Transformers | The sustainability change makers

Justine Mikulka, Communications Director at Oilfield Witness highlight the invisible methane, a hidden climate threat

What about this: Over one million marginal and low-producing oil and gas wells, known as stripper wells, leak vast amounts of methane—often more than they produce. Poorly maintained or abandoned, they threaten climate and groundwater safety. Plugging these wells cuts methane emissions, protects communities, and creates good restoration jobs in energy-producing regions across the United States.

Discover how optical gas imaging technology, developed during the early 2000s fracking boom, reveals hidden methane emissions from oil and gas sites. This powerful evidence, used in court cases, exposes environmental pollution and industry's misinformation, highlighting the importance of public awareness and advocacy.

Understanding the EU's methane strategy and its integration into energy transition policies is crucial for tackling greenhouse gases and advancing renewable energy solutions in the fight against climate change.

Environmental Impacts of Military Activities: Challenges and Opportunities in Europe

Breaking the Methane Code: Urgent Climate Solutions with Carl Pope, How to reduce methane emissions quickly.

Fireside Chat with Felicia Ruiz. Also try to have the text about her somewhere that it fit well : Felicia Ruiz, Director, Coal Mine Methane and Strategic Partnerships, Clean Air Task Force Carmel, Indiana, United States

Meet Richard Mattus, an industrial emissions specialist in methane mitigation, has developed solutions for coal mine emissions, and Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, focuses on mobilizing global finance for low-carbon infrastructure. Together, we'll delve into how we can tackle methane and accelerate climate action.

Local and Regional Governments: Pioneers in Climate Action and Global Impact

Music by The Magnettes

What can cities do more to scale up climate actions - Fireside chat with Mayor of Malmö and President of ICLEI Katrin Stjernfeldt-Jammeh

The podcast Green Bonds and Green Finance Models with Maryke van Staden, ICLEI, Björn Bergstrand, Kommuninvest and Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative.

Planet versus Plastics

Meet Yunus Arikan, Director at ICLEI

With Dr Martin Frick, Director of the World Food Programme.

With Rebecca Hesketh - former Programme Manager for the Food Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

With Tammy Meiron CTO of Fresh Star, a food incubator and Jon Rathauser CEO of Eggmented Reality - producer of clean, vegan, non-GM and environmentally friendly protein.

With Francesco Faella, Vice President, Packaging Ambient Solutions at Tetra Pak, Axel Boëthius, Recycling expert at the Swedish Consumers Cooperative and Sylvia Chin, CEO of Clear CO2.

With Gilles Tisserand, Vice President of Sustainability, Climate and Biodiversity at Tetra Pak and Pankaj Bhatia, Deputy Director Climate Programme and Director of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol at The World Resource Institute.

With Christine Levêque, Global Vice President, Collection & Recycling at Tetra Pak and Pär Larshans, Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs at Ragn-Sells.

Neighbourhood Economics is the story of how an organisation united 35,000 people living in a Suburb of Stockholm,Sweden.

Meet Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize Awarded journalist for The New Yorker Magazine and Pär Larshans, Sustainability Director at Ragn-Sells, leader of the transition into a circular economy. 

Get connected to find out about controversial topics related to Sustainability, Climate Change and Leadership

How plants and gardens have the power to make our cities greener and how AIPH – the International Association of Horticultural Producers created the World Green City Award for worldwide cities. Meet Ms Valerie Plante, Mayor of Montreal; Audrey Timm technical advisor to AIPH Green City Award; Kobie Brand, Regional Director of ICLEI Africa and … Urban Plant Power Read More »

Meet Karl-Henrik Robert, Professor of Strategic Sustainable Development and founder of the Natural Step Framework.

Leadership in Politics with Margot Wallström, a former EU Commissioner for Environment and Vice President of the EU.

Meet the team of Human Forest Augustin Guilisasti, CEO and Founder Caroline Steton, and Will Jansen. Human Forest is a carbon-negative e-bike and e-moped sharing company based in London in my neighbourhood, Southwork.

