Podcast

Future Crunch: Policy For The Planet - How One Small Country Made Sustainability The Law

Today's guest is Jane Davidson and in her book ‘Future Gen - Lessons From A Small Country’ she explains how, as Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in Wales, she proposed what became the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 – the first piece of legislation in history to place regenerative and sustainable practice at the heart of government.

Read more on Future Crunch’s website here

Simon Wright In Conversation with Jane Davidson

In this edition of In Conversation with Jane Davidson, renowned food writer, restauranteur and broadcaster Simon Wright speaks to Jane about his 30-year career.

Simon speaks about his time as the Editor of the AA's Restaurant Guide, working with Gordon Ramsay, his life-changing discovery of passion for food, and his culminative determination to become a changemaker in the Food & Drink sector.

Post Carbon Institute: Crazy Town Podcast - Episode 37 – Discounting the Future and Climate Chaos, or… the Story of the Dueling Economists

An argument between economists is usually as exciting as reading the phone book (what’s that?), especially about something as boring-sounding as the discount rate. But it’s an argument that underlies how governments and businesses solve (or don’t solve) climate change. So, literally life and death stuff. Jason, Rob, and Asher explore why the discount rate, and discounting the future more broadly, is so deadly important, and why the number 0 is what our kids and grandkids deserve. In our Do-the-Opposite segment, catch up with Jane Davidson and her ideas for establishing better governance and a livable environment.

Listen to the podcast here.

Futuregen: Lessons From A Small Country | Dr Jane Davidson | IGP Director's Seminar

Jane Davidson is the author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country and Chair of the Wales Inquiry for the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. As Welsh Government Environment Minister, she proposed a law to protect future generations: the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act came into law in 2015. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp/so...

Hiraeth Podcast - US Election: What did we learn from Biden's win?

The dust is far from settled on the US Presidential Election 2020 but the clear Biden victory suggests a revived (and welcome) role for coherent policy making at home and abroad for the next four years.

What does this mean for Wales, the UK and the wider world and what did we learn about America during the election? To discuss with Matt and Ceri is political scientist Dr Jac Larner - a specialist in political psychology and Fullbright Fellow - and Jane Davidson, former Welsh Government Minister and author of #FutureGen, the story of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.