Green Thinking: Sustainable Development

How can we come up with ethical and equal solutions to the climate emergency, helping rural communities to develop, and learn from the experience of indigenous communities. Alison Mohr explains how food waste can be turned into energy, and how giving communities access to energy, football and cold drinks can create business opportunities and help people help themselves. Antonio Ioris shares his experience of working with indigenous communities in Brazil, how they are coping with impacts on their lifestyles, and how they connect with other indigenous communities around the world.

Dr Alison Mohr is an independent researcher and advisor on energy systems governance. Her work sits at the intersection of energy, environmental and social systems, balancing sustainability, decarbonisation and economic development.

Dr Antonio Ioris is Reader in Human Geography at Cardiff University, where his research focuses on the interconnections and interdependencies between society and the rest of nature. He looks at indigenous geography, political ecology and the economy of development and environmental regulations.

Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough is a New Generation Thinker based at the University of Durham.

The podcast series Green Thinking is 26 episodes 26 minutes long looking at issues relating to COP26 made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. It explores the latest research and ideas around understanding and tackling the climate and nature emergency. New Generation Thinkers Des Fitzgerald and Eleanor Barraclough are in conversation with researchers about a wide-range of subjects from cryptocurrencies and finance to eco poetry and fast fashion.

The podcasts are all available from the Arts & Ideas podcast feed - and collected on the Free Thinking website under Green Thinking where you can also find programmes on mushrooms, forests, rivers, eco-criticism and soil. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07zg0r2

For more information about the research the AHRC’s supports around climate change and the natural world you can visit: Responding to climate change – UKRI or follow @ahrcpress on twitter. To join the discussion about the research covered in this podcast and the series please use the hashtag #GreenThinkingPodcast.

Producer: Sofie Vilcins