Sustain Ability. The Potsdam Dialogues - Science for a Safe Tomorrow.
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -This podcast brings together leading thinkers and doers to discuss how to stabilize our climate and advance the transition to sustainability. Humanity faces a challenge that must be tackled across scientific disciplines, across national borders, across economic sectors, and across political camps. This podcast is about solutions for planet and people - for a safe tomorrow for all.
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The bitter taste of Loss and Damage
December 16, 2022 08:26 - 20 minutes - 16.6 MBThe concept of “Loss and Damage” gained substantial attention at this year’s climate conference COP27 in Egypt. Koko Warner from the UNFCCC Secretariat and Christoph Gornott from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK dive into the loss & damage debate, with focus on the potential benefits / shortcomings of the recently established loss & damage fund, the possible support by science and a look ahead on the year to come. Please note: At the time this podcast was recorded, Koko ...
Energy security crisis. Cost of living crisis. Climate Crisis. What's the way out?
June 16, 2022 13:13 - 37 minutes - 30.5 MBWe are in the middle of the first global energy crisis. The entire fossil system is at an incredibly high level of energy prices, putting affordability, cost of living and energy security issues as well as the climate crisis in the very centre. Gunnar Luderer, Lead of the Energy Systems Group & Deputy Chair of the Research Department Transformation Pathways at PIK, and Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeler at the IEA, discuss what is needed to accelerate the clean energy transition away from fos...
No going back? How climate change drives migration
March 01, 2022 11:19 - 35 minutes - 28.7 MBClimate change makes people lose their homes. Barbora Sedova, PIK Co-Lead of the FutureLab Security, Ethnic Conflicts and Migration, and Chris Hodder, the first UN Climate Security and Environmental Advisor to Somalia, discuss climate change and its impacts on migration, displacement and even conflict.
A plate full of sustainability: a chef and a scientist take a mouthful
December 20, 2021 13:05 - 30 minutes - 24.9 MBFestive season is in full swing in many countries. For lots of people, it’s all about buying, cooking, eating yummy foods, traditional meals, sharing them with friends and family – that’s the one side. On the other side, the food we buy and eat plays an important role in climate change. Especially meat and dairy consumption have been increasing for years in many parts of the world, making greenhouse gas emissions from food and agriculture rise further. Chef Megha Kohli and Agricultural Econo...
Hotter, wetter, drier: the science behind extreme weather events
October 22, 2021 12:05 - 36 minutes - 29.8 MBExtreme weather events are on the rise. Are these events connected? Are they becoming more likely with global warming? What does science say about extreme weather events? In the new episode of the podcast ‘Sustain Ability. The Potsdam Dialogues - Science for a Safe Tomorrow’, experts Friederike Otto and Stefan Rahmstorf give insight into their latest research. They discuss attribution science, economic costs of extreme events, the art of communicating science - and what keeps them going in th...
The future of farming: Can the new EU Common Agricultural Policy meet the climate challenge?
May 17, 2021 11:35 - 42 minutes - 34.6 MBHow can the European agriculture shift from climate culprit to saviour? Earth Scientist and PIK Director Johan Rockström discusses challenges of the current Common Agricultural Policy - short CAP - reform and its ability to live up to the objectives of the Green Deal with two guests who work at the very frontiers of the CAP: Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, and Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at Trinity College.