Victor Galaz's guest appearances

Victor Galaz

Media Evolution

Think Globally Radio

Hans Rosling

David Christian

Bill McKibben

Rachel Carson

James Hansen

John McNeill

Owen Gaffney

Joseph Masco

Erle Ellis

Anna Lindstedt

Dennis Pamlin

Bo Kjellén

Gröna Tåget

Maurice Strong

Will Steffen

OwlTail

“Connection means synergy. It’s never too late. Quantum social change is possible.”Victor Galaz explains the planetary boundaries model, and how exceeding these boundaries will affect us. He is emphasising how the effect of the changing climate will bring rising inequalities. Today for some of the world population the future is already here and they are living in the consequences of global warming, with 1,5 degrees of warming. In his talk Victor is stressing the fact that we are in great urgency, and all possible changes are important, we need to make everything we can to make a difference. Every tenth of a degree that is obstructed will save lives. The nine planetary boundaries is a framework created by the Stockholm Resilience Centre to establish the area in which humanity can continue to thrive and develop while still maintaining a stable and resilient Earth system. Crossing these boundaries could mean irreversible environmental changes, for example waking the “sleeping giants”; being the CO2-emissions from shovelling the trees of the Amazon. We are already overshooting these boundaries, however, that overshoot is not equally distributed. Climate inequality in Sweden for example involves housing, access to green areas and health care, and working conditions.

“Connection means synergy. It’s never too late. Quantum social change is possible.”Victor Galaz explains the planetary boundaries model, and how exceeding these boundaries will affect us. He is emphasising how the effect of the changing climate will bring rising inequalities. Today for some of the world population the future is already here and they are living in the consequences of global warming, with 1,5 degrees of warming. In his talk Victor is stressing the fact that we are in great urgency, and all possible changes are important, we need to make everything we can to make a difference. Every tenth of a degree that is obstructed will save lives. The nine planetary boundaries is a framework created by the Stockholm Resilience Centre to establish the area in which humanity can continue to thrive and develop while still maintaining a stable and resilient Earth system. Crossing these boundaries could mean irreversible environmental changes, for example waking the “sleeping giants”; being the CO2-emissions from shovelling the trees of the Amazon. We are already overshooting these boundaries, however, that overshoot is not equally distributed. Climate inequality in Sweden for example involves housing, access to green areas and health care, and working conditions.

Victor Galaz – Systems thinking as a method

with Victor Galaz The Anthropocene entails far more than measuring the impact humanity has had on the planet. It also encompasses a series of profound political choices and governance challenges that are entangled with the technologies, values and institutions of the increasingly interconnected 21st century.  Think Globally Radio takes up these crucial aspects of the Anthropocene with Victor Galaz, associate professor of political science at Stockholm Resilience Centre and author of ‘The Anthropocene Gap: Global Environmental Governance, Technology And Politics’. The Think Globally Radio episode February 22 2015

with Victor Galaz The Anthropocene entails far more than measuring the impact humanity has had on the planet. It also encompasses a series of profound political choices and governance challenges that are entangled with the technologies, values and institutions of the increasingly interconnected 21st century. Think Globally Radio takes up these crucial aspects of the Anthropocene with Victor Galaz, associate professor of political science at Stockholm Resilience Centre and author of ‘The Anthropocene Gap: Global Environmental Governance, Technology And Politics’. <a href="http://collegeradio.se/podcast/thinkglobally/TG_150222.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Think Globally Radio episode February 22 2015</a>

Elaborating the Anthropocene: Victor Galaz