Why is a multi-disciplinary approach key to addressing biodiversity loss? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Simon Levin, Princeton University, about what’s at stake in the effort to preserve biodiversity loss; how his work has expanded into the sociological, political economy and policy space; and why a common language — a grammar for economic reasoning — is vital for bringing together different disciplines to understand nature.
Professor Simon Levin is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and the Director of the Center for BioComplexity in the High Meadows Environmental Institute. His research examines the structure and functioning of ecosystems, the dynamics of disease, and the coupling of ecological and socioeconomic systems. Simon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and a Foreign Member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, and the Istituto Lombardo. He has over 500 publications and is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity and the Princeton Guide to Ecology. Simon’s awards include: the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Ecological Society of America’s MacArthur and Eminent Ecologist Awards, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and the National Medal of Science.
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Lisa Braune, Neustark, on Why Not All Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies are Created Equal
Dr. Tom Gosling, London Business School, on Whether Investors Can Save the Planet
Prof. Madison Condon, Boston University School of Law, on the Climate Industrial Complex
Sara Woodroffe, UK Financial Conduct Authority, on the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Framework
Chris Stark, Climate Change Committee CEO, on Reassessing UK Global Climate Leadership
Andrew Strait, Ada Lovelace Institute, on a Typology of AI Risks
Dr. Esther Wandel, German Federal Ministry of Finance, on Driving Transition Finance into the Real Economy
Professor Kelly Shue, Yale University School of Management, on Counterproductive Sustainable Investing
Professor Anton Korinek, University of Virginia, on AI’s Power to Reshape Labour Productivity and Inequality
Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP, Chair of the UK Net Zero Review, on the UK’s Net Zero Commitment and the Next General Election
Dr. Mike Kollo, CEO of Evolved Reasoning, on the Fear of Gen AI and What Comes After
Margherita Giuzio, European Central Bank, on Europe’s Climate Insurance Protection Gap
Prof. Tim Lenton, University of Exeter, on Planetary Boundaries, Early Warning Systems and Climate Tipping Points
Amy Rose, ClientEarth, Global Director of Strategic Impact Litigation, on How the Courts are Reshaping Climate Action
General Tom Middendorp, former Chief of Defence for the Netherlands and author of Climate General, on Climate Security
Tim Gould, IEA Chief Energy Economist, on Peak Fossil Fuel Demand
Prof. Kim Schumacher, Kyushu University, on Sustainable Finance’s Dunning-Krueger Problem
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