement If you are a community group you can come and run that Garage Sale with that group officiating and at the end of the day they can receive the ‘profits of the take' etc and that is the way community groups can piggyback on outreach of Project Lyttelton's goodwill.  For example $500 profit was taken on one particular Saturday. And they can have 4 Garage Sales a week. They have two part time employees - so they are providing work. People who are in real need - they don’t have to pay … Margaret, says she loves this model and it feeds people at multiple levels - and the people who run it get to know who needs what in the community.   (listening is best) Time Banks Again - there is not a model that suits everyone - as all situations are different - however the general principles apply - transplanting one model to another area though good in theory - always needs to be revised and changed for that other area or region. Living and Thriving in the Community Margaret gets her weekly shopping from the Farmers’ Market - due to it being organic and fresh - not from the supermarket where a lot of produce is packaged cartoned and tinned. A Local Co-Operative Project Lyttelton has a ‘friendship’ partnership in a Co-op in Lyttelton which has whole foods and it is owned by 200 people in Lyttelton - this is where Margaret obtains her whole foods, etc - so she shops at the Farmers’ Market and the Co-op. That the Co-op also acts as a conduit for all the localised farmers and producers that can sell their products into it and whatever organic produce that they only grow in a very short season - they can bring it to the Co-op. Social Interaction They do a lot around food - and shared events - Farmers Market on Saturdays are the best social bumping space to meet people.  Project Lyttelton has a board meeting once a months and they eat and discuss things - paid staff and volunteers meet every week and there is always food there - the savings pools meet every month over a shared meal too. Another fun event is called grow your own - and a dinner of your own growing - (Listen) The important Essence or Ingredient of Community is: Openness - being open with all your accounts - let everyone know where you are getting your money from. Being Truthful   Love Being Values based And Appreciative Enquiry  - looking at what is going well and seeing why it is going well - and transferring why it’s going well, to other things and projects - and while it is going well including values, like looking at clear communication and acting kindly towards each other. Including understanding conflict resolution - not that they have had real conflict but to embrace the skill of negotiating through goodwill. Gaining skills to work between and with each other.  The Significance of Appreciative Enquiry Put up an idea and the very next question is, where’s the money? - Project Lyttelton very seldom gets that question now - listen to how they manifest their money  - note it is very inventive and novel …. Margaret says if they have a dream -  put it out there - drop all attachment to it - and then it starts happening … and all sorts of possibilities come into being … keep talking to people - because they may have skills and they may be the answer. What NZ needs to involve themselves with, is that each NZer is encouraged to find what finds them joy and what they feel drawn to and follow this notion. As this is an Election Year we need to be more involved at a national level and raising questions as to what we would like NZ to become …  and raising questions.  Be involved in letter writing, submissions - attending meetings even marches and rallies  Margaret said she is not drawn to such things, but when times require it she has done it from time to time. Thinking Global and Acting Local - is where her passion resides. Present Focus Project Lyttelton are in the process of running a repair cafe … and remoulding plastics … looking at their waste stream - educating people into the finite nature of our resources - using things wisely and effectively - plus recycling, reusing and reducing items.  She mentions Doughnut Economics  - Kate Raworth https://www.kateraworth.com/ As we are taking and extracting  far more from our planet’s resources - some say we are taking far more than our planet actually can replace. Becoming aware of our ecological well being - our mental well being and our spiritual well being. Deepening our connection with life. The Global Commons - recognising that the global commons belongs to no one except the biota of our planet - The Global Commons is the opposite to a corporate raid. Connection at a Higher Level Margaret wants to see a method where ‘groups’ can be in contact and develop the skills in linking organisations together so that we can share - be more cohesive and connected with each other - especially spokespeople. By building the capacity to communicate nationwide across the sectors - grassroots groups - organising for a common purpose. So that we network our vision to more and more New Zealanders across the country, pulling the threads of community closer together. Such as ‘Not for Profit's’ in Christchurch need to form a Time Bank and all work together - and start linking up with expertise and material things like a shared truck or digger as an example. In a Future Scenario Margaret would like to get rid of party politics - as it locks down initiative - and that we are now caught up in the games that are being played between various parties  - as there is no real discussion - (which she admits is a sweeping generalisation) but we understand what she is saying.  That the issues have to be debated in a far more open forum. Instant Localised Internet Voting She would also like to see ‘instant localised voting’ on a ’safe, non-hackable’ system that allowed people to vote on initiatives at a very localised level - that are binding - in that smaller regions could have more control over their affairs - and possibly voting on Daily Issues even - they would come up on your computer at specific times - maybe every day and this would involve us in ‘Participative Democracy’ and we could vote on the issues. (Listen to the interview) She also wants a group of people within the localised community to become ‘the voice of the community’ - so that instead of having one person speaking on behalf of the community that these ‘elected people’ - from youth to elders -  can then speak - knowing that at heart they have the communities blessing - Margaret says there is a lot of wisdom embedded in her community so why her? And when you get this group together - you can pay them in time credits This is a very thought provoking and empowering interview of bringing ‘conscious’ care to you localised area and community. http://www.lyttelton.net.nz

