Category Archives: Speaking

Ten years after a financial crisis, the inherent instability of financial markets has been further confirmed by the coronavirus pandemic, while fragilities in wider economic systems have been exacerbated, from precarious work to the consequences of high levels of debt in the global south and across the corporate sector. In this episode of the “GreatContinue reading “Video: Fragility in Economic Systems. Interview with Nate Hagens”

Food systems around the world are dependent on supply chains that connect the fate of consumers in one region to producers in another. A range of major problems are already buffeting these systems, from the chronic failure to provide adequate nutrition to growing environmental shocks. In this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Raj PatelContinue reading “Video: Fragility in Food Systems. Interview with Raj Patel”

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragilities and interdependencies of the world’s complex socio-economic systems, and the challenge of predicting and planning for known threats, let alone the unknown. In this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Nafeez Ahmed joins me to explore some of these dynamics and what they might mean for how weContinue reading “Video: Fragile and Interdependent Systems in a World of Worsening Crises. Interview with Nafeez Ahmed”

The expansion of colonial empires and the emergence of a globalised economic system brought about a rapid increase in the destabilisation of local and global environments, as well as the exploitation and destruction of indigenous peoples. In doing so, they created structures and dynamics that exist to this day. In this episode of the “GreatContinue reading “Video: The Relationship Between Imperialism, Racism, and the Environmental Crisis. Interview with Asad Rehman”

The consequences of environmental degradation have impacted people across the world for hundreds of years. In recent decades, the negative social, economic and health impacts of global environmental problems have fallen disproportionately on those least responsible. In this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Nnimmo Bassey joins me to explore how environmental destruction has impactedContinue reading “Video: Who’s Already Suffering the Consequences of the Environmental Crisis? Interview with Nnimmo Bassey”

Human destabilisation of the environment encompasses a range of critical natural systems and processes. In this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Johan Rockström joins me to set climate breakdown within the full picture of overall environmental breakdown, explore destabilisation of natural systems, and the consequences. Professor Johan Rockström is a world-leading global sustainability scientistContinue reading “Video: How Bad Is the Wider Environmental Crisis? Interview with Johan Rockström”

Average global surface temperatures have passed 1.1º Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In this episode of the “Great Unraveling?” series, Michael Mann joins me to explore the current status of the climate crisis and the unprecedented minefield we enter as we head to and exceed 1.5º Celsius. Dr. Michael E. Mann is a world renowned expertContinue reading “Video: How bad is the climate crisis? Interview with Michael Mann”

Here I introduce the Great Unraveling? interview series: its purpose, what topics will be covered, and why we’re initiating this timely discussion. Over summer 2020 I conducted brief interviews with some of the world’s foremost experts on a broad range of environmental and societal challenges, to set a foundation for understanding the accelerating and interrelatedContinue reading “Video: Introduction to the “Great Unraveling?” Series”

I spoke at a panel event on the environmental crisis organised by the Happold Foundation.

I spoke at and chaired a panel at the launch of the final report of my IPPR programme on environmental breakdown.