Rethink Talks podcast series

Will the Ocean Science Decade help make our oceans healthy again?

The UN initiative is primed for impact but lacks funding. Will it work?

Communicating the complex science behind the planetary boundaries

Netflix has launched a documentary on the planetary boundaries. How can films like these explain complex scientific findings to a wide and diverse audience?

Making change and transformation really happen

Calls for transformation are popping up everywhere these days, but transformations are not easy or quick fixes. How can we make change happen?

In the SDGs, where have biodiversity and ecosystem services gone?

Despite evidence that biodiversity and ecosystem services are relevant to every single of the Sustainable Development Goals, they remain chronically undervalued and largely missing in targets set by the SDGs

The 2020 Human Development Report: resilience thinking and global development

After 30 years, why is the report still important? And how can resilience thinking contribute to new global development strategies?

What it takes to make science and business connect

Science and industry have much to gain from working more closely together. But their methods and expectations can sometimes feel worlds apart. What makes them so different and what is needed to create more successful collaborations?

After COVID-19: imagining a safe and just future for all

Is a safe and just future for all still possible? What will it take to imagine and enact that kind of future?

Building business resilience: what has Covid-19 taught us?

Economies around the world have been shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed serious vulnerabilities and weaknesses. What can we learn from today’s crisis to build more resilience into our systems?

Crisis and renewal: what COVID-19 says about our world

Covid-19 brought the modern world to its knees. Established lifestyles and habits had to change overnight. How did we get to this point?

Building back better: economic and financial decision-making in a post-corona world

Some private sectors warn they may be parking long-term climate visions and ambitions to make sure they survive just another day. This could undermine important sustainability efforts

Social resilience during times of crisis: what can we learn from those hit the hardest?

The impacts of COVID-19 have hit some communities harder than others, especially in the Global South

The role of food in the pandemic: food security, shocks and transformations

Food has amplified the devastating effects caused by COVID-19 and exposed vulnerabilities across our food system

Misinformation, disinformation and sense making in crisis

The old gatekeepers like the media have been bypassed. What does this mean during a crisis when we need to make rapid decisions under uncertainty?

While all eyes are on COVID-19, the Amazon forest is burning

While all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Amazon forest is burning to the point of becoming a planetary emergency

Pandemics, health and global change: how are they connected?

What is the connection between environmental change and diseases such as coronaviruses? How strong is this connection, and what does the future of disease risks look like?

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