Meet Kari Aina Eik. She has dedicated her life to bridging the worlds of the United Nations, global markets and cities and has worked to establish several UN and international programs for sustainable cities.

Featuring: Mats Andersson, Former CEO of the Swedish Pension fund AP4 and awarded as Chief Investment Officer’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership of AP4. Sasja Beslik, Investment strategy officer at SDG Impact Japan and In 2020, Sasja Beslik was ranked as the world’s most influential person within green finance.

Joel Makower is a remarkable storyteller. In the last 30 years, he´s demonstrated his ability to tell compelling stories that both inform and inspire business leaders toward profitable action. Joel is chairman and co-founder of GreenBiz Group, a media and events company focusing at the intersection of business and the Green economy.

Meet Bill Hardy and Dr. Audrey Timm. They represent AIPH, the international association of horticulture producers and lead on this non-profit organisations green city initiative we talk about The Green City Award that recognises initiatives relying on a greater use of plants and nature to create better city environments.

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Professor Johan Rockström | The planetary Steward Read More »

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Johan Rockström (part 2) | 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize the planet Read More »

Professor Johan Rockström is the Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Science at Potsdam University. Meet Professor Johan Rockström in 3 programmes: –  A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points. – 8 years left to transform the future of humanity or destabilize … Johan Rockström (part 1) | A minute to midnight: Reversing environmental tipping points Read More »

This week 11-13 May, when the City of Malmö hosts ICLEI’s World Congress of Local and Regional Governments dedicated to sustainable urban development I decided to shine a light on some of the world’s urban challenges with the people who have been working in the development of a sustainable Malmö and also people who can … Sustainable Cities a vision or a reality? Read More »

Meet Sandrine Dixson-Declève, The Co-President of the Club of Rome. She Chairs the European Commission, Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation and she is a member of the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Platform. Sandrine is one of the 30 most influential women across the globe.

How to promote financing solutions and accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – the SDGs.  Meet Lisa Kurbiel, The head of the Secretariat for the Joint SDG Fund in the United Nations.

Transformers podcast looks into European dependency of fossil fuels. Russian’s war on Ukraine has exposed the price and negative side of consuming Russian oil and gas. The podcast is a summary of the seminar that took place on March 18. In the panel,  Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner of Energy, Anna Borg, CEO of Vattenfall Sweden and … Kadri Simson, Anna Borg and Anders Egelrud | EU Energy in transition – what a shift towards clean energy looks like? Read More »

Christina Lampe-Önnerud is known for her pioneering work in developing Lithium-ion batteries for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and utilities. She is currently the CEO of Cadenza Innovation, a startup she founded in 2012.

Anders Wijkman – an opinion maker, writer and chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the European Union.

Stuart L. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, he is “one of the founding fathers of the ‘base of the pyramid’ – economic theory.”

COP26 showed an urgent need to accelerate climate actions. Some relate to Forestry, Biomass and Biodiversity. My guests today are Anders Egelrud, CEO of Stockholm Exergi and Charles Secrett, a Climate Campaigner. Both have long experience in Climate Change Policies and Actions.

James O´Toole, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California’s Business School. O’Toole’s research and writings are in the areas of leadership, ethics, corporate culture, and philosophy. He is an author of eighteen books, most recently THE ENLIGHTENED CAPITALISTS: CAUTIONARY TALES OF BUSINESS PIONEERS WHO TRIED TO DO GOOD WHILE DOING WELL.

Sasja Beslik is an economist and journalist. He is an ESG expert that helps a large audience understand the ins and outs of ESG. In 2020, Beslik was ranked the world’s most influential person within green finance.

James Hanusa, spearheads the advantgard movement of emerging technology and culture. He is a frequently speaker on innovation, creativity and sustainability. James was one of the people leading the process of transforming the Burning Man Project into a non-profit organisation.