Is global warming really inevitable? How can the concepts of “environmental resilience” and “environmental sustainability” change how we think about saving the environment? How might conceptual and technological innovations provide a spark of hope to counter the dire predictions of global warming? A panel of experts examines the realities and the possibilities.

Panelists:

Sarah Cornell is the Coordinator of the Planetary Boundaries research laboratory at Stockholm University’s Stockholm Resilience Centre and the co-convener of the international Planetary Boundaries Research Network, PB.net

Johan Rockström, Executive Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University

Åsa Moberg, Senior Researcher, Division of Environmental Strategies Research, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Mattias Klum, Freelance photographer, cinematographer, director and conservationist

Crosstalks is an academic web talk show with researchers from two of Sweden’s top universities, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. An international academic forum on global topics and leading research from the two universities. During three years 117 recognized researchers participated on a variety of topics.

Recorded 2012