Predictions and global megatrends on The Future, This Week
This Week: we look back at 2019 and forward to 2020, and reflect on how we connect tech and business trends with global megatrends
Climate action and the apocalypse on The Future, This Week
This week: What can we do to save the planet? And how will the world end?
How Brazil can beat the odds
Brazil has set itself a target of restoring almost 50,000 sq km of the Amazon rainforest by 2030. But it won't get there without changing its policies and how it engages with local people.
The Future, This Week 13 April 2018
This week: big ships, rockets vs. cars, fake videos, Zuck's cushion, and climate change in other news.
Why we can’t rely on corporations to save us from climate change
Climate change may be a business opportunity, but research shows that market forces serve to systematically undermine climate change programs.
The Future, This Week 03 November 2017
This week: electrify everything, crows nipping butts, and ethical German cars.
On the origins of environmental bullshit
The undermining of environmental science, and the creation of lies and bribes to distort public policymaking, is as old as industries that know their products do harm, but lie to keep them in use.
Growing food in the post-truth era
The global food system has been operating in post-truth mode for decades.
What if: an ice-free Arctic 2027
Climate change changes everything - our economy, our society and the ecosystems that underpin life on Earth. In this what if episode we talk to Professor Christopher Wright to explore what an ice free Arctic Earth might look like in 2027 if we pursue our current business as usual.
The Future, This Week 07 April 2017
This week: can we fight climate change by moving to the city, does technology make us less productive and cyborgs.