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The entrepreneur Ada Osakwe is the founder of the fastest-growing sustainable fast-food chain in Nigeria. Listen as Ada sits down with the Estonian Climate Youth Delegate, Anna Celine Kraus, to talk about the complexities of sustainable food systems, and how we can reimagine them worldwide.

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People to people – in the time of war Ukraine podcast

Ukraine-special: Voices of the future

In this episode, we meet Oksana Nykytyuk from Ukraine and Katya Burdukovskaya from Russia.
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People to people – in the time of war Ukraine podcast

Ukraine-special: The difficult dialogue

In this episode, we meet Lesia Ignatyk-Eriksen from Ukraine and Daria Wagner from Russia.
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People to people – in the time of war Ukraine podcast

Ukraine-special: People to people – in the time of war

In this episode, we meet Oksana Didyk from Ukraine and Irina Nielsen from Russia.
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All aboard the digital train

All aboard the digital train

In this episode, we investigate the situation in Japan - a country that rapidly needs to...
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 COP27-SPECIAL: NOW WHAT?

COP27-SPECIAL: Now what?

In the final episode of our COP27-special, the panellists shed light on what was discussed...
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COP27-SPECIAL: PAVING THE WAY FOR BEHAVIORAL CHANGE

COP27-special: Paving the way for behavioral change

Are today’s parliamentarians able to make the decisions needed to pave the way for...
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COP27-SPECIAL: ARCTIC SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION

COP27-special: Arctic socities in transition

What could Arctic societies look like in 2050?
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COP27-SPECIAL: CLEAN COOKING

COP27-special: Clean Cooking

More than 4 billion people globally, including almost 900 million people in Sub-Saharan...
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Putting sound to global challenges

‘Nordic Talks’ is a series of talks and podcast episodes addressing the biggest global challenges. 

Through conversations with some of the brightest minds in the Nordics and their counterparts from around the world we want to provide a space for contemplation and to share inspiration on how to take action on sustainability issues in our everyday lives. All Nordic Talks are dedicated to addressing the UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) challenges.

 
NORDIC TALKS is brought to you by The Nordics, a project under The Nordic Council of Ministers.

YOU CAN MEET THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN OUR PODCAST

Thinkers and doers from around the world who are concerned about the planet we all share.

Iceland portrait Sigrún Thorlacius

Sigrún Thorlacius (Iceland)

Sigrún Thorlacius is a product designer and biologist dedicated to the wellbeing of human...

Arnhildur Pálmadóttir (Iceland)

Arnhildur Pálmadóttir (Iceland)

Arnhildur Pálmadóttir is the founder of s. ap arkitektar, an architectural studio...

 Peter Veenstra (Netherlands)

Peter Veenstra (Netherlands)

Peter Veenstra is a landscape architect and cofounder of LOLA Landscape Architects. LOLA...

Hidenori Kondo (Japan) sustainability Field Director at Tokyo’s University of Creativity

Hidenori Kondo (Japan)

Hidenori Kondo is the Sustainability Field Director at Tokyo’s University of Creativity...

Dr Julius Birgir Kristinsson ORF-Genetics and the owner and CEO of Silfurgen aquaculture consultancy.

Julius Birgir Kristinsson (Iceland)

Julius Birgir Kristinsson is the cofounder of ORF-Genetics and the owner and CEO of...

Reetta Andolin University of Helsinki’s Viikki Food Design Factory

Reetta Andolin (Finland)

Reetta Andolin is a Professor of Practice at the University of Helsinki’s Viikki Food...

NORDIC TALKS - SDGs

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All Nordic Talks are dedicated to addressing the SDG challenges. We want to inspire each other to act – for a better, more sustainable future.

In August 2019 The Nordic Council of Ministers set the ambitious goal for the Nordic Region to become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Read the council's 'Vision 2030' here.