These videos show participants and speakers at the Earth Systems Governance conference taking part in ‘chair chat’, a structured interview about their perspectives from the event, filmed by Amy Hochstetler. For the full collection of interviews please visit the Earth Systems Governance website

Simon Wolf, Helmholtz Environmental Research Center, Germany

Joyeeta Gupta, Scientific Steering Committee, IHDP Earth System Governance Project; Scientific Steering Committee, ESSP Global Water System Project; and VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Roberto Pereira Guimarães, Scientific Committee, vice chair, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP); and the Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil