"Not just sticks of carbon" - how growing trees for the climate must also benefit biodiversity
When Professor Tom Crowther published research into the massive potential of trees to absorb more carbon than previously thought, he helped spur the Trillion Trees movement to plant, restore and conse...
11 Marras 202325min
Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care'
The concept of 'value based health care' - where patient outcomes are monitored and health care services are funded on the basis of the quality of care, rather than the quantity of procedures - has be...
9 Marras 202344min
Lessons in leadership we can all learn from: celebrating 100 episodes of Meet the Leader
This week we're celebrating 100 episodes of our sister podcast Meet the Leader. Every week, Linda Lacina interviews leaders - of major companies, organisations, or what we might call 'thought leaders'...
27 Loka 202345min
What 20 years of Second Life can teach us about the future of the metaverse
In 2003 - the a year before a 19-year-old Harvard student called Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook - Philip Rosedale launched Second Life - an online virtual world that looked set to transform the inte...
10 Loka 202343min
How to talk to a climate change sceptic
What is the single most important thing that any individual can do to help alleviate the climate crisis? Katharine Hayhoe is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, a distinguished professor a...
5 Loka 202325min
Instability, inflation and the 'polycrisis' - the Global Risks Report half a year on
At the start of this year, the World Economic Forum published its annual Global Risks Report - a major survey of sentiment about what are the big things that could go wrong - in the economy, the envir...
28 Syys 202336min
SDIM23: Innovation for Tough-To-Decarbonize Industries
Sourcing and scaling viable innovations to decarbonize 'hard-to-abate' sectors like mining and aviation will be critical to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals. How can we leverage cuttin...
22 Syys 202345min
SDIM23 - Accelerating Progress on Gender Parity
Gender parity has recovered to pre-pandemic levels globally, but the pace of change is stagnating. It will take an estimated 131 years to reach full parity at the current trajectory. How can we boost...
21 Syys 202345min
