TNI meeting June 2011: Susan George

This is a description of a video of Susan George at the TNI meeting in June 2011.

Video interview with Louise Fresco

'Let's not cry wolf. Focus on global change, rather than climate change', professor Louise Fresco (University of Amsterdam) said during her keynote speech at the 'It's Down 2 Earth' conference (November 2010). Afterwards, she talked with The Broker about the vital importance of increasing agricultural productivity and how to reach an international agreement.

Video interview with Juergen Voegele

Juergen Voegele, director of the World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Department, has been leading the effort to re-energize and broaden the World Bank's commitment to agricultural development since 2008. Over the past two years, there has been a visible refocus on this long neglected issue. Voegele talked to The Broker at the Down 2 Earth conference in The Hague (November 2010) about the key issues at stake here.

Video interview with Robert Watson

Professor Robert Watson's keynote speech at the It's Down 2 Earth conference in The Hague (November 2010) revolved around knowledge: 'There's a huge gap between those that have it, and those that need it'. He propagated the establishment of an online network of agricultural and climate science research available to anyone with access to the internet. Watson summarizes his arguments in this video interview with The Broker.

TNI meeting June 2011: Brian Ashley

Brian Ashley, editor of Amandla magazine, believes in the importance of linking the climate crisis with other pressing struggles. In South Africa people are faced with mass unemployment, a housing crisis and land issues. In order to make the climate issue relevant, he advocates the creation of a million climate jobs.

TNI meeting June 2010: Maryann Manahan

Maryann Manahan, researcher with Focus on the Global South, discusses the issue of water grabbing at the TNI Fellows Meeting 2011.

TEDTalk by Nic Marks: the Happy Planet Index

Civil Society Voices for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Message to the Busan High Level Forum from the Paris Declaration Evaluation

Interview Julie Perkins (UN-Habitat) at WOP-Conference Amsterdam