Transformers | The sustainability change makers

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize …

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Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize …

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Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize …

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This week 11-13 May, when the City of Malmö hosts ICLEI’s World Congress of Local and Regional Governments dedicated to sustainable urban development I decided to shine a light on some of the world’s urban challenges with the people who have been working in the development of a sustainable Malmö and also people who can …

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Meet Sandrine Dixson-Declève, The Co-President of the Club of Rome. She Chairs the European Commission, Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation and she is a member of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Platform. Sandrine is one of the 30 most influential women across the globe.

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How to promote financing solutions and accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – the SDGs.  Meet Lisa Kurbiel, The head of the Secretariat for the Joint SDG Fund in the United Nations.

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Transformers podcast looks into European dependency of fossil fuels. Russian’s war on Ukraine has exposed the price and negative side of consuming Russian oil and gas. The podcast is a summary of the seminar that took place on March 18. In the panel,  Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner of Energy, Anna Borg, CEO of Vattenfall Sweden and …

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Christina Lampe-Önnerud is known for her pioneering work in developing Lithium-ion batteries for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and utilities. She is currently the CEO of Cadenza Innovation, a startup she founded in 2012.

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Anders Wijkman – an opinion maker, writer and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the European Union.

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Stuart L. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, he is “one of the founding fathers of the ‘base of the pyramid’ – economic theory.”

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