July 14, 2017 The announcement by US President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is a setback for international climate policy but “it will not derail the process,” says Karsten Sach, Germany’s top climate negotiator. At a conference in Berlin, jointly organized by MERICS, the European Climate Foundation and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) he called on the international community to place climate policy “at the heart of economic, development and fiscal policies” to reach the Paris target of limiting global warming to 2C. He talked to Björn Conrad, MERICS Vice President Research, about climate policy in the Trump era, China’s new attitude and new perspectives for cooperation.

July 10, 2017 Despite US President Trump’s planned withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, many American citizens, city mayors and companies still want to move ahead with transitioning to a low carbon economy. „Trump’s power isn’t as strong as you may think,“ said Barbara Finamore, Asia Director of the American environmental organization Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) recently in Berlin. Still, Trump’s announcement has damaged America’s international standing, she said and called on China and Germany to now take leading roles in the fight against global warming. Finamore was talking to MERICS Communications Director Claudia Wessling at a conference jointly organized by MERICS, the European Climate Foundation and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC).

July 7, 2017 Caio Koch-Weser, chairman of the board of the European Climate Foundation (ECF), calls on the G20 to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy – despite the announcement by US President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. In his introductory remarks at a conference on Chinese-German cooperation in global climate policy, organized by MERICS, ECF and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) on June 30, he called for action to better price carbon, to adopt guidelines for a green financial system and to strengthen Chinese-German multi-stakeholder approaches in fighting climate change.

Professor van Aaken's main research areas are international law with a special focus on international economic law and its interaction with other areas of international law, (international) legal theory, (behavioural) law and economics.

Large-scale drought in southern Africa. Floods in North Korea and Haiti. Rumblings of water-related conflicts in Pakistan and India. In Circle of Blue’s latest HotSpots H2O podcast, Dr. David Grey, a visiting professor of Water Policy from Oxford University, argues that water security is closely linked to migration, climate change risk, and economic development. In an interview with J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue’s director, Dr. Grey also offers solutions to alleviating the world’s water-related risks. Dr. Grey also is a former member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water Security. J. Carl Ganter reports from Washington D.C. at the International Dialogue on the Global Commons. Produced and edited by Cody Pope. This is HotSpots Podcast Episode 02.

The Paris climate agreement was a landmark agreement bringing together 175 countries. But can governments around the world turn a diplomatic victory into an economic and environmental win? And what's the future of the agreement under a new US President? In conversation with Fiona Benson are two leading experts on the Paris agreement, Professor Ottmar Edenhofer and Associate Professor Frank Jotzo. Ottmar Edenhofer is Deputy Director and Chief Economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change of the Technical University Berlin. He is also Director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) as well as adviser to the World Bank regarding issues of economic growth and climate protection. From 2008 to 2015 he served as Co-Chair of WGIII of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Frank Jotzo is Associate Professor at and Deputy Director of ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, Director of the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, and an ANU Public Policy Fellow. Frank Jotzo is a Lead Author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assessment Report, and is Associate Editor of the journals Climate Policy and Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He has been involved in a number of policy research and advisory exercises, including as senior advisor to Australia’s Garnaut Climate Change Review, advisor to Indonesia‘s Minister of Finance and the World Bank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.