About Sustainability…
About Sustainability… is a podcast presented by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, featuring IGES staff and guests having in-depth discussions about sustainability-related topics. Each episode addresses a different topic of conversation -- be it an upcoming event, a debate of interest, or an interesting research finding. With the topic as a starting point, we see where the conversation takes us. We aim at a broad audience, so we avoid using jargon and try not to assume lots of pre-existing knowledge on the topic. Views expressed during the podcast are those of the speaker at the time of recording and are not the official positions of IGES or other organisations involved.
Episodes
31 episodes
The Science of Change (Part 1): Behavioural Insights for Sustainability
Welcome to About Sustainability…, a podcast brought to you by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).In this episode, hosts Dwayne Appleby and ...
Environmental negotiations: Discussions that shape our future
In this episode, Dwayne Appleby and Andre Mader had an illuminating discussion about multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and their negotiations. Their guest was none other than IGES Executive Director, Hiroshi Ono. With a w...
SDG10 and Beyond: Ensuring a Just Transition for All
Join us on "About Sustainability," a podcast by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). In this episode, we explore what the just transition means, tracing its roots back to labour movements of the 1970s and its evolution into...
Depopulation, shrinking cities and urban-rural migration
In this episode Alice Yamabe and Andre Mader speak with two IGES colleagues, Fernando Ortiz Moya and Yasuo Takahashi, about the phenomenon of depopulation. Fernando has been studying shrinking cities, and Yasuo has been doing research on urban ...
Let's talk about the material footprint and its significance for sustainability
In this episode of About Sustainability, we talked to Heinz Schandl, who joined us from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ...
A few perspectives on UNEP's 6th Environment Assembly and its "OECPR"
In this episode Alice and Andre talked to
Looking back on the career of emeritus IGES Executive Director, Hideyuki Mori
On this episode of About Sustainability…, Andre, Alice and
About Climate Action (SDG 13): Framing Climate Change as a Security Issue and Outcomes of UNFCCC-COP28
On this episode of About Sustainability…, Alice and Erin were joined by
Tackling plastic pollution: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) updates
On this episode of About Sustainability…, Erin, Alice, and Simon were joined by Matthew Hengesbaugh and Chochoe Devaporihartakula, IGES experts working on plastic pollution. While plastics have been an indispensable part of modern life...
A life dedicated to the environment
It’s been a while since our last installment but today’s episode is a special interview with a long-serving member of IGES who has had a fascinating career, from which he just recently retired. Peter King has been based at IGES’s office ...
SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Our guest on this episode is Akihisa Kuriyama, a policy researcher in IGES’ Climate & Energy Unit. He joins us to talk about SDG7 on energy. We spoke about the relationship between energy and climate; what’s new about SDG 7 in the global di...
Updates from the ongoing political and scientific processes to reduce plastic pollution
In this episode we met with Amila from IGES who shared the latest updates on international plastics governance. Among others, he described details on the international negotiations committee that was formed last year to define a leg...
SDG6: Water, water everywhere, but how is it managed?
In this episode of About Sustainability…Erin and Bob talked to Binaya Raj Shivakoti, an IGES expert in the Adaptation and Water team, about SDG6, which is on “ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanit...
SDG5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
In this episode of About Sustainability..., Andre and Erin spoke with their colleague, Maiko Morishita, about SDG5, on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. Maiko is part of the IGES finance task force, which covers a va...
Regional or Local Circulating and Ecological Spheres (CES) - Sustainability Afoot #2
In this episode of About Sustainability…In episode 2 of the Sustainability Afoot series, Bob took a walk with Dr. Bijon Kumer Mitra to find out what Regional/...
Renewing Commitments to Nature: Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
In this episode of About Sustainability…Erin and Simon caught up with Andre just before his trip to Montreal, Canada for the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological...
Circular Economy (Sustainability Afoot #1)
In this episode of About Sustainability…Bob kicked off a new experimental format, tentatively called “Sustainability Afoot”. The concept is simple: go for a walk near the headquarters of the
SDG4 (part 2): Education and sustainable development - are we teaching the right things?
This is the second part of our episode on SDG4 and education for sustainable development. In this part we focused on whether the right skills are taught in schools to equip people with skills and priorities necessary to bring about a more susta...
SDG4 (part 1): Why is education so important for sustainable development?
In this episode we talked with our good friend Robert Didham. He is Centre Director and Associate Professor at the Centre for Collaborative Learning for ...
SDG3: Good Health and Well-Being
In this episode of About Sustainability..., Erin, Andre, and Bob invited Eric Zusman back to talk about SDG3 on Health. Eric works on co-benefits between air pollution mitigation and climate action, which has significant implications for public...
SDG2: Zero Hunger
In the second episode of our series on SDGs, Simon, Andre and Erin invited Prabhakar SVRK, who knows a lot about climate adaptation, food and agriculture. Focusing on SDG2 on Zero Hunger, we talked about the challenges to achieve a world free f...
SDG1: No Poverty
What’s in an SDG?In an effort to more deeply understand the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), over the next few months, the About Sustainability… podcast will zoom in on each of them in turn. We will invite experts to join us and par...
Can the World Achieve the SDGs? Part 2 of 2
This is part 2 of the broad discussion that André, Bob, Erin, and Simon went into, which began with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and why it seems so challenging for the world to achieve the goals. Part 2 of the discussion started wi...
Can the World Achieve the SDGs? Part 1 of 2
This time, Andre, Bob, Erin, and Simon went into a broader discussion around the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and why it seems so challenging for the world to achieve the goals despite them constituting the ‘good’ of development. The